Patric Hrnqvist

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Patric Gsta Hrnqvist (born January 1, 1987) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League.

Patric Hrnqvist

Contents
1 Playing career 2 Career statistics 3 References 4 External links

Playing career
Hrnqvist was born on 1 January 1987 in Sollentuna, Sweden. He began playing hockey in local Sollentuna-club Gillbo IF[1] and also played minor hockey in Solna Sk.[2] Hrnqvist later moved on to play junior hockey in Vsby IK Hockey. He was part of Stockholm/Rd's team in the 2002 TV-pucken and also made some appearances in Vsby's senior team the same season. Hrnqvist played two additional seasons with Vsby, but when head coach Charles Berglund was acquired by Djurgrdens IF in 2004 as assistant coach, Hrnqvist followed.[3] He played a few games for Djurgrden's J20 team during the 2004 05 season and was drafted by Nashville Predators in the seventh round, 230th and last overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Hrnqvist made his Elitserien debut on September 26 against Timr IK and played 47 games out of 50 during the 200506 Elitserien season scoring five goals and seven points.[4] He became the Elitserien Rookie of the Year in 2007 after a successful second season in Djurgrden's regular team, scoring 23 goals and 34 points.[1][5] Hrnqvist signed on a three-year contract with Nashville in May 2007 but had already chosen to stay for another season in Djurgrden during the previous month.[6][7] He played another good season scoring 18 goals and 30 points in 53 games; and participated in his first Elitserien playoff when Djurgrden met Linkpings HC in the quarterfinals. These games did not go well for Hrnqvist; he recorded only one assist, and his team lost the series 41.[8]

Born

January 1, 1987 Sollentuna, Sweden 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 188 lb (85 kg; 13 st 6 lb) Right Wing Right Nashville Predators Djurgrdens IF Sweden 230th overall, 2005 Nashville Predators 2005present

Height Weight Position Shoots NHL team Former teams National team NHL Draft Playing career

Hrnqvist moved to North America for the 200809 NHL season in hopes of making the Predators' roster. However, he struggled and was assigned to their minor league affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League (AHL), where he spent most of the year. He scored his first NHL goal on October 15, 2008 against Marty Turco of the Dallas Stars, in one of his 28 NHL games that year. Hrnqvist broke out in the 200910 NHL season, leading the Predators in goals (30) and tying for the team lead in points with 51. After the completion of the Predators lockout shortened 201213 season, Hornqvist was re-signed to a five-year contract extension on April 30, 2013.[9]

Career statistics
Season 200506 200607 200708 200809 200809 200910 201011 Team Djurgrdens IF Djurgrdens IF Djurgrdens IF Nashville Predators Milwaukee Admirals Nashville Predators Nashville Predators League SEL SEL SEL NHL AHL NHL NHL GP 47 49 53 28 49 80 79 Regular season G A Pts PIM 5 2 7 36 23 11 34 38 18 12 30 58 2 5 7 16 17 18 35 44 30 21 51 40 21 27 48 47 Playoffs GP G A Pts 5 0 1 1 11 4 4 8 2 0 1 1 12 2 1 3 PIM 6 6 4 6

201112 201213 201213

Nashville Predators Djurgrdens IF Nashville Predators SEL totals NHL totals

NHL Swe.1 NHL

76 27 16 43 10 2 3 5 24 4 10 14 149 46 25 71 287 84 79 163

28 6 14 132 145

10 5 24

1 3 0 1 3 5

4 1 8

2 6 12

References
1. ^ a b "Patric Hrnqvist, Djurgrdens IF, rets Rookie" (http://www2.swehockey.se/t2.asp?p=65501&x=1&a=908410). swehockey.se (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 20 March 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 2. ^ Kenneth Ahl (3 April 2007). "rets Rookie i Svensk Hockey" (http://www.sportnik.com/group/21485/news/246386) (in Swedish). Solna SK. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 3. ^ Abrahamsson, Hans (19 February 2007). "Jag siktar mot Tre kronor" (http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/sverige/elitserien/article404036.ab). Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 June 2010. 4. ^ Jerker Dammbro (26 September 2005). "Laguppstllningen mot Timr" (http://www.difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=2998). difhockey.se (in Swedish). Djurgrdens IF Hockey. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 5. ^ "rets rookie" (http://web.archive.org/web/20110519124205/http://hockeyligan.se/index.php? menu=1&submenu=1&subsubmenu=7) (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan. Archived from the original (http://www.hockeyligan.se/index.php?menu=1&submenu=1&subsubmenu=7) on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2010. 6. ^ "Hrnqvist skrev p fr Nashville" (http://svt.se/2.19851/1.833715/hornqvist_skrev_pa_for_nashville). svt.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 23 May 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 7. ^ Jerker Dammbro (17 April 2007). "Patric Hrnqvist stannar i DIF" (http://www.difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=4038). difhockey.se (in Swedish). Djurgrdens IF Hockey. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 8. ^ "SM-slutspel - 2007/2008" (http://estat.hockeyligan.se/c/LStart.aspx?LId=157). hockeyligan.se (in Swedish). Hockeyligan AB. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 9. ^ "Predators sign Hornqvist to five-year, $21.25M extension" (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=422080). The Sports Network. 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-04-30.

External links
Patric Hrnqvist's career stats (http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=3683&lang=en) at Eliteprospects.com (http://Eliteprospects.com) Patric Hrnqvist's career statistics (http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=87900) at The Internet Hockey Database (http://www.hockeydb.com/) Patric Hrnqvist player profile and career stats (http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=61852) at European Hockey.Net (http://www.eurohockey.net/) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patric_Hrnqvist&oldid=560470304" Categories: 1987 births Djurgrdens IF Hockey players Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Living people Nashville Predators draft picks Nashville Predators players Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden Swedish ice hockey players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States This page was last modified on 18 June 2013 at 16:26. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.