Elias Lindholm
Date of birth | 2nd December 1994 |
place of birth | Boden , Sweden |
size | 185 cm |
Weight | 87 kg |
position | center |
number | # 28 |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
KHL Junior Draft |
2011 , 4th round, 86th position SKA Saint Petersburg |
NHL Entry Draft |
2013 , 1st round, 5th position Carolina Hurricanes |
Career stations | |
2009-2013 | Brynäs IF |
2013-2018 | Carolina Hurricanes |
since 2018 | Calgary Flames |
Elias Lindholm (born December 2, 1994 in Boden ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League since June 2018 . Previously, he was active for five years for the Carolina Hurricanes , which had selected him in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft in fifth position. With the Swedish national team , he won the gold medal at the 2017 World Cup .
Career
Elias Lindholm grew up in Gävle, Sweden and played for Gävle Godtemplares IK in his youth . At the age of 14, he moved to the youth department of Brynäs IF for the 2009/10 season , where he played for the U16 and U18 teams in his first season. The following season he made his debut in the J20 SuperElit , the highest Swedish junior league. There he achieved his breakthrough in the 2011/12 season when he was the best scorer of all U18 players with 49 points from 36 games. He was also named the best striker in the league.
At the same time Lindholm was called up for the first time in the Elitserien squad of Brynäs IF and made his debut in the Swedish top division on December 3, 2011. Although he remained without a point in a total of 14 missions, he finally became the Swedish champion with the team . In the 2012/13 season he moved permanently to the Elitserien and was the youngest player in the Brynäs IF squad. With 30 points from 48 games, he was also the team's third-best scorer and the best scorer among the Elite Series Juniors. In the election for Rookie of the Year in the Elitserien, however, he was defeated by William Karlsson .
In the 2013 NHL Entry Draft , Elias Lindholm was selected in the first round in fifth position by the Carolina Hurricanes . This made him the second highest drafted European behind the Finn Aleksander Barkov .
On July 15, 2013, Lindholm signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Hurricanes. After the training camp, he made the jump into the NHL squad and made his debut on October 4, 2013 against the Detroit Red Wings . Six days later he scored his first NHL goal in beating the Washington Capitals .
After five years in the organization of the Hurricanes, Lindholm and Noah Hanifin were handed over to the Calgary Flames in June 2018 . In return, Dougie Hamilton , Micheal Ferland and Adam Fox moved to Carolina. A little later, the Swede signed a new six-year contract with the Flames, which should bring him an average annual salary of 4.85 million US dollars. He then recorded his best career record to date in the 2018/19 season with 78 points from 81 games and was then awarded the Viking Award , which honors the best Swedish player in North America.
International
Elias Lindholm participated with Sweden in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2011 and won the silver medal with the team. With six points he was the second best scorer of the Swedish team behind Sebastian Collberg .
At the U18 Junior World Championships in 2012 , Lindholm was the assistant captain of the Swedish selection and led the team to the silver medal. He also won silver with Sweden at the 2013 U20 Junior World Championship .
At the 2015 World Championships , Lindholm made his senior debut and reached fifth place with the Swedish selection. This was followed by winning the gold medal at the 2017 World Cup .
Achievements and Awards
- 2012 Swedish champion with Brynäs IF
- 2019 Viking Award
International
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Career statistics
Status: end of the 2019/20 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
2010/11 | Brynäs IF U20 | J20 SuperElit | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2011/12 | Brynäs IF U20 | J20 SuperElit | 36 | 14th | 35 | 49 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | ||
2011/12 | Brynäs IF | Elitserien | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2012/13 | Brynäs IF | Elitserien | 48 | 11 | 19th | 30th | 2 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | ||
2013/14 | Charlotte Checkers | AHL | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2013/14 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 58 | 9 | 12 | 21st | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2014/15 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 81 | 17th | 22nd | 39 | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2015/16 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2016/17 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 72 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 81 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 81 | 27 | 51 | 78 | 20th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | ||
2019/20 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 70 | 29 | 25th | 54 | 22nd | 10 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 2 | ||
Elitserien total | 60 | 11 | 19th | 30th | 2 | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | ||||
NHL overall | 525 | 120 | 200 | 320 | 118 | 15th | 3 | 5 | 8th | 6th |
International
Represented Sweden at:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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2011 | Sweden | HIMT | 5 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 0 | ||
2011 | Sweden | U19-WJAC | 4th Place | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2012 | Sweden | U18 World Cup | 4th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
2013 | Sweden | U20 World Cup | 6th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 4th | ||
2014 | Sweden | U20 World Cup | 6th | 2 | 7th | 9 | 6th | ||
2015 | Sweden | WM | 5th place | 8th | 2 | 4th | 6th | 6th | |
2017 | Sweden | WM | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7th | 10 | ||
2019 | Sweden | WM | 5th place | 8th | 1 | 5 | 6th | 2 | |
Juniors overall | 25th | 8th | 14th | 22nd | 12 | ||||
Men overall | 26th | 8th | 11 | 19th | 18th |
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation )
Personal
Elias' father, Mikael Lindholm, is a retired ice hockey player who played 404 Elitserien and 18 NHL games. Elias' cousin Calle Järnkrok is also a professional ice hockey player. Elias Lindholm is not related to Hampus Lindholm .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Terrell Williams: Canes Sign Lindholm to Entry-Level Contract , Carolina Hurricanes, July 15, 2013
- ↑ Hamilton, Ferland traded to Hurricanes by Flames for Hanifin, Lindholm. nhl.com, June 23, 2018, accessed June 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Flames sign Elias Lindholm. nhl.com, July 16, 2018, accessed on July 16, 2018 .
Goalkeeper:
David Rittich |
Cam Talbot
Defender:
Rasmus Andersson |
TJ Brodie |
Derek Forbort |
Mark Giordano ( C ) |
Erik Gustafsson |
Travis Hamonic |
Noah Hanifin |
Oliver Kylington |
Michael Stone
attacker:
Mikael Backlund ( A ) |
Sam Bennett |
Austin Czarnik |
Dillon Dubé |
Johnny Gaudreau |
Mark Jankowski |
Elias Lindholm |
Milan Lucic |
Andrew Mangiapane |
Sean Monahan ( A ) |
Tobias Rieder |
Derek Ryan |
Matthew Tkachuk ( A )
Head coach: Geoff Ward Assistant coach: Martin Gélinas | Ryan Huska General Manager: Brad Treliving
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lindholm, Elias |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd December 1994 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Boden , Sweden |