Position: | Goaltender |
Catches: | Left |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 9 |
Weight Lb: | 172 |
Played For: | Strömsbro IF AIK London Lions Indianapolis Racers HV71 Hanhals IF |
Ntl Team: | SWE |
Birth Date: | 12 November 1942 |
Birth Place: | Gävle, Sweden |
Career Start: | 1958 |
Career End: | 1982 |
Leif Erik "Honken" Holmqvist (born 12 November 1942) is a retired Swedish ice hockey goaltender. He is one of only three players to win the Golden Puck award twice, which he did while playing for AIK.
Holmqvist played a season in England for the London Lions and one in the United States for the Indianapolis Racers.
He competed as a member of the Sweden men's national ice hockey team at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics.[1]
Holmqvist was named best goaltender at the 1969 IIHF World Championships.[2] After retiring from hockey, Holmqvist coached in the Norwegian National League.[2]
He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.[3] [4]