Leif Erik "Honken" Holmqvist (born November 12, 1942) is a retired Swedish

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. He is one of only three players to win the Golden Puck award twice, which he did while playing for

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

. 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

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and

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. Holmqvist was named best goaltender at the 1969 IIHF World Championships. After retiring from hockey, Holmqvist coached in the Norwegian National League. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holmqvist, Leif 1942 births AIK IF players HV71 players Indianapolis Racers players Living people London Lions (ice hockey) players People from Gävle Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Swedish ice hockey goaltenders Ice hockey players with retired numbers Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Sportspeople from Gävleborg County