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Leif Holmqvist
Leif Holmqvist
	Leif Holmqvist in 1968
Born	12 November 1942 (age 81); Gävle, Sweden
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	Strömsbro IF; AIK; London Lions; Indianapolis Racers; HV71; Hanhals IF
National team	Sweden
Playing career	1958–1982

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Leif Erik "Honken" Holmqvist (born 12 November 1942) is a retired Swedish ice hockey goaltender. He is one of only three players to win the Golden Puck award twice, which he did while playing for AIK.^{[citation needed]}

Holmqvist played a season in England for the London Lions and one in the United States for the Indianapolis Racers.^{[citation needed]}

He competed as a member of the Sweden men's national ice hockey team at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics.^[1]

Holmqvist was named best goaltender at the 1969 IIHF World Championships.^[2] After retiring from hockey, Holmqvist coached in the Norwegian National League.^[2]

He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^ Leif Holmqvist at Sports Reference
^ ^a ^b "Leif Holmqvist". legendsofhockey.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
^ "IIHF Hall of Fame". IIHF.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
^ "Sura-legender i Hall of Fame". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. 3 December 2003. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

External links[edit]

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
A to Z Encyclopedia of Ice Hockey Archived 11 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine

Preceded by Bert-Ola Nordlander	Golden Puck 1968	Succeeded by Lars-Erik Sjöberg
Preceded by Lars-Erik Sjöberg	Golden Puck 1970	Succeeded by Håkan Wickberg

[1] Leif Holmqvist at Sports Reference

[legendsofhockey-2] "Leif Holmqvist". legendsofhockey.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

[3] "IIHF Hall of Fame". IIHF.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

[4] "Sura-legender i Hall of Fame". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. 3 December 2003. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

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 | image = Leif Honken Holmqvist 1968.jpg
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 | played_for = [[Strömsbro IF]]<br>[[AIK IF|AIK]]<br>[[London Lions (ice hockey)|London Lions]]<br>[[Indianapolis Racers]]<br>[[HV71]]<br>[[Hanhals IF]]
 | ntl_team = SWE
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 | birth_place = [[Gävle]], [[Sweden]]
 | career_start = 1958
 | career_end = 1982
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-'''Leif Erik "Honken" Holmqvist''' (born November 12, 1942) is a retired Swedish [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]].  He is one of only three players to win the [[Guldpucken|Golden Puck]] award twice, which he did while playing for [[AIK IF|AIK]].{{cn|date=February 2019}}
+'''Leif Erik "Honken" Holmqvist''' (born 12 November 1942) is a retired Swedish [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]].  He is one of only three players to win the [[Guldpucken|Golden Puck]] award twice, which he did while playing for [[AIK IF|AIK]].{{cn|date=February 2019}}
 Holmqvist played a season in England for the [[London Lions (ice hockey)|London Lions]] and one in the United States for the [[Indianapolis Racers]].{{cn|date=February 2019}}
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 Holmqvist was named best goaltender at the 1969 [[IIHF World Championships]].<ref name = "legendsofhockey">{{cite web |title=Leif Holmqvist |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/IZone/izone.member.info.do?mem=71 |website=legendsofhockey.com |accessdate=27 February 2019}}</ref> After retiring from hockey, Holmqvist coached in the Norwegian National League.<ref name = "legendsofhockey"/>
-He was inducted into the [[IIHF Hall of Fame]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=IIHF Hall of Fame |url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/the-iihf/iihf-hall-of-fame.html |website=IIHF.com |accessdate=27 February 2019}}</ref>
+He was inducted into the [[IIHF Hall of Fame]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=IIHF Hall of Fame |url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/the-iihf/iihf-hall-of-fame.html |website=IIHF.com |accessdate=27 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sura-legender i Hall of Fame|date=3 December 2003|work=[[Sveriges Radio]]|language=sv|location=Stockholm, Sweden|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/332531|access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
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+*[http://www.azhockey.com/Ho.htm#Holmqvist,%20Leif%20'Honken' A to Z Encyclopedia of Ice Hockey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211103218/http://www.azhockey.com/Ho.htm#Holmqvist,%20Leif%20'Honken' |date=11 February 2009 }}
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 [[Category:Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States]]
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 [[Category:Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics]]
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