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#27 PATRIC HORNQVIST (RW)#27: Patric Hornqvist (R) 5' 11", 188 lbs. / Jan 1, 1987 (23 years and 3 months)PAT-rihk HOHRN-kvihst GP G-A-P +/- PIMDrafted: Nashville's seventh choice, 230th overall (seven h round), in 2005 Entry Draft Season 80 30-21-51 18 40(July 31, 2005).2nd NHL / 2nd NSH SeasonCareer 108 32-26-58 15 56Last Goal: MAR 29, 2010 @ FLORIDA (4)Last Assist: APR 1, 2010 vs ST. LOUIS (2)Career Shootouts: 0/3 (0%), 0 GDGSeason Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-2 3 3 6 21:03 10 4 +35x 4/1 vs. STL 5x 2x 1/9 vs. ANA 11/5 vs. ANA 2x 2x• Led the team in goals (30) – the third-highest total in franchise history, power-play goals (10)and game-winning goals (8) – tied for a franchise record and good for a tie for second in theNHL. Also tied for the club lead in points (51).• Is the first Predators draft pick to score 30 in the club’s sweater.• Set a franchise record for shots in a season (275).• Experienced a 28-goal increase from 2008-09, making him just the second player in the last nineseasons to experience such an increase (minimum 20 games in season prior).• Had the fewest NHL games (107) and the lowest average ice time (15:41) among the NHL’sTop-20 goal scorers.• Paced all Nashville skaters in plus/minus rating (+18), and tied for 10th among NHL forwards inroad plus/minus rating.• His 10 power-play goals from Dec. 1 through the end of the season tied for fourth in that span.• Set a career high by assisting on all three goals of a 3-2 victory on April 7 vs. St. Louis.• Appeared in his 100th career game on March 21 at St. Louis• Named NHL’s Third Star of the Week on Dec. 21 after tying for the NHL lead in both points (7)and goals (4) for the week.• Posted a career high 5-game point streak (5g-3a-8pts) from Dec. 14-22.• Had 10 shots on Nov. 5 at Anaheim, tied for the third highest shot total in franchise history.• Posted the first two-goal, three-point outing of his career in the home opener vs. Colorado –something he would do four times in 2009-10. Scored the game-tying and game-winning goals ina span of 2:17 of the third period. Put six shorts on goal in the third period, tied for the secondhighest one period total in club history.• Played in all four of Sweden's games at the Olympics, scoring his first Olympic goal in thequarters vs. Slovakia... Peter Forsberg set the goal up.NHL Playoff Notes:• Has yet to appear in an NHL Playoff game.Additional Playoff Notes:• Saw his first North American playoff action with Milwaukee last year. Appeared in all 11 of theAdmirals 2009 Calder Cup Playoff contests, tying for second on the team in points (8) and goals(4).• After being named Rookie of the Year in the Swedish Elite League in 2006-07, he joinedDjurgardens’ junior team for the 2007 post-season and tallied seven points (2g-5a) in sevengames.