Jonas Nordquist

Jonas Nordquist
Date of birth	April 26, 1982
place of birth	Leksand , Sweden
size	188 cm
Weight	87 kg
position	center
number	# 16
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2000 , 2nd round, 49th position Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
until 2002	Leksands IF
2002-2003	Rögle BK
2003-2006	Luleå HF
2006-2007	Norfolk Admirals
2007-2009	Frölunda HC
2009-2015	Brynäs IF
2015-2016	EC KAC

Jonas Nordquist (born April 26, 1982 in Leksand ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player who was last under contract with the EC KAC in the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League . In the Svenska Hockeyligan he played for Brynäs IF , Frölunda HC and Luleå HF for many years .

Career

Jonas Nordquist began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth of Leksands IF , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Elitserien in the 1999/2000 season . Since he remained pointless and punished in three games. In the following season, the attacker rose with his team in the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan , in which he scored eleven points in 32 games in the 2001/02 season. He then moved to their league rivals Rögle BK for a year before the left shooter was on the ice for Luleå HF in the Elitserien from 2003 to 2006 .

In the summer of 2006, Nordquist was appointed to North America by the Chicago Blackhawks , who had already selected him in the NHL Entry Draft 2000 in the second round as the 49th player . In the 2006/07 season , the Swede ran for the first time in the National Hockey League . He gave two templates in three games. The rest of the season he spent, however, with Chicago's farm team from the American Hockey League , the Norfolk Admirals . For the 2007/08 season , the 2006 World Champion returned to Sweden, where he received a contract with Frölunda HC . For this he completed two seasons before Nordquist was committed to the 2009/10 season by league rivals Brynäs IF .

International

For Sweden , Nordquist took part in the U18 Junior World Championships in 1999 and 2000 and the U20 Junior World Championships in 2001 and 2002 . He was also in Sweden's squad for the 2006 World Cup .

Achievements and Awards

• 2012 Swedish champion with Brynäs IF

International

• 1999 silver medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2000 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2006 gold medal at the world championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Elitserien / SHL Regular Season	13	541	118	172 290	191
Elitserien / SHL play-offs	10	57	6th	20th	26th	20th
AHL regular season	1	65	15th	26th	41	18th
AHL playoffs	1	6th	3	4th	7th	0

Web links

Commons : Jonas Nordqvist  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jonas Nordquist at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Jonas Nordquist at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Jonas Nordquist at eurohockey.com