Linus Söderström

Linus Söderström
Date of birth	23rd August 1996
place of birth	Stockholm , Sweden
size	194 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2014 , 4th round, 95th position New York Islanders
Career stations
2010-2011	Värmdö HC
2011-2015	Djurgårdens IF
2015-2016	HC Vita Hästen
since 2016	HV71

Linus Söderström (born August 23, 1996 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with HV71 in the Svenska Hockeyligan since 2016 .

Career

Linus Söderström began his career as an ice hockey player at Värmdö HC. In 2011 he moved to Djurgårdens IF . With the team from Stockholm he won the Swedish U16 championship in 2012, to which he made an active contribution with the best catch quota and the lowest goals against. In the following year he not only achieved the best catch quota of the U18 Allsvenskan southern season, but was also voted the best Swedish U18 goalkeeper. From 2013 to 2015 he played mainly in the J20 SuperElit , which he won with Djurgården in 2015, but was also loaned to Södertälje SK and Almtuna IS in the men's HockeyAllsvenskan in the 2014/15 season . He had previously been drawn in the fourth round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders as the 95th player. However, he was not signed there and stayed in Sweden. After a season at HC Vita Hästen in HockeyAllsvenskan, he moved to HV71 in 2016 , for which he has been guarding the goal in the Svenska Hockeyligan ever since .

International

For Sweden, Söderström took part in the junior division at the U18 World Championship in 2014 and the U20 World Championship in 2015 and 2016 , when he became the best goalkeeper of the tournament and also in the All-Star with two shutouts in five games, the best catch rate and the lowest goals against. Team was chosen to participate.

Achievements and Awards

• 2012 Swedish U16 champions with Djurgården Hockey
• 2012 Best catch quota and lowest goals against goals in the Swedish U16 championship
• 2013 Best Swedish U18 goalkeeper and best catch quota in the southern season of the U18 Allsvenskan
• 2015 Swedish U20 champions with Djurgården Hockey
• 2016 Best goalkeeper, all-star team, best catch rate and lowest goals against goals at the U20 World Cup

Web links

• Linus Söderström at eliteprospects.com (English)