Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Lundqvist ya buga wasanni tara don IF Mölndal Hockey a cikin rukuni na biyu na Sweden Allsvenskan kafin ya shiga ƙungiyar matasa ta Frölunda a J20 SuperElit a watan Disamba. Bayan mummunan wasan da ya yi a Allsvenskan da farawa mai wahala a J20 SuperElit, ya ba da kwallaye shida a wasan baje kolin da Kanada. Kocin matasa na kasa Bo "Kulon" Lennartsson da Mikael Tisell sun damu kuma sun yanke shawarar yin magana da Lundqvist, inda suka yi tambaya game da dalilinsa. Lundqvist ya juya ya zo ne a farkon shekara a
2001 Gasar Hockey ta Junior ta Duniya a Moscow, inda ya jagoranci tawagar matasa ta Sweden zuwa matsayi na hudu a gasar. Ya shafe ragowar kakar wasa a J20 SuperElit inda ya buga wasanni 18, yana jagorantar gasar a cikin mintuna da mai tsaron gida ya buga. A cikin wasan karshe, ya jagoranci Frölunda zuwa cin nasarar Anton Cup na biyu a jere, wanda ya zo a cikin nasara 5 × 2 a kan Leksands IF a wasan karshe a Stockholm Globe Arena.