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Pär Lindholm
Born October 5, 1991,
Kusmark
Height
Weight
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position Center/Left winger
Shoots Left
KHL team
F. teams
Ak Bars Kazan
Elitserien
Skellefteå AIK
HockeyAllsvenskan
IF Sundsvall Hockey
Karlskrona HK
HockeyEttan
Piteå HC
SHL
Skellefteå AIK
NHL
Toronto Maple Leafs
Winnipeg Jets
Boston Bruins
Ntl. team Flag of Sweden Sweden
Playing career 2007–present

Pär Lindholm (born on October 5, 1991 in Kusmark) is a Swedish professional ice hockey center/left winger currently playing with the Ak Bars Kazan of the KHL.

Club career[]

Lindholm played junior hockey with the Skellefteå AIK organisation.

Lindholm made his senior debut with the Skellefteå AIK of the Elitserien during the 2009-10 season. He played there 2 regular season games and 1 play-off game in this season while he also played 32 regular season games and 3 play-off games with the Skellefteå AIK under-20 team.

In the 2010-11 season, Lindholm played 1 regular season game and 5 play-off games with the Skellefteå AIK under-20 team, 1 regular season game and 3 play-off games with the Skellefteå AIK of the Elitserien and 50 games on loan with the IF Sundsvall Hockey of the HockeyAllsvenskan.

Then spent Lindholm the whole 2011-12 season on loan with the IF Sundsvall Hockey of the HockeyAllsvenskan.

In the 2012-13 season played Lindholm with the Piteå HC of the HockeyEttan.

In the next season, he played with the Karlskrona HK of the HockeyAllsvenskan.

In 2014 - 2018 played Lindholm with the Skellefteå AIK of the SHL (formerly Elitserien). In the 2017-18 season, Lindholm established himself as a dominant center in the SHL, scoring 47 points in 49 regular season games as well as 11 points in 16 play-off games.[1]

On May 17, 2018, having gained NHL attention, Lindholm signed as an undrafted free agent to a one-year, entry-level contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs organisation.[2][3]

After attending the Maple Leafs 2018 training camp, Lindholm made the opening night roster to begin the 2018-19 season. He made his NHL debut against traditional rivals the Montréal Canadiens in the Maple Leafs 3-2 overtime victory on October 3, 2018.[4] Playing as the Maple Leafs fourth-line center, Lindholm recorded his first career NHL goal on October 13, 2018 in a 4-2 win over the Washington Capitals.[5] He appeared in every game for the Maple Leafs leading up to the trade deadline, contributing 12 points in 61 games before he was dealt to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for Nic Petan on February 25, 2019.[6] He finished there the season with 4 regular season games and 2 play-off games played.

On July 1, 2019, Lindholm joined his third NHL club, signing as a free agent to a two-year, $850,000 contract with the Boston Bruins.[7] He spent there the entire 2019-20 season.

He also began there the 2020-21 season but after just one game played, he moved to the Skellefteå AIK of the SHL where he finished the season with 11 regular season games and 12 play-off games played.

In 2021, he signed a one-year contract with the Ak Bars Kazan of the KHL.

International career[]

Lindholm played with the Swedish National Team at the 2018 Olympics.

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2008–09 Skellefteå AIK J20 4 0 1 1 4
2009–10 Skellefteå AIK J20 32 12 12 24 28 3 0 3 3 6
2009–10 Skellefteå AIK SEL 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
2010–11 Skellefteå AIK J20 1 1 0 1 2 5 1 3 4 6
2010–11 Skellefteå AIK SEL 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
2010–11 IF Sundsvall Allsv 50 7 7 14 36
2011–12 IF Sundsvall Allsv 52 7 7 14 24
2012–13 Piteå HC Div.1 26 7 13 20 18 17 4 12 16 8
2013–14 Karlskrona HK Allsv 52 13 29 42 42 6 1 3 4 2
2014–15 Skellefteå AIK SHL 54 14 12 26 55 15 2 3 5 8
2015–16 Skellefteå AIK SHL 52 6 9 15 26 16 3 1 4 8
2016–17 Skellefteå AIK SHL 38 15 16 31 39 7 1 1 2 6
2017–18 Skellefteå AIK SHL 49 18 29 47 28 16 6 5 11 16
2018–19 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 61 1 11 12 18
2018–19 Winnipeg Jets NHL 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
2019–20 Boston Bruins NHL 40 3 3 6 4 6 0 0 0 2
SHL totals 196 53 66 119 148 58 12 10 22 40
NHL totals 105 4 15 19 22 8 0 0 0 2

International[]

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2018 Sweden OG 5th 4 1 0 1 6
Senior totals 4 1 0 1 6

References[]

  1. Par Lindholm player profile. hockeydb.com (2015-06-07). Retrieved on 2015-06-07.
  2. "Maple Leafs sign four players to ELCs", Pension Plan Puppets. 
  3. Maple Leafs sign four to entry-level contracts. Toronto Maple Leafs (2018-05-18). Retrieved on 2018-05-18.
  4. Matthews boosts Maple Leafs to OT victory against Canadiens. National Hockey League (3 October 2018). Retrieved on 3 October 2018.
  5. Leafs ride Andersen, secondary scoring to win over Caps (13 October 2018). Retrieved on 14 October 2018.
  6. Leafs Trade Par Lindholm to Jets in Exchange for Nic Petan. Sportsnet.ca (February 25, 2019). Retrieved on February 25, 2019.
  7. Bruins announce seven transactions on July 1. Boston Bruins (July 1, 2019). Retrieved on July 1, 2019.

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