Oskar Lindblom

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Oskar Lindblom
Date of birth August 15, 1996
place of birth Gävle , Sweden
size 188 cm
Weight 85 kg
position Left wing
number # 23
Shot hand Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2013 , 5th round, 163rd position
Yaroslavl locomotive
NHL Entry Draft 2014 , 5th round, 138th position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
2010-2017 Brynäs IF
since 2017 Philadelphia Flyers

Oskar Lindblom (born August 15, 1996 in Gävle ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Philadelphia Flyers from the National Hockey League since May 2017 and plays for them in the position of the left winger .

Career

Lindblom was selected in the KHL Junior Draft 2013 in 163rd position by Lokomotive Yaroslavl and was considered a promising candidate for an early election in the NHL Entry Draft 2014 . Ultimately, he was drafted in the 5th round as a total of 138th player by the Philadelphia Flyers . With the start of the 2014/15 season was Lindblom integral part of the professional cadre of Brynäs IF in the Svenska Hockey Ligan , previously ran the Swede since 2010, various youth teams and was partly as (assistance) Captain used.

After Lindblom had already entered the American Hockey League (AHL) on a trial basis for the Flyers' farm team , the Lehigh Valley Phantoms , at the end of the 2015/16 season , he signed an entry-level contract in Philadelphia in May 2017 . After he was mainly used in the AHL for a year, he established himself in the Flyers' NHL squad at the beginning of the 2018/19 season.

In December 2019, Lindblom was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma , a malignant tumor of the bone . As a result, he missed the rest of the season and received chemotherapy until the beginning of July 2020 , so that he has been cured since then. A few weeks later, the Swede signed a new three-year contract in Philadelphia, which should bring him an average annual salary of three million US dollars from the start of the 2020/21 season.

International

Lindblom took part with the Swedish team in the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2013 , where he led his team to the title as tournament top scorer. A little later he represented his homeland at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2013 . In January 2014 he made his debut for Brynäs in the Svenska Hockeyligan . He also represented the U20 national team in his home country at the U20 World Championships in 2015 and 2016 . The attacker made his debut for the senior national team as part of the Euro Hockey Tour 2016/17.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2012/13 Brynäs IF J20 J20 SuperElit 3 1 0 1 +1 0 - - - - - -
2013/14 Brynäs IF J20 J20 SuperElit 43 13 20th 33 +2 28 7th 6th 1 7th +4 6th
2013/14 Brynäs IF SHL 4th 0 0 0 -2 0 - - - - - -
2014/15 Brynäs IF J20 J20 SuperElit - - - - - - 2 1 3 4th +2 0
2014/15 Brynäs IF SHL 37 8th 7th 15th +2 16 7th 1 1 2 -3 0
2015/16 Brynäs IF J20 J20 SuperElit - - - - - - 2 1 0 1 -1 2
2015/16 Brynäs IF SHL 48 8th 17th 25th +3 14th 3 1 2 3 +2 6th
2015/16 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 8th 2 5 7th +1 0 - - - - - -
2016/17 Brynäs IF SHL 52 22nd 25th 47 +16 18th 20th 4th 10 14th ± 0 10
2017/18 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 54 16 18th 34 +4 10 11 4th 3 7th +2 0
2017/18 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 23 2 4th 6th +4 8th 4th 0 0 0 ± 0 0
2018/19 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 81 17th 16 33 –9 20th - - - - - -
J20 SuperElit overall 46 14th 20th 34 +3 28 11 8th 4th 12 +5 8th
SHL total 141 38 49 87 +19 48 30th 6th 13 19th -1 16
AHL total 62 18th 23 41 +5 10 11 4th 3 7th +2 0
NHL overall 104 19th 20th 39 -5 28 4th 0 0 0 ± 0 0

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2013 Sweden WHC gold medal 6th 8th 5 13 0
2013 Sweden Hlinka Memorial 7th place 4th 2 2 4th +4 0
2013 Sweden U18 World Cup 5th place 5 2 2 4th +2 0
2014 Sweden U18 World Cup 4th Place 7th 3 3 6th +5 2
2015 Sweden U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 4th 5 9 -1 0
2016 Sweden U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 3 3 6th +1 0
2019 Sweden WM 5th place 8th 3 1 4th ± 0 12
Juniors overall 36 22nd 20th 42 2
Men overall 8th 3 1 4th ± 0 12

( 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. ↑ hockeysfuture.com, Team Canada captains top the ISS September ranking of the top 30 2014 prospects
  2. ↑ Flyers sign forward Oskar Lindblom. nhl.com, May 30, 2017, accessed May 31, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Flyers sign LW Oskar Lindblom to three-year contract extension. nhl.com, July 22, 2020, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  4. ↑ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/National-Championships/Men/World-U17/2013/More/3-Stars.aspx
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Squad of the Philadelphia Flyers in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Lindblom, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Gävle , Sweden