Matt Lindblad

Matt Lindblad
Date of birth	March 23, 1990
place of birth	Evanston , Illinois , USA
size	180 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2008-2009	Chicago Steel
2009-2010	Sioux Falls Stampede
2010-2013	Dartmouth College
2013-2015	Providence Bruins
2015-2016	Hartford Wolf Pack

Matthew Maurice Lindblad (* 23. March 1990 in Evanston , Illinois ) is a retired American ice hockey player and current - scout , who during his playing career from 2008 to 2016, among other four games for the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League on the Has contested the center's position . He was also active in the American Hockey League for the Providence Bruins and the Hartford Wolf Pack . Since the beginning of the 2016/17 season he has been employed as a scout for his ex-team Boston Bruins.

Career

Lindblad played during his junior years in the United States Hockey League , first from 2008 to 2009 for the Chicago Steel and then for a year for the Sioux Falls Stampede. In the summer of 2010, the striker moved to Dartmouth College , where, in addition to his studies, he played for the university team in ECAC Hockey , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association , for three years .

Without drafting , the attacker was committed in the summer of 2013 by the Boston Bruins from the National Hockey League , who used him in the following two years with the Providence Bruins , their farm team in the American Hockey League . In the course of the two game years 2013/14 and 2014/15 he also came to two missions for Boston in the NHL. As a free agent - his contract had expired and was not renewed - he joined the New York Rangers in July 2015 . Due to a back injury that he suffered in preparation, he only played eight games for the Hartford Wolf Pack farm team in the AHL and ended his active career at the age of 26 after his one-year contract expired in the summer of 2016.

At the beginning of the 2016/17 season he was hired as a scout by his ex-team Boston Bruins .

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 USHL All-Star Game
• 2013 All- Ivy League Second Team

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2008/09	Chicago Steel	USHL		51	5	20th	25th	17th		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL		57	24	46	70	20th		3	1	2	3	2
2010/11	Dartmouth College	ECAC		33	13	15th	28	4th
2011/12	Dartmouth College	ECAC		26th	6th	18th	24	2
2012/13	Dartmouth College	ECAC		30th	10	18th	28	2
2012/13	Providence Bruins	AHL		4th	1	4th	5	0		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Providence Bruins	AHL		55	8th	16	24	8th		12	3	4th	7th	10
2013/14	Boston Bruins	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Providence Bruins	AHL		47	9	13	22nd	6th		3	0	0	0	0
2014/15	Boston Bruins	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		8th	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
USHL total				108	29	66	95	37		3	1	2	3	2
NCAA overall				89	29	51	80	8th
AHL total				114	18th	34	52	14th		15th	3	4th	7th	10
NHL overall				4th	0	0	0	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

• Matt Lindblad at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Matt Lindblad at eliteprospects.com (English)