Not so Lindbäck

Sweden Not so Lindbäck


Date of birth	May 3, 1988
place of birth	Gävle , Sweden
size	198 cm
Weight	92 kg

position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2008 , 7th round, 207th position Nashville Predators

Career stations

until 2007	Brynäs IF
2007-2008	Almtuna IS
2008-2009	Brynäs IF
2009-2010	Timrå IK
2010–2012	Nashville Predators
2012-2014	Tampa Bay Lightning
2014-2015	Dallas Stars
2015	Buffalo Sabers
2015-2016	Arizona Coyotes
2016	Ontario Reign
2016-2017	Rögle BK
2017-2018	Milwaukee Admirals
2018-2019	HC Davos
2019-2020	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
since 2020	Jokerite

Anders Lindbäck (born May 3, 1988 in Gävle ) is a Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with Jokerit in the Continental Hockey League since May 2020 .

Career

Anders Lindbäck began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Brynäs IF , where he was active until 2007. The goalkeeper was then loaned to Almtuna IS from HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish division, for a year and stood between the posts for its professional team in a total of 18 games. For the 2008/09 season he returned to Brynäs IF and played 27 games in the Elitserien , the highest Swedish division, for his home club. The following season he moved within the Elitserien to Timrå IK , where he immediately became a regular goalkeeper. Especially in the main round he was able to convince in his 43 appearances with an average of 2.46 per game and a catch rate of 91.3 percent.

Not so Lindbäck in the Dallas Stars jersey

Anders Lindbäck at the AHL Skills Challenge 2018

In May 2010, Lindbäck signed a contract with the Nashville Predators , who had already selected him in the seventh round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft as a 207th player. In his first season in the National Hockey League , the Swedish international played in a total of 23 games in the 2010/11 season . He was also in four games for Nashville's farm team Milwaukee Admirals in the American Hockey League (AHL) on the ice. For the 2012/13 season, Lindbäck moved from the Predators to the Tampa Bay Lightning . In early July 2014, the Swede signed a one-year contract with the Dallas Stars .

In February 2015, the Dallas Stars gave it to the Buffalo Sabers , including a success-based third-round vote for the 2016 NHL Entry Draft , and received Jhonas Enroth in return . With the Sabers, Lindbäck ended the season to then join the Arizona Coyotes as a free agent under a one-year contract . Subsequently, in October 2016, Lindbäck was signed by the Ontario Reign from the AHL on a trial basis , who reacted to the injury of Jonathan Quick , the goalkeeper of their NHL cooperation partner from Los Angeles . After only four missions in Ontario, Lindbäck's contract was terminated, so that he returned to his home country and joined the Rögle BK in December 2016 .

In Sweden, Lindbäck ended the season, but returned to the NHL in July 2017 when he joined the Nashville Predators, for which he was active from 2010 to 2012. However, they only used him in the AHL with the Milwaukee Admirals , before his expiring contract was not extended in the summer of 2018.

In September 2018 he received a one-year contract with HC Davos from the Swiss National League and played 38 games for the club. He then left Switzerland and moved to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the Continental Hockey League . After 37 games this season for Torpedo, the Swedish goalkeeper switched to Jokerit within the KHL in May 2020 .

International

For Sweden , Lindbäck took part in the 2010 World Cup, where he won the bronze medal with his team. He himself was used in a game during the tournament.

Achievements and Awards

2010 bronze medal at the world championship
2018 AHL All-Star Classic

NHL statistics

Status: end of the 2015/16 season

	Seasons	GP	W.	L.	OT	SO	ATM	SVS%
Regular season	6th	130	45	58	8th	3	2.87	90.4
Playoffs	2	5	0	3	-	0	3.69	89.0

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹ play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Commons : Anders Lindbäck - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Anders Lindbäck at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

↑ sportsnet.ca: "Sabers' Enroth traded to Dallas Stars" (English, February 11, 2015, accessed on February 11, 2015)
↑ Predators sign goaltender Anders Lindback to one-year contract. In: sportsnet.ca. July 1, 2017, accessed September 18, 2018 .
↑ HCD signs goalie Anders Lindbäck. In: hcd.ch. September 18, 2018, accessed September 18, 2018 .
↑ Anders Lindbäck leaves Switzerland and signs with the KHL. May 8, 2019, accessed June 13, 2019 .
↑ Jokerit for stronger troops with NHL meriterad målvakt - har följt svensken Anders Lindbäck i flera år. In: svenska.yle.fi. May 5, 2020, accessed July 20, 2020 (Swedish).

Squad of Jokerit in the 2020/21 season

personal data
SURNAME	Lindbäck, Anders
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lindback, Anders
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH	May 3, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gävle , Sweden

[1] sportsnet.ca: "Sabers' Enroth traded to Dallas Stars" (English, February 11, 2015, accessed on February 11, 2015)

[sportsne-Predator-2] Predators sign goaltender Anders Lindback to one-year contract. In: sportsnet.ca. July 1, 2017, accessed September 18, 2018 .

[hcd-HCD_verp-3] HCD signs goalie Anders Lindbäck. In: hcd.ch. September 18, 2018, accessed September 18, 2018 .

[4] Anders Lindbäck leaves Switzerland and signs with the KHL. May 8, 2019, accessed June 13, 2019 .

[yle-200505-5] Jokerit for stronger troops with NHL meriterad målvakt - har följt svensken Anders Lindbäck i flera år. In: svenska.yle.fi. May 5, 2020, accessed July 20, 2020 (Swedish).