Jörgen Sundqvist (ice hockey player)

Jörgen Sundqvist
Date of birth	September 24, 1982
place of birth	Harnösand , Sweden
size	182 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	defender
number	# 22
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1999-2003	Leksands IF
2003	IFK Arboga
2003-2005	Skellefteå AIK
2005-2018	Brynäs IF

Jörgen Sundqvist (born September 24, 1982 in Härnösand ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who was last under contract with Brynäs IF in the Elitserien .

Career

Jörgen Sunqvist began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth field of Leksands IF , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Elitserien in the 1999/2000 season , where he remained pointless in two games and received two penalty minutes. After relegation in the following season, the defender succeeded with his team in the 2001/02 season, the immediate promotion to the top Swedish division. After he started the 2002/03 season at Leksands, he moved to IFK Arboga in the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan during the year .

In the summer of 2003 Sundqvist was signed by the second division Skellefteå AIK , for whom he was on the ice for two years before he signed for the 2005/06 season with Brynäs IF from the Elitserien, for which he has played regularly since then.

International

For Sweden , Sundqvist took part in the U18 World Junior Championship in 2000 and the U20 World Junior Championship in 2002 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2000 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2002 Promotion to the Elitserien with Leksands IF
• 2012 Swedish champion with Brynäs IF

Elitserien Statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	9	352	25th	24	49	412
Playoffs	5	25th	0	0	0	30th

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Jörgen Sundqvist at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jörgen Sundqvist at eurohockey.com