Jörgen Jönsson

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SwedenSweden  Jörgen Jönsson Ice hockey player
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2019
Jörgen Jönsson
Date of birth 29th September 1972
place of birth Ängelholm , Sweden
size 183 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
number # 21
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 9th lap, 227th position
Calgary Flames
Career stations
until 1995 Rögle BK
1995-1999 Färjestad BK
1999-2000 New York Islanders
2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
2000-2009 Färjestad BK

Ulf Peter Jörgen Jönsson (born September 29, 1972 in Ängelholm ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player and current coach and functionary , who was mainly active for Färjestad BK in the Swedish Elitserien between 1989 and 2009 and played almost 900 games denied for the team. In addition, the long-time team captain Färjestads and the Swedish national team with two Olympic gold medals and as many world championship titles are among the most successful international players of his generation. Due to his successes - especially those at international level - he was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2019 . His brother Kenny , who was two years younger than him, was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Player career

Jönsson spent his junior years and the beginning of his professional career at Rögle BK from his hometown Ängelholm . After the attacker had gone through the entire junior division of the club, he made his debut in the 1989/90 season at the age of 17 in the club's professional team, which was based in Division 1 , the second highest Swedish division. At the beginning of the 1990/91 season, the young talent established himself in the club's first team and came to more than 30 season assignments in the following two years. At the end of the 1991/92 season , the team, which now also belonged to Jönsson's younger brother Kenny , was promoted to the Elitserien . With experience from two seasons as a professional, the 20-year-old center forward quickly gained a foothold in the Swedish elite division and was able to score 17 goals in each of the years 1992/93 and 1993/94 . As a result, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1994 in the ninth round in 227th place by the Calgary Flames from the National Hockey League , which was also in connection with winning the gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , Norway .

After a weaker season in 1994/95 with only ten scorer points for Rögle, with which he was involved in a good 20 percent of all goals, but could not prevent relegation back to the second division, Jönsson moved within the Elitserien to Färjestad BK . There he was extremely successful for the next four years and developed into one of the best players in the country. In 1997 and 1998 he won the Swedish championship in the form of the Le Mat Cup with the team twice in a row . With eleven points scorer in the 1997 playoffs, he was instrumental in winning the title, as he was the player with the highest points among all players. He also received the gold puck as the best Swedish player in the Elitserien. In the following year he led the team as team captain to successfully defend their title.

After FBK had clearly missed the third title win in a row in the 1998/99 season and Jönsson's transfer rights were transferred within the NHL in July 1998 in exchange for the Czech Jan Hlaváč from the Calgary Flames to the New York Islanders , the striker decided - also with the help of his brother Kenny, who had been active in North America since January 1995 and especially for the Islanders since March 1996 - for a move to the National Hockey League. This was initially limited to one year. With the beginning of the 1999/2000 season , both ran together for New York. Jörgen Jönsson completed 68 missions for the Islanders until mid-March 2000 before he was transferred to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in exchange for his compatriot Johan Davidsson . There he played 13 more games before he declared his North American interlude after just one year and returned to his home country. A proposed right to vote in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft was not given to the New York Islanders, as the Mighty Ducks did not employ the Swedes beyond the end of the season.

In autumn 2000 Jönsson was back on the ice for Färjestad in Sweden. In the first season after his return he was again appointed captain and won the runner-up title with the team. He was also appointed to the Elitserien All-Star Team for the first time. In 2002 he celebrated his third title win with the team, while at the same time he and Peter Högardh were awarded the top scorer in the Elitserien main round . By 2009 the center had two more championship titles in 2006 and 2009 as well as three consecutive runner-up championships in 2003, 2004 and 2005. At the end of his active career, he received the Rinkens riddare in the 2008/09 season as the fairest player in the league, which his brother had won the previous year. Jönsson finally ended his career at the age of 36 after playing more than 750 games in the Elitserien. In his 16 years in the top Swedish league, he won five championships and four runners-up titles.

International

Jönsson (back) in a duel with Canadian Steve Yzerman at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games

After Jönsson was completely disregarded in the junior division of Svenska Ishockeyförbundet , he made his debut in the jersey of the Swedish national team in the course of the 1992/93 season  - but for the B selection. As a result, the striker made it into the A-selection and played a total of 170 games for the Tre Kronor at four Olympic Winter Games , twelve World Championships , the World Cup of Hockey and numerous tournaments on the Euro Hockey Tour . Among other things, he won two Olympic gold medals and as many world championship titles. All in all, Jönsson, who repeatedly acted as team captain between 2001 and 2007, won eleven precious metals in important international tournaments, making him one of the most successful Swedish players of all time.

He played his first games after jumping to the senior national team as part of the Izvestia Cup in December 1993. The attacker was then appointed to the Swedish Olympic team for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , Norway , where he remained goalless, but with an Olympic team. Gold started the journey home. He also won the bronze medal at the 1994 World Cup . Over the years, Jönsson followed up with other titles and successes, including winning the World Cup in 1998 and 2006 . Last triumph was sweetened by winning the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy . In addition, Jönsson won the silver medal in 1997 , 2003 and 2004 and the bronze medal in the world championships in 1994, 1999 , 2001 World Cup and 2002 World Cup .

He recorded more participation in international tournaments outside the medal rankings at the Olympic Winter Games in 1998 in the Japanese Nagano and 2002 in the US Salt Lake City . At world championships he only ended up outside the medal ranks in 2000 , 2005 and 2007 . He also took part in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey .

Trainer and functionary career

SwedenSweden  Jörgen Jönsson
Coaching stations
2009-2016 Färjestad BK (various positions)
2015-2016 Forshaga IF
2016-2008 Växjö Lakers (assistant coach)
since 2018 Örebro HK (assistant coach)

After his active career, Jönsson remained loyal to Färjestad BK and was appointed Assistant General Manager to Thomas Rundqvist for the 2009/10 season in May 2009 . With the start of the playoffs of the same season in March 2010, he acted as assistant coach under the head coaches Per-Erik Johnsson and Tommy Samuelsson . In the position of assistant coach - although initially for a year under the sole direction of Samuelsson and then by Leif Carlsson  - Jönsson remained loyal to his long-term club. In October 2012 he was finally promoted to General Manager, succeeding Rundqvist. However, he made the office available again in October of the following year. He then looked after the club's second U16 team for a year before leaving the club after a total of 15 years.

At the beginning of the 2015/16 season, he was primarily responsible for the third division Forshaga IF . For the 2016/17 season , Jönsson was hired again as an assistant coach in the Swedish ice hockey upper house. For two years he worked in this position with the Växjö Lakers and won his second Swedish championship as a coach with the team, after he had already won one in 2014 with the FBK. He also reached the final of the Champions Hockey League with Växjö , which was lost to the Finnish club JYP Jyväskylä . For the 2018/19 season he moved to the Örebro HK coaching team .

For his services to ice hockey in his home country and internationally, Jönsson was accepted into the Swedish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in December 2012 . In February 2019, the announcement of the admission into the IIHF Hall of Fame took place during the world championship in May.

Achievements and Awards

As a player

  • 2003 Swedish runner-up with Färjestad BK
  • 2004 Swedish runner-up with Färjestad BK
  • 2005 Swedish runner-up with Färjestad BK
  • 2006 Swedish champion with Färjestad BK
  • 2006 top scorer in the Elitserien Playoffs
  • 2006 Elitserien All-Star Team
  • 2009 Swedish champion with Färjestad BK
  • 2009 Rinkens riddare

International

As a trainer

  • 2012 Swedish champion with Färjestad BK (as assistant coach)
  • 2017 Swedish champion with Växjö Lakers (as assistant coach)

Others

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1989/90 Rögle BK Division 1 1 0 0 0 0 4th 0 0 0 0
1990/91 Rögle BK Division 1 21st 4th 2 6th 2 12 2 1 3 2
1991/92 Rögle BK Division 1 27 1 8th 9 6th 5 0 0 0 0
1992/93 Rögle BK Elitserien 40 17th 11 28 28 - - - - -
1993/94 Rögle BK Elitserien 40 17th 14th 31 46 3 1 0 1 2
1994/95 Rögle BK Elitserien 22nd 4th 6th 10 18th - - - - -
1995/96 Färjestad BK Elitserien 39 11 15th 26th 36 8th 0 4th 4th 6th
1996/97 Färjestad BK Elitserien 49 12 21st 33 58 14th 9 5 14th 14th
1997/98 Färjestad BK Elitserien 45 22nd 25th 47 53 12 2 9 11 12
1998/99 Färjestad BK Elitserien 48 17th 24 41 44 4th 0 2 2 4th
1999/00 New York Islanders NHL 68 11 17th 28 16 - - - - -
1999/00 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 13 1 2 3 0 - - - - -
2000/01 Färjestad BK Elitserien 50 20th 26th 46 32 15th 5 12 17th 12
2001/02 Färjestad BK Elitserien 50 22nd 17th 39 20th 10 5 1 6th 16
2002/03 Färjestad BK Elitserien 49 16 23 39 58 14th 0 4th 4th 2
2003/04 Färjestad BK Elitserien 49 16 21st 37 24 17th 6th 6th 12 16
2004/05 Färjestad BK Elitserien 50 11 21st 32 38 15th 4th 4th 8th 6th
2005/06 Färjestad BK Elitserien 48 17th 16 33 60 18th 9 9 18th 6th
2006/07 Färjestad BK Elitserien 48 15th 32 47 44 9 0 6th 6th 4th
2007/08 Färjestad BK Elitserien 42 6th 20th 26th 24 12 5 5 10 12
2008/09 Färjestad BK Elitserien 42 8th 12 20th 32 12 3 7th 10 12
Division 1 total 49 5 10 15th 8th 21st 2 1 3 2
Elitserien total 711 231 304 535 615 160 48 74 122 122
NHL overall 81 12 19th 31 16 - - - - -

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1994 Sweden Olympia 1st place, gold 6th 0 0 0 0
1994 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 7th 3 2 5 4th
1997 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 11 5 2 7th 6th
1998 Sweden Olympia 5th place 1 0 0 0 0
1998 Sweden WM 1st place, gold 10 2 1 3 8th
1999 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 10 3 1 4th 10
2000 Sweden WM 7th place 6th 0 2 2 2
2001 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 9 2 3 5 0
2002 Sweden Olympia 5th place 4th 0 0 0 4th
2002 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 9 1 3 4th 6th
2003 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 9 4th 2 6th 14th
2004 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 9 1 3 4th 2
2004 Sweden World cup 5th place 4th 0 0 0 0
2005 Sweden WM 4th Place 9 2 3 5 2
2006 Sweden Olympia 1st place, gold 8th 1 1 2 4th
2006 Sweden WM 1st place, gold 6th 3 1 4th 0
2007 Sweden WM 4th Place 9 0 8th 8th 6th
Men overall 127 27 32 59 68

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Jönsson, Jörgen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jönsson, Ulf Peter Jörgen (full name); Jonsson, Jorgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH 29th September 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Ängelholm , Sweden