Jonas Holøs
| Jonas Holøs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Born |
27 August 1987 Sarpsborg, NOR | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| NHL team (P) Cur. team Former teams |
Colorado Avalanche Lake Erie Monsters (AHL) Sparta Warriors Färjestad | ||
| National team |
 Norway | ||
| NHL draft |
170th overall, 2008 Colorado Avalanche | ||
| Playing career | 2004–present | ||
Jonas Holøs (born August 27, 1987) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey defenseman for the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League under contract to the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League. He participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics as a member of Team Norway.[1]
Playing career
Holøs began playing for Norwegian team Sparta Warriors of the GET-ligaen in 2002, but after the 2007–08 season he signed with Färjestads BK of the Swedish Elitserien.
After the 2008 IIHF World Championship in Canada, he was invited to a summer camp with the Chicago Blackhawks.[2] But on 21 June 2008, he was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League in the sixth round as the 170th overall pick.[3] Returning to Sweden Holøs played in 55 games and recorded 8 goals for 16 points. Färjestad's General Manager, Thomas Rundqvist, stated before the 2009 Playoff finals that Holøs was the player who had evolved the most in the 2008–09 season, and that the Avalanche wanted him already in the autumn of 2009. But Holøs stated that he had a two-year contract with Färjestad, which he intended to fulfill.[4]
After finishing the 2009–10 season with 14 points for Färjestads he left the Elitserien and signed with the Colorado Avalanche to a two-year entry-level contract on May 26, 2010.[5] He got his NHL-debut on October 16, 2010, becoming the sixth Norwegian player in the NHL, against the New York Islanders. He led all players in time on ice with 23:57 in his first game.[6] The five Norwegians to previously play in the NHL were Bjørn Skaare, Anders Myrvold, Espen Knutsen, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and Patrick Thoresen. In his fourth game he set a new individual NHL-game record amongst Norwegians by logging a total of 27 minutes and 22 seconds of time on ice.
On November 21, 2010, he was sent down to the Colorado's AHL affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters.[7] On December 19 he was back with the Avalanche, registering his third assist of the season, tying the Norwegian record of most assists in one season by a defenceman.[8]
International play
Holøs was first selected to play international hockey for Norway at the junior level in the 2004 World Under-18 IIHF Championships in Belarus. Developing as an allround defenceman Jonas became a fixture on the Norwegian defense, making his full men's international debut at the 2006 World Championships in Latvia, playing in all 6 games.
After playing in 4 consecutive World Championships Holøs was chosen and made his Olympic debut at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, despite placing last in their group and eliminated by Slovakia in the Qualifying playoffs, Jonas led the entire Tournament for average ice-time per game.[9] At the following 2010 World Championships in Germany, he scored his first full international goal when he opened the scoring in a 12-1 drubbing to Canada on May 14, 2010.[10] Upon completion of the Championships he was again the tournament leader in average ice-time and was named among the Norwegian best in a ninth place finish.[11]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2003–04 | Sparta Warriors | GET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Sparta Warriors | GET | 41 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | Sparta Warriors | GET | 26 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Sparta Warriors | GET | 40 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | ||
| 2007–08 | Sparta Warriors | GET | 40 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 67 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | Färjestads BK | SEL | 55 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 2009–10 | Färjestads BK | SEL | 51 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 39 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Lake Erie Monsters | AHL | 17 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| GET totals | 148 | 19 | 45 | 64 | 131 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | ||||
| SEL totals | 106 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 36 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| NHL totals | 39 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Norway | WJC18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | Norway | WJC18-D1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 2005 | Norway | WJC-D1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | Norway | WJC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2006 | Norway | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | Norway | WJC-D1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| 2007 | Norway | WC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | Norway | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | Norway | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | Norway | OG | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | Norway | WC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011 | Norway | WC | |||||
| Junior int'l totals | 27 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 61 | ||
| Senior int'l totals | 35 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 26 | ||
References
- ^ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 302. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
- ^ Template:No icon "NHL-klubb interessert i Holøs". VG.no. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
- ^ "Avalanche Draft Board". Colorado Avalanche. 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Template:No icon "Forvandlingen". Aftenposten.no. 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ^ "Avalanche signs Chouinard, Holos". Colorado Avalanche. 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20102011/ES020057.HTM
- ^ Template:No icon "Holøs flyttes ned til farmerlaget". nrk.no. 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Olasveengen, F. "Norwegian NHL-records". NIHF. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ^ "Avs sign two defenseman to entry level-deals". Denver Post. 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Canada thrashes Norway 12-1 at hockey worlds". Sporting News. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) [dead link] - ^ "Best players of each team selected by coaches" (PDF). IIHF. 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
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