Robert Nyholm

Robert Nyholm
Date of birth	March 7, 1988
place of birth	Jakobstad , Finland
size	185 cm
Weight	89 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2006 , 5th round, 129th position Columbus Blue Jackets
Career stations
until 2006	HIFK Helsinki
2006-2008	Kingston Frontenacs
2008-2013	HIFK Helsinki
since 2013	Vaasan Sport

Robert Nyholm (born March 7, 1988 in Jakobstad ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with Vaasan Sport in the Mestis , the second highest league in Finland, since 2008 .

Career

Robert Nyholm began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of HIFK Helsinki , where he was active until 2006. In the NHL Entry Draft 2006 he was selected in the fifth round as a total of 129th player of the Columbus Blue Jackets , for which he however never played. Instead, the winger ran from 2006 to 2008 for the Kingston Frontenacs in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League . For the 2008/09 season he returned to HIFK Helsinki, for whose professional team he has since played in the SM-liiga . In the 2010/11 season he won the Finnish championship with the team . Parallel to the game with HIFK, the left shooter ran regularly as a loan player for Kiekko-Vantaa in the second-class Mestis from 2008 to 2012 .

International

For Finland Nyholm took part in the U18 World Junior Championships in 2005 and 2006 . At the U18 World Cup in 2006, he and his team won the silver medal.

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 silver medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2011 Finnish champion with HIFK Helsinki

SM liiga statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	3	68	7th	7th	14th	26th
Playoffs	1	15th	4th	1	5	6th

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Robert Nyholm at hockeydb.com (English)
• Robert Nyholm at eurohockey.com
• Robert Nyholm at eliteprospects.com (English)