Esa Lindell

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Esa Lindell
Date of birth May 23, 1994
place of birth Helsinki , Finland
size 191 cm
Weight 98 kg
position defender
number # 23
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2012 , 3rd round, 74th position
Dallas Stars
KHL Junior Draft 2015 , 2nd round, 47th position
HK Dinamo Minsk
Career stations
2008-2014 Jokerite
2014-2015 Porin Ässät
2015-2017 Texas Stars
since 2016 Dallas Stars

Esa Lindell (born May 23, 1994 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League since May 2014 . With the Finnish national team , the defender won the silver medal at the 2016 World Cup .

Career

Lindell began his career in Tikkurila , a district of Vantaa near his native Helsinki. The defender then moved to Jokerit's youth department , where he won the Finnish championship of his age group twice with the U16 team. As a 17-year-old Lindell played his first full season for the U20 team in 2011/12 and led the top Finnish junior league as the highest point defender. He was then awarded the Teemu Selänne trophy as the best player of the season. In the 2012 NHL Entry Draft , Lindell was selected by the Dallas Stars in the third round in a total of 74th position.

After making his debut for Jokerit in the SM-liiga in the 2012/13 season , the defender signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Dallas Stars in May 2014 . However, he initially stayed in Finland, where he moved to Porin Ässät after transferring from Jokerit in the KHL . With an average of almost 25 minutes of ice time per game, he was the most frequently used player in the league and ended the 2014/15 season as the defender with the highest points. His 14 goals were also the best in the league for a defender. Eventually, Lindell was awarded the Pekka Rautakallio Trophy as the best defender of the regular season.

For the 2015/16 season , Lindell moved to North America and played in his debut season mainly for the farm team of the Dallas Stars, the Texas Stars , in the American Hockey League . On January 19, 2016, he played his first game in the National Hockey League (NHL) against the Los Angeles Kings . In the course of the following seasons, the Finn established himself in the NHL line-up of stars and at the same time advanced to one of the best defenders of the team alongside John Klingberg and his compatriot Miro Heiskanen . As a result, he signed a new six-year contract in Dallas in May 2019, which should bring him an average annual salary of $ 5.8 million from the start of the 2019/20 season.

International

Lindell was at the European Youth Olympic Festival 2011 in Liberec for the Finnish U17 selection and won the silver medal with them. At the U18 Junior World Championships in 2012 , he reached fourth place with Finland and was the best assist provider of his team with six assists alongside Teuvo Teräväinen and Henrik Haapala .

After leading the U19 selection as team captain last year , Lindell was also nominated for the 2014 U20 World Junior Championship . He finished the tournament with five points from seven games, helping Finland win the gold medal. He then played a total of 19 appearances for the men's national team in the 2014/15 season, including the 2015 World Cup , where one of the three best players in the Finnish squad was chosen. At the following World Cup in 2016 , Lindell was also part of the Finnish squad and won the silver medal with the team. He also represented his home country a little later at the World Cup of Hockey 2016 .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2009 Finnish C-Junior Champion with Jokerit Helsinki
  • 2010 Finnish C-Junior Champion with Jokerit Helsinki
  • 2012 Best player in the A-Junior-SM-liiga
  • 2012 First All-Star Team of the A-Juniors-SM-liiga

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2010/11 Jokerit U20 Jr. A SM liiga - - - - - 3 1 1 2 2
2011/12 Jokerit U20 Jr. A SM liiga 48 21st 30th 51 16 11 2 5 7th 6th
2011/12 Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2012/13 Jokerit U20 Jr. A SM liiga 11 5 4th 9 6th - - - - -
2012/13 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 19th 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
2012/13 Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 22nd 4th 6th 10 16 - - - - -
2013/14 Jokerit Helsinki Liiga 44 2 3 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
2013/14 Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 11 2 3 5 8th - - - - -
2014/15 Porin Ässät Liiga 57 14th 21st 35 28 - - - - -
2014/15 Texas Stars AHL 5 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2015/16 Texas Stars AHL 73 14th 28 42 56 4th 2 2 4th 0
2015/16 Dallas Stars NHL 4th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2016/17 Texas Stars AHL 2 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2016/17 Dallas Stars NHL 73 6th 12 18th 22nd - - - - -
2017/18 Dallas Stars NHL 80 7th 20th 27 24 - - - - -
2018/19 Dallas Stars NHL 82 11 21st 32 33 13 1 3 4th 4th
Liiga overall 120 16 24 40 42 4th 0 0 0 0
AHL total 80 14th 30th 44 58 4th 2 2 4th 0
NHL overall 239 24 53 77 79 13 1 3 4th 4th

International

Represented Finland at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2011 Finland EOJWF 2nd place, silver 3 0 0 0 0
2011 Finland HIMT 4th Place 5 1 0 1 14th
2012 Finland U18 World Cup 4th Place 7th 0 6th 6th 2
2014 Finland U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 2 3 5 6th
2015 Finland WM 6th place 8th 1 5 6th 0
2016 Finland WM 2nd place, silver 10 1 3 4th 0
2016 Finland World cup 8th place 1 0 0 0 0
Juniors overall 35 15th 36 51 16
Men overall 19th 2 8th 10 0

( 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011–2012 | Jr. A SM-liiga | Defensemen , eliteprospects.com, accessed March 2, 2016
  2. ↑ a b Dallas Stars Sign Defenseman Esa Lindell to Three-year, Entry Level Contract , Dallas Stars, May 7, 2014
  3. ↑ Stars sign defenseman Esa Lindell to 6-year contract extension. nhl.com, May 16, 2019, accessed on May 16, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Best Players of Each Team Selected By Coaches , IIHF, May 16, 2015
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Squad of the Dallas Stars in the season 2019/20

Goalkeeper: Ben Bishop  | Anton Chudobin  
Defender: Taylor Fedun  | Miro Heiskanen  | Stephen Johns  | John Klingberg  ( A ) | Esa Lindell  | Jamie Oleksiak  | Andrej Sekera  
attacker: Jamie Benn  ( C ) | Andrew Cogliano  | Blake Comeau  | Jason Dickinson  | Justin Dowling  | Radek Faksa  | Denis Guryanov  | Martin Hanzal  | Roope Hintz  | Mattias Janmark  | Joe Pavelski  | Corey Perry  | Alexander Radulov  ( A ) | Tyler Seguin  ( A ) 
Head Coach:  Rick Bowness    Assistant  Coach : Todd Nelson  | John Stevens    General Manager:  Jim Nill

personal data
SURNAME Lindell, Esa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki