Hampus Lindholm
{{Short description|Swedish ice hockey player (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey biography
| name = Hampus Lindholm
| image = Image = Hampus Lindholm Boston Bruins 2023.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Lindholm with the Boston Bruins in 2023
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|1|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Helsingborg, Sweden
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 216
| position = Defence
| shoots = Left
| league = NHL
| team = Boston Bruins
| former_teams = Anaheim Ducks
| ntl_team = Sweden
| draft = 6th overall
| draft_year = 2012
| draft_team = Anaheim Ducks
| career_start = 2011
| career_end =
}}
Hampus Lindholm ({{IPA|sv|hamːpɵs lɪnːdhɔlm}};{{fix|text=tone?}} born 20 January 1994) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Lindholm began his ice hockey career with Jonstorps IF and previously played with Rögle BK.{{cite web | url = http://hd.se/sport/2012/03/27/alla-febrar-utom-lindholm-sjalv/ | title = Alla febrar – utom Lindholm själv | publisher = Helsingborgs Dagblad | date = 27 March 2012 | access-date = 27 March 2012 | language = Swedish | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131007015827/http://hd.se/sport/2012/03/27/alla-febrar-utom-lindholm-sjalv/ | archive-date = 7 October 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/kvp-sport/rogletalangen-satsar-pa-nhl/|title=Rögletalangen satsar på NHL|publisher= expressen.se | date = 5 April 2012 | access-date = 6 May 2014 | language = Swedish}} He then played with the Anaheim Ducks for his first eight seasons in the NHL, before being traded to Boston.
Playing career
=Amateur=
In 2009–10, Lindholm played for the Jonstorps U20 team, scoring three points (one goal and two assists) in three games. The following year, he played 39 games for Rögle BK U20, providing four assists.
=Professional=
In 2011–12, Lindholm began his professional career with Rögle, playing 20 games and scoring four points, Lindholm was also named the U20 Super Elit League's Best Defenceman. Lindholm was a top prospect who was ranked fourth among European skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau,{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=79333|title=European Skaters Final Rankings|website=National Hockey League | date = 25 June 2012 | access-date = 26 June 2012}} and he was selected sixth overall in the 2012 NHL entry draft by the Anaheim Ducks.{{cite web|url=http://thehockeywriters.com/meet-hampus-lindholm-the-anaheim-ducks-newest-stud-prospect/|title=Meet Hampus Lindholm, The Anaheim Ducks' Newest Stud Prospect|date=23 June 2012|publisher=The Hockey News|access-date=15 March 2025}} He was considered by some to be a sleeper pick for the draft, with Rob Brodie comparing Lindholm to Erik Karlsson and Mika Zibanejad, two other Swedish prospects who rose sharply in the draft.{{cite web |last1=Brodie |first1=Rob |title=Lindholm's stock growing in eyes of draft scouts |url=http://senators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=634968 |website=NHL.com |access-date=15 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324201422/http://senators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=634968 |archive-date=24 March 2014 |date=18 June 2012}}
==Anaheim Ducks==
Lindholm made his North American debut with the Norfolk Admirals, the Ducks' former American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, in 2012–13. That year, he played 44 games, getting 11 points (one goal and ten assists).
Lindholm scored his first NHL goal on 6 November 2013, against Mike Smith of the Phoenix Coyotes.{{cite web |title=Corey Perry, Ducks down Coyotes to stay atop NHL standings |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=400484472 |website=ESPN |access-date=15 March 2025 |date=6 November 2013}}
After proving himself as one of Anaheim's top defencemen, Lindholm signed a six-year $31.5M contract on 27 October 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/hampus-lindholm-agrees-to-contract-with-anaheim/c-283141064 |title=Hampus Lindholm signs contract with Ducks |publisher=National Hockey League |date=27 October 2016 |access-date=19 March 2022}}
==Boston Bruins==
In the final year of his contract and set to become an unrestricted free agent, trade rumours on Lindholm were increasing. On 19 March 2022, he was traded to the Boston Bruins for a 2022 first-round pick, a 2023 second-round pick, a 2024 second-round pick, Urho Vaakanainen and John Moore.{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/bruins-acquire-defenceman-hampus-lindholm-from-ducks/ |title=Bruins acquire defenceman Hampus Lindholm from Ducks |publisher=Sportsnet |date=19 March 2022 |access-date=19 March 2022}} On 20 March, just after being acquired by Boston, Lindholm was signed to an eight-year, $52M contract extension.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/33556514/boston-bruins-new-defenseman-hampus-lindholm-reach-eight-year-52-million-extension |title=Boston Bruins, new defenseman Hampus Lindholm reach 8-year, $52 million extension |publisher=ESPN |date=20 March 2022 |access-date=20 March 2022}}
In the early season absence of Charlie McAvoy during the 2022–23 season, Lindholm proved himself to be very valuable to the Bruins.{{Cite web|url=https://thehockeywriters.com/bruins-lindholm-shining-defense-mcavoy-absence/|title=Bruins Lindholm Shining on Defense in McAvoy's Absence|first=Scott|last=Roche|date=5 November 2022|website=The Hockey Writers|access-date=15 March 2025}} Lindholm and the Bruins went on to have a record-breaking season in 2022–23, winning the most regular season games ever by a team, with 65, before falling to the Florida Panthers in seven games in the first round of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs. After being eliminated, it was revealed that Lindholm had played with a fractured foot in the playoffs.{{cite web |last1=Dolloff |first1=Matt |title=Bruins' Hampus Lindholm reveals serious injury he played through in 2023 playoff |url=https://985thesportshub.com/listicle/boston-bruins-hampus-lindholm-injury-playoffs/ |website=985thesportshub.com |access-date=15 March 2025 |date=22 May 2023}} Lindholm's successful season ended with him finishing fourth in Norris Trophy voting for best defenceman, as well as being named to the NHL Second All-Star team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/2023-nhl-awards-winners-voting-results-345028454|title=List of winners, voting results from 2023 NHL Awards |date=30 September 2023|website=NHL.com|access-date=15 March 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-announces-2022-23-first-and-second-all-star-teams-345029890|title=NHL announces 2022-23 1st, 2nd All-Star Teams |date=30 September 2023|website=NHL.com|access-date=15 March 2025}}
Lindholm hoped to capitalize on his successful season, but was unable to do so in the 2023–24 season, as his production dropped significantly, as he recorded three goals and 23 assists in 70 games. As the season came to a close, Lindholm suffered a lower-body injury in late February 2024, causing him to a miss a few games.{{cite web |last1=Russo |first1=Eric |title=Need to Know: Bruins at Oilers |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/need-to-know-bruins-at-oilers |website=NHL.com |access-date=15 March 2025 |date=21 February 2024}} However, after a disappointing regular season, Lindholm would turn his game up in the 2024 playoffs. In the Bruins' first-round matchup against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Lindholm scored a goal and three assists in seven games. The series included a two-point performance by Lindholm in the decisive game 7, where he scored the game-tying goal, and assisted on David Pastrňák's series-winning overtime goal.{{cite web |title=David Pastrnak scores in overtime to lift Bruins to Game 7 win over rival Maple Leafs |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=401655579 |website=ESPN |access-date=15 March 2025 |date=4 May 2024}}
Lindholm entered the 2024–25 season hoping to bounce back from a disappointing 2023-24 campaign. However, his comeback was put in jeopardy when on November 12, 2024, he got injured blocking a shot in a game against the St. Louis Blues.{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Conor |title=Bruins’ Hampus Lindholm exits game with lower-body injury |url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-bruins/2024/11/12/hampus-lindholm-lower-body-injury-bruins-blues/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=www.boston.com |language=en-US}} He left the game, and did not return, sparking concern. The next day, then-Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery announced that Lindholm would be out multiple weeks with a lower-body injury.{{Cite web |last=Whitaker |first=Michael |date=2024-11-14 |title=Bruins get awful Hampus Lindholm injury update |url=https://clutchpoints.com/nhl/boston-bruins/bruins-news-bruins-get-awful-hampus-lindholm-injury-update |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=ClutchPoints {{!}} Boston Bruins News |language=en}} A couple weeks later, now-interim head coach Joe Sacco said that Lindholm was still weeks away from returning to play.{{Cite web |last=Sabourin |first=Austin |date=2024-12-03 |title=Bruins Coach Joe Sacco Gives Troubling Report On Hampus Lindholm |url=https://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/bruins_coach_joe_sacco_gives_troubling_report_on_hampus_lindholm/s1_17633_41337264 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Yardbarker |language=en}} The injury caused Lindholm to be left off Team Sweden for the 4 Nations Face-Off.{{Cite web |last=DeRosa |first=Michael |date=2024-12-04 |title=Bruins Star Left Off Sweden's 4 Nations Face-Off Roster |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/bruins-star-left-off-swedens-201357373.html |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Yahoo Sports |language=en-US}} On January 14, 2025, the Bruins placed Lindholm on Long Term Injured Reserve (LTIR), although Sacco mentioned the same day that Lindholm was skating, albeit not in a competitive nature.{{Cite web |last=Crowther |first=Hunter |title=Bruins place Charlie McAvoy, Mark Kastelic on IR; Hampus Lindholm on LTIR |url=https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/bruins-place-charlie-mcavoy-mark-kastelic-on-ir-hampus-lindholm-on-ltir |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Daily Faceoff |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Troiani |first=Gayle |date=2025-01-14 |title=Bruins' Joe Sacco Offers Encouraging Update On Hampus Lindholm |url=https://nesn.com/2025/01/bruins-joe-sacco-offers-encouraging-update-on-hampus-lindholm/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=NESN.com |language=en-US}} On February 25, 2025, Bruins general manager Don Sweeney announced that Lindholm was unlikely to return the rest of the season, and revealed that he had fractured his patella against the Blues.{{Cite web |last=Losada |first=Antonio |date=2025-02-25 |title=Bruins Dealt 2 Brutal Injury Blows in Season-Altering Update |url=https://athlonsports.com/nhl/boston-bruins/bruins-dealt-2-brutal-injury-blows-in-season-altering-update |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Athlon Sports |language=en}} Lindholm finished the season with three goals and four assists in 17 games.
International play
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{{MedalCountry|{{ih|SWE}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's ice hockey}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Denmark|}}
{{MedalCompetition|World U18 Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 Czech Republic|}}
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Lindholm has represented Sweden at the 2012 World U18 Championships, winning the silver medal. In the tournament, he was voted one of the Swedish team's three most valuable players of the tournament.{{cite web|url=http://hd.se/sport/2012/04/23/lindholm-prisades-efter/|title=Lindholm prisades efter chockförlusten – Helsingborgs Dagblad April 23 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514063336/http://hd.se/sport/2012/04/23/lindholm-prisades-efter/|archive-date=14 May 2012|website=hd.se|access-date=15 March 2025}} He also won the most valuable player award in the games against Finland{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/landslag/juniorhockey/article14712432.ab|title=... men Småkronora klara för VM-final|date=20 April 2012|website=aftonbladet.se|access-date=15 March 2025}} and Switzerland.{{cite web|url=http://hd.se/sport/2012/04/15/hampus-bast-i-vm-match/|title=Hampus bäst i VM-match|website=hd.se|date=15 April 2012|access-date=15 March 2025}}
Lindholm was not able to play for Sweden at the 2013 World Junior Championships due to a concussion.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Playing style
Lindholm is a two-way defenceman who is good at passing the puck. His skating and hockey intelligence have also been admired.{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/hampus_lindholm/|title=Hockey's Future – Hampus Lindholm|date=30 September 2023 |website=hockeysfuture.com |access-date=15 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814115410/http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/hampus_lindholm/ |archive-date=14 August 2012}} Former NHL and Rögle BK defenceman Kenny Jönsson has influenced Lindholm,{{cite web |last1=Senator |first1=Rasmus |title=Hampus Lindholms hyllning till barndomsidolen Kenny Jönsson |url=https://www.sportbibeln.se/hockey/hampus-lindholms-hyllning-till-barndomsidolen-kenny-jonsson/ |website=Sportbibeln |access-date=15 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608181357/https://www.sportbibeln.se/hockey/hampus-lindholms-hyllning-till-barndomsidolen-kenny-jonsson/ |archive-date=8 June 2023 |language=sv-SE |date=20 May 2018}} and Lindholm mentioned Nicklas Lidström and Scott Niedermayer as his other role models.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 2010–11
| Rögle BK | J18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2010–11 | Rögle BK | J18 Allsv | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010–11
| Rögle BK | J20 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 34
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2011–12 | Rögle BK | J18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011–12
| Rögle BK | J20 | 28 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2011–12 | Rögle BK | Allsv | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12
| 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012–13
| AHL | 44 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2013–14 | NHL | 78 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 36
| 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014–15
| Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 78 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 32
| 16 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2015–16 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 80 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 40
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016–17
| Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 66 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 36
| 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2017–18 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 69 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 34
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018–19
| Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 76 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 44
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2019–20 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 56 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21
| Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2021–22 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 61 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 42
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22
| NHL | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2022–23 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 80 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 56
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023–24
| Boston Bruins | NHL | 73 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 63
| 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2024–25 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 762 !! 73 !! 240 !! 313 !! 441 ! 79 !! 5 !! 20 !! 25 !! 34 |
=International=
| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:40em;" | ||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 2012
| Sweden | WJC18 | {{silver2}} | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2018 | Sweden | WC | {{gold1}} | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4"|Junior totals ! 6 !! 0 !! 4 !! 4 !! 4 | ||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4"|Senior totals ! 10 !! 0 !! 6 !! 6 !! 4 |
Awards and honours
| class="wikitable"
! Award ! Year ! Ref |
| colspan="3"|NHL |
|---|
| NHL All-Rookie Team
| 2014 | |
| NHL Second All-Star Team
| 2023 |
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
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