Jonas Rönnqvist is a former professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player who played in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Playing career

Drafted 98th overall by the Ducks in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft

2000 NHL Entry Draft

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 from Swedish side Luleå HF

Luleå HF

Luleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. Luleå is the most northern club in the league and has played in Elitserien constantly since the 1984-85 season. They have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996...

, Rönnqvist played 38 regular season games during the 2000–01 NHL season, scoring four assists and collecting 14 penalty minutes. After spending the entirety of the 2001–02 season with the Ducks' AHL

American Hockey League

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 affiliate the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

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, Rönnqvist returned to Luleå where he remained until his retirement in 2005, caused by an injury.

Coaching career

Rönnqvist coached Almtuna

Almtuna IS

Almtuna IS is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Uppsala and is currently playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league of ice hockey in Sweden. Almtuna IS fan club is called "Red Lions"....

 in the Swedish secondary league, almost clinching a surprising promotion to the Swedish Elite League in 2010. That earned Rönnqvist a contract to coach Luleå

Luleå HF

Luleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. Luleå is the most northern club in the league and has played in Elitserien constantly since the 1984-85 season. They have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996...

, his former club as a player.

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