Ryan Lindgren

Ryan Lindgren
Date of birth	February 11, 1998
place of birth	Burnsville , Minnesota , USA
size	183 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
number	# 55
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2016 , 2nd round, 49th position Boston Bruins
Career stations
2011-2014	Shattuck St. Mary's
2014-2016	US National Team Development Program
2016-2018	University of Minnesota
since 2018	New York Rangers Hartford Wolf Pack

Ryan Lindgren (born February 11, 1998 in Burnsville , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League (NHL) since March 2018 and for their farm team, the Hartford Wolf Pack , in the American Hockey League (AHL) on the position of defender is used. His older brother Charlie Lindgren is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Lindgren was born in Burnsville , Minnesota, USA . Lindgren's career began in the 2011/12 season on the Shattuck St. Mary’s high school ice hockey team . He achieved 172 scorer points in a total of 180 missions . For the 2014/15 season, the American joined the National Team Development Program of the US ice hockey association USA Hockey . He spent most of the season with the team in the United States Hockey League (USHL). There he reached 25 scorer points in 60 missions.

In the 2016 NHL Entry Draft , Lindgren was selected in the second round in 49th position by the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). At the same time, Lindgren began studying at the University of Minnesota and ran for their ice hockey team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). There the defender achieved 16 scorer points in 67 games.

In October 2018, Lindgren was given a first-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft 2018 , the players Ryan Spooner and Matt Beleskey and a seventh-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft 2019 in exchange for Rick Nash to the New York Rangers . Lindgren signed an entry-level contract with the New York Rangers in March 2018 . They used him for the time being with their farm team Hartford Wolf Pack in the American Hockey League (AHL). After half a season of regular AHL service, he finally made his debut for the New York Rangers in the NHL in January 2019, which was followed by four more games by the end of the season. He finished the AHL game year with twelve points in 65 games for the Hartford Wolf Pack. At the beginning of the 2019/20 season, Lindgren established himself in the New York Rangers' NHL squad and has been there regularly since then.

International

In the junior division, Lindegren took part in the 2015 World U-17 Hockey Challenge for the USA , where the team won the silver medal. At the U18 Junior World Championship in 2016 , he won the bronze medal with the national team. At the U20 Junior World Championships in 2017 and 2018 , he succeeded in winning the gold and bronze medals.

Achievements and Awards

• 2015 silver medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge
• 2016 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2017 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2018 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championship

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season							Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
2011/12	Shattuck St. Mary's	Bantam		59	15th	42	57		53		-	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Shattuck St. Mary's	HPBHL		15th	3	9	12		12		-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Shattuck St. Mary's	Bantam		55	24	64	88		68		-	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Shattuck St. Mary's	USHS prep		51	3	12	15th		80		-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	US National Team Development Program	USHL		35	3	10	13	−12	65		-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	US National Team Development Program	USHL		25th	4th	8th	12	+4	16		-	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	University of Minnesota	NCAA		32	1	6th	7th	+9	65
2017/18	University of Minnesota	NCAA		35	2	7th	9	-3	51
2017/18	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		10	2	2	4th	+4	23		-	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		65	0	12	12	-1	94		-	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	New York Rangers	NHL		5	0	0	0	–6	8th		-	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		9	1	1	2	+8	6th		-	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	New York Rangers	NHL		60	1	13	14th	+16	47		3	0	1	1	± 0	0
USHL total				60	7th	18th	25th	-8th	81		-	-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				67	3	13	16	+6	116
AHL total				84	3	15th	18th	+11	123		-	-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall				65	1	13	14th	+10	55		3	0	1	1	± 0	0

International

Represented the USA at:

• World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2015
• U18 Junior World Championship 2016
• U20 Junior World Championship 2017
• U20 World Junior Championship 2018

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
2015	United States	U17-WHC			6th	0	1	1		4th
2016	United States	U18 World Cup			7th	2	3	5	+5	4th
2017	United States	U20 World Cup			7th	0	1	1	+4	0
2018	United States	U20 World Cup			7th	0	1	1	± 0	2
Juniors overall					27	2	6th	8th	+9	10

( 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

• Player biography on the New York Rangers website
• Ryan Lindgren at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bruins second-rounder Ryan Lindgren's true grit shows at NHL draft. In: Boston Herald. June 26, 2016, Retrieved January 12, 2020 (American English). 
2. ↑ Rangers Acquire 2018 1st Rd. Pick, Lindgren, Spooner, Beleskey, 2019 Pick. Retrieved January 12, 2020 (American English). 
3. ↑ Hartford Wolf Pack: Wolf Pack Sign Defenseman Ryan Lindgren to ATO | Hartford Wolf Pack. Retrieved January 12, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Brett Cyrgalis: Rangers call up a top prospect hoping to aid struggling defense. In: New York Post. January 15, 2019, accessed January 12, 2020 .