Jonas Bergqvist Explained

Position:Right wing
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Kg:92
Played For:Leksands IF
Calgary Flames
Mannheimer ERC
VEU Feldkirch
Ntl Team:SWE
Birth Date:26 September 1962
Birth Place:Hässleholm, Sweden
Draft:126th overall
Draft Year:1988
Draft Team:Calgary Flames
Career Start:1981
Career End:1999

Jonas Pär Bergqvist (born 26 September 1962) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey right winger, who twice won an Olympic medal in his career.

Playing career

Bergqvist played for Rögle BK and Leksands IF between 1981 and 1989. He played 22 games in the NHL for the Calgary Flames in 1989–90. He then played in Germany for Mannheimer ERC before returning to Leksands IF in 1991, where he played until 1998. He won the Golden Puck as the top player in Sweden in 1995–96. In 1998–99 he played for VEU Feldkirch in Austria, winning the Alpine championship.

Bergqvist held the record for games played – 272 – for the Swedish national team, prior to his record being broken by Jörgen Jönsson in 2007. He participated in nine IIHF World Championships (on the gold medal team in 1987, 1991 and 1998), the 1988 and 1994 Olympics, the 1987 and 1991 Canada Cups, and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1981–82Leksands IFSEL33671310
1982–83Leksands IFSEL358111920
1983–84Leksands IFSEL2911112216
1984–85Leksands IFSEL3511112216
1985–86Leksands IFSEL3616213716
1986–87Leksands IFSEL399112026
1987–88Leksands IFSEL371912313230000
1988–89Leksands IFSEL2715203518104372
1989–90Calgary FlamesNHL2225710
1989–90Salt Lake Golden EaglesIHL13610164
1990–91Mannheimer ERC1.GBun361623392230004
1991–92Leksands IFSEL221110214
1992–93Leksands IFSEL391523384020000
1993–94Leksands IFSEL3512233529
1994–95Leksands IFSEL331712291640004
1995–96Leksands IFSEL371614303052130
1996–97Leksands IFSEL3813162922942612
1997–98Leksands IFSEL311419331830118
1998–99VEU FeldkirchAlpenliga2917213824
1998–99VEU Feldkirch AUT1755104
SEL totals503193221414323361071726

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1982SwedenWJC74599
1986SwedenWC1043712
1987SwedenWC91344
1987SwedenCC62024
1988SwedenOLY83034
1989SwedenWC103254
1991SwedenWC94268
1991SwedenCC60110
1993SwedenWC831414
1994SwedenOLY81344
1994SwedenWC83584
1995SwedenWC51010
1996SwedenWC64040
1996SwedenWCH41012
1998SwedenWC102026
Junior totals74599
Senior totals10732205266

Sources