Daniel Tjärnqvist

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SwedenSweden  Daniel Tjärnqvist Ice hockey player
Daniel Tjärnqvist
Date of birth October 14, 1976
place of birth Umeå , Sweden
size 188 cm
Weight 91 kg
position defender
number # 29
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1995 , 4th round, 88th position
Florida Panthers
Career stations
1994-1996 Rögle BK
1996-1997 Jokerit Helsinki
1997-2001 Djurgårdens IF
2001-2004 Atlanta Thrashers
2004-2005 Djurgårdens IF
2005-2006 Minnesota Wild
2006-2007 Edmonton Oilers
2007-2008 Yaroslavl locomotive
2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche
2009-2011 Yaroslavl locomotive
2011–2012 Djurgårdens IF
2012-2015 Cologne Sharks

Daniel Carl Tjärnqvist (born October 14, 1976 in Umeå ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player who played 352 games for the Atlanta Thrashers , Minnesota Wild , Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche in the National Hockey League during his active career between 1994 and 2015 on the position of defender , but was mainly active for Djurgårdens IF in the Elitserien . Tjärnqvist celebrated the greatest success of his career by winning the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . His younger brother Mathias was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Daniel Tjärnqvist was selected during the 1995 NHL Entry Draft in the fourth round as the 88th player overall by the Florida Panthers . The defender began his career as an ice hockey player at Rögle BK in his Swedish homeland, for which he played in the Elitserien for two years from 1994 to 1996 . In the 1996/97 season Tjärnqvist was under contract with Jokerit Helsinki from the Finnish SM-liiga , with whom he became the first Swede to ever win the Finnish championship . The defender played again in Sweden for Djurgården Hockey for the next two years . The Panthers, who owned the rights to the player, gave him on June 25, 1999 along with Gord Murphy , Herberts Vasiļjevs and an eight-round vote for the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Trevor Kidd to the Atlanta Thrashers . The following two years, however, Tjärnqvist continued to play for Djurgården, with whom he won the national championship title in 2000 and 2001 respectively.

In the summer of 2001, the Swede was included in the Thrashers squad for the first time and played for Atlanta in the National Hockey League for the next three years . During the lockout in the 2004/05 NHL season , he was again under contract with Djurgården from his Swedish homeland, to which he had switched on September 16, 2004 as a free agent . Also as a free agent, Tjärnqvist was hired by the Minnesota Wild in 2005 . After only a year he left Minnesota again and signed with the Edmonton Oilers . Much of the 2006/07 season he missed due to injury, so that he only came on 37 missions for the Oilers.

During the 2007/08 season , the defender was in the Russian Super League for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on the ice before he was signed on July 3, 2008 as a free agent by the Colorado Avalanche . These did not extend his contract after the 2008/09 season , so the Swede decided to work with Lokomotive Yaroslavl from the Continental Hockey League . In June 2011, the defender received another contract with Djurgården Hockey from the Elitserien and signed for one season. After relegation with the club from the top Swedish division, Tjärnqvist decided to move to the Kölner Haien , with whom he signed a contract for the 2012/13 season. In January 2013, the left shooter for his part took the option to extend his contract until the summer of 2014. Following the 2014/15 season , the Haie decided to make a change in personnel due to the non-qualification for the play-offs and informed Tjärnqvist that he Despite the current contract, it no longer plays a role in the sporting planning.

International

For his home country Sweden , Tjärnqvist took part in four world championships from 2001 to 2004, the U18 European Junior Championship in 1994 , two Junior World Championships in 1995 and 1996, the 2006 Winter Olympic Games and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey . His greatest success with the national team was winning the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Turin in of 2006.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1994/95 Rögle BK Elitserien 18th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
1995/96 Rögle BK Elitserien 22nd 1 7th 8th 6th - - - - -
1996/97 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 44 3 8th 11 4th 9 0 3 3 4th
1997/98 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 40 5 9 14th 12
1998/99 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 40 4th 3 7th 16 4th 0 0 0 2
1999/00 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 42 3 16 19th 8th
2000/01 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 45 9 17th 26th 26th 16 6th 5 11 2
2001/02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 75 2 16 18th 14th - - - - -
2002/03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 75 3 12 15th 26th - - - - -
2003/04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 68 5 15th 20th 20th - - - - -
2004/05 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 49 12 12 24 30th 12 2 5 7th 10
2005/06 Minnesota Wild NHL 60 3 15th 18th 32 - - - - -
2006/07 Edmonton Oilers NHL 37 3 12 15th 30th - - - - -
2007/08 Yaroslavl locomotive Super league 18th 1 2 3 14th 8th 0 4th 4th 4th
2008/09 Colorado Avalanche NHL 37 2 2 4th 8th - - - - -
2009/10 Yaroslavl locomotive KHL 54 3 7th 10 26th 17th 0 3 3 8th
2010/11 Yaroslavl locomotive KHL 24 3 4th 7th 12 10 3 3 6th 12
2011/12 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 45 4th 10 14th 22nd
2012/13 Cologne Sharks DEL 49 6th 22nd 28 51 12 1 8th 9 2
2013/14 Cologne Sharks DEL 52 5 12 17th 41
2014/15 Cologne Sharks DEL 8th 0 1 1 0
Elitserien total 301 38 75 113 122 32 8th 10 18th 14th
NHL overall 352 18th 72 90 130 - - - - -
Super league / KHL overall 96 7th 13 20th 52 35 3 10 13 24
DEL total 109 11 35 46 92 12 1 8th 9 2

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1994 Sweden U18 European Championship 1st place, gold 5 2 1 3 0
1995 Sweden U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 0 0 0 2
1996 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 5 2 2 4th 0
2000 Sweden WM 7th place 7th 1 1 2 0
2001 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 9 0 6th 6th 6th
2002 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 9 2 3 5 0
2003 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 8th 1 2 3 2
2004 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 9 1 1 2 0
2004 Sweden World cup 5th place 3 0 0 0 2
2006 Sweden Olympia 1st place, gold 8th 2 1 3 4th
Juniors overall 17th 4th 3 7th 2
Men overall 53 7th 14th 21st 14th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ haie.de personnel decisions at the KEC
personal data
SURNAME Tjärnqvist, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tjärnqvist, Daniel Carl (full name); Tjarnqvist, Daniel; Tjernqvist, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Umeå , Sweden