Petteri Lindbohm Explained

Team:Frölunda HC
League:SHL
Former Teams:Jokerit
Ässät
St. Louis Blues
Lausanne HC
EHC Biel
Florida Panthers
Position:Defence
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:196
Ntl Team:Finland
Birth Date:23 September 1993
Birth Place:Helsinki, Finland
Draft:176th overall
Draft Year:2012
Draft Team:St. Louis Blues
Career Start:2012

Petteri Lindbohm (born September 23, 1993 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He has previously played with Lausanne HC and EHC Biel of the National League (NL), Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), and with the St. Louis Blues and Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blues selected him in the 6th round (176th overall) of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Lindbohm played in his native Finnish Liiga during the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons. On March 21, 2014, he signed a three-year, entry-level deal with the St. Louis Blues.[1]

In the 2014–15 season, his first in North America, Lindbohm primarily played with the Blues' AHL affiliate Chicago Wolves, appearing in 53 games. Lindbohm also skated in 23 games for the Blues, scoring two goals and 3 points. Lindbohm scored his first career NHL goal on February 20, 2015, in a 5-1 victory over the Boston Bruins.[2]

On September 11, 2017, the Blues re-signed Lindbohm as a restricted free agent to a one-year, two-way contract.[3] He was re-assigned to continue his tenure with the Chicago Wolves in the 2017–18 season.

On July 27, 2018, as a restricted free agent from the Blues, Lindbohm left North America and signed a one-year contract in Switzerland worth CHF 700,000 with Lausanne HC of the National League (NL).[4] Right after winning gold with Finland at the 2019 IIHF World Championship, Lausanne signed Lindbohm to a one-year contract extension worth CHF 750,000.[5] On May 20, 2020, Lausanne HC announced that Lindbohm would not return to the team for the 2020–21 season.[6]

On July 30, 2020, Lindbohm agreed to a one-year contract with EHC Biel to remain in the National League for the 2020–21 season.[7]

Following his third season in the NL, Lindbohm left as a free agent and returned to his original club, Jokerit, now of the KHL, on a two-year agreement on May 5, 2021.[8] In the 2021–22 season, Lindbohm playing in a top-four shutdown role registered three goals and 8 points from the blueline, helping Jokerit to a second place finish in the regular season.

With Jokerit withdrawing from the KHL playoffs, Lindbohm was released from his contract as a free agent and returned to the NHL in agreeing to a one-year, $750,000 contract with the Florida Panthers for the remainder of the season on March 1, 2022.[9]

As a free agent from the Panthers, Lindbohm returned to Europe and agreed on a one-year contract to play with his first Swedish club, Frölunda HC of the SHL, on August 2, 2022.[10]

International play

Lindbohm first represented Finland on the international stage at the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships before later captaining the junior squad at the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

He made his senior debut with Finland, claiming gold at the 2019 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia and the Silver medal in the 2021 IIHF World Championship in Riga, Latvia. He was named to the Finnish Olympic team at the 2022 Winter Olympics held in Beijing, China. He registered two assists through 6 games helping Finland capture an historic first Olympic Gold Medal, following a 2-1 victory over the Russian Olympic Committee.[11]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2009–10Kiekko–VantaaFIN U18 Q802224
2009–10Kiekko–VantaaFIN U18261122630008
2010–11BluesFIN U18 Q21122
2010–11BluesFIN U185156820222
2010–11BluesFIN U2041189561303312
2011–12JokeritFIN U20413710981203312
2011–12Kiekko–VantaaMestis50338
2012–13JokeritFIN U2020112
2012–13Jokerit3504461
2012–13Kiekko–VantaaMestis63034
2013–14JokeritFIN U2030004
2013–14JokeritLiiga1801118
2013–14Kiekko–VantaaMestis1311212
2013–14ÄssätLiiga191458
2014–15Chicago WolvesAHL5361218625 0 1 1 10
2014–15St. Louis BluesNHL2321326
2015–16Chicago WolvesAHL43381150
2015–16St. Louis BluesNHL100007
2016–17Chicago WolvesAHL528816549 1 3 4 2
2016–17St. Louis BluesNHL70004
2017–18Chicago WolvesAHL2312321
2018–19Lausanne HCNL41411152412 0 3 3 8
2019–20Lausanne HCNL508152352
2020–21EHC BielNL4441014492 0 0 0 0
2021–22JokeritKHL4535828
2021–22Florida PanthersNHL90115
NHL totals4922442

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2011FinlandU185th60000
2013FinlandWJC7th60224
2019FinlandWC102136
2021FinlandWC91120
2022FinlandOG60222
Junior totals120224
Senior totals253478

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lindbohm Signs Entry-Level Deal . . 2014-03-21 . 2014-03-22.
  2. Web site: Lindbohm score first NHL goal . . 2015-02-20 . 2015-02-20.
  3. Web site: Blues' Petteri Lindbohm inks one-year deal . . 2017-09-11 . 2017-09-11.
  4. Web site: Petteri Lindbohm . . 2018-07-27 . 2018-07-27 . French . https://web.archive.org/web/20180728025628/http://www.lausannehc.ch/petteri-lindbohm-est-lausannois/ . 28 July 2018 . dead .
  5. Web site: Petteri Lindbohm . . 2019-05-28 . 2019-05-28 . French . https://web.archive.org/web/20190528152145/http://www.lausannehc.ch/petteri-lindbohm-prolonge-dune-saison-a-lausanne/ . 28 May 2019 . dead .
  6. Web site: Petteri Lindbohm will not stay with Lausanne HC . swisshockeynews.ch . 2020-05-20 . 2020-05-20.
  7. Web site: Done deal - Petteri Lindbohm is going to join EHC Biel . swisshockeynews.ch . 2020-07-30 . 2020-07-30.
  8. Web site: Five new reinforcements for Jokerit . 5 May 2021 . 5 May 2021 . Finnish.
  9. Web site: Panthers agree to terms with defenseman Petteri Lindbohm . . 1 March 2022 . 1 March 2022.
  10. Web site: Experienced defenseman in . . 2 August 2022 . 2 August 2022 . Swedish.
  11. Web site: Finland beats ROC to win nation's first Olympic men's ice hockey gold medal . 20 February 2022 . 20 February 2022 . .