Filip Hållander Explained

Filip Hållander
Birth Date:2000 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Sundsvall, Sweden
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lbs:190
Position:Centre
Shoots:Left
League:SHL
Team:Timrå IK
Former Teams:Luleå HF
Pittsburgh Penguins
Ntl Team:SWE
Draft:58th overall
Draft Year:2018
Draft Team:Pittsburgh Penguins
Career Start:2016

Filip Hållander (born 29 June 2000) is a Swedish ice hockey centre currently playing for Timrå IK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).[1]

Playing career

He was selected by Pittsburgh with the 58th overall pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. On 15 July 2018, Hållander signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins.[2]

He was returned to continue his development with original club, Timrå IK, after gaining promotion to the SHL. In the 2018–19 season, Hållander scored 7 goals and 14 assists as a rookie during his first SHL season and was the second best point producer for Timrå in their qualifying games with 5 goals and 3 assists in 7 matches, in their relegation and return to the HockeyAllsvenskan.

On 29 April 2019, Hållander signed a two-year contract to remain on loan in the SHL from the Penguins with Luleå HF.[3]

On 25 August 2020, Hållander was traded by the Penguins to the Toronto Maple Leafs along with Evan Rodrigues, David Warsofsky and the 15th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft (Rodion Amirov) in exchange for Kasperi Kapanen, Jesper Lindgren and Pontus Åberg.[4] After another season with Luleå, where he recorded a career-high 13 goals in 51 SHL games, his team was defeated in the first round of the SHL playoffs by Skellefteå AIK. That offseason, on July 17, 2021, Hållander was traded by the Maple Leafs back to Pittsburgh, along with a 7th-round pick, in exchange for Jared McCann.[5] .

As a pending restricted free agent with the Penguins, on 28 April 2023, Hållander opted to return to his original Swedish club by signing a five-year deal with Timrå IK, with the club having returned to the SHL in his absence.[6]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Playoffs
Team League GP GP G A Pts PIM
2015–16 J203 1 1 2 0
2016–17 Timrå IK J2034 9 15 24 144 0 0 0 0
Timrå IK Allsv8 0 0 0 03 0 1 1 0
2017–18 Timrå IK J201 0 0 0 0
Timrå IK Allsv40 9 11 20 49 1 1 2 2
Timrå IK SHL45 7 14 21 4
SHL27 5 9 14 2
Luleå HF SHL51 13 11 24 127 2 1 3 4
AHL61 14 14 28 226 1 3 4 0
NHL1 0 0 0 0
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL43 11 22 33 20
Pittsburgh Penguins NHL2 0 0 0 0
SHL totals123 25 34 59 187 2 1 3 4
NHL totals3 0 0 0 0

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2016SwedenU1761010
2017SwedenIH1853032
2019SwedenWJC5th50002
2021SwedenWC9th50112
Junior totals164044
Senior totals50112

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Filip Hållander at eliteprospects.com .
  2. Web site: Pens Sign Forward Filip Hallander to a Three-Year Entry-Level Contract . . September 16, 2018 . July 15, 2018.
  3. Web site: Welcome Filip Hallander . . 2019-04-29 . 2019-04-29 . Swedish.
  4. Web site: Maple Leafs trade Kapanen to Pengiuns . . August 25, 2020 . August 25, 2020.
  5. Web site: July 17, 2021 . Leafs' acquire McCann from Penguins . The Sports Network.
  6. Web site: Filip Hållander returns home to Timrå IK . . 28 April 2023 . 28 April 2023 . Swedish.