Jesper Lindgren

Jesper Lindgren
Born (1997-05-19) 19 May 1997
Umeå, Sweden
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 161 lb (73 kg; 11 st 7 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams		 Toronto Maple Leafs
Modo Hockey
HPK
NHL Draft 95th overall, 2015
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 2015–present

Jesper Lindgren (born 19 May 1997) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing as a prospect to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Lindgren originally played at the youth levels with IF Björklöven before transferring to Modo Hockey as an 18-year-old on 7 May 2013.[1] Lindgren later made his Swedish Hockey League debut playing with Modo Hockey during the 2014–15 SHL season.[2] Lindgren was drafted 95th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs.

On 14 March 2018, after completing his debut 2017–18 Liiga season with HPK, Lindgren was offered an amateur tryout with the Toronto Marlies, the farm team of the Maple Leafs.[3][4] He appeared in 4 games with the Marlies to end the regular season before he was released during their post-season push on May 1, 2018. Lindgren later agreed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on May 18, 2018.[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2013–14 Modo Hockey J20 8 1 3 4 2 — — — — —
2014–15 Modo Hockey J20 39 6 27 33 39 4 0 1 1 2
2014–15 Modo Hockey SHL 4 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2015–16 Modo Hockey J20 20 4 10 14 22 2 0 0 0 0
2015–16 Modo Hockey SHL 26 2 1 3 4 — — — — —
2015–16 IF Björklöven Allsv 4 0 2 2 0 — — — — —
2016–17 Modo Hockey J20 7 1 9 10 6 6 1 3 4 2
2016–17 Modo Hockey Allsv 50 3 21 24 12 — — — — —
2017–18 HPK Liiga 43 2 6 8 8 — — — — —
2017–18 Toronto Marlies AHL 4 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
SHL totals 30 2 2 4 4 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2015 Sweden WJC18 8th 5 1 1 2 0
Junior totals 5 1 1 2 0

References

  1. ↑ "Modo announce U18 contracts" (in Swedish). hockeymagasinet.com. 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  2. ↑ "Modo Hockey 2014–15 player statistics". eliteprospects.com. 2015-04-01. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  3. ↑ "Tidigare Modobackens nya utmaning – uttagen till tryout i Toronto Marlies". allehanda.se (in Swedish). 14 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  4. ↑ @TorontoMarlies (14 March 2018). "The Marlies have signed defenceman Jesper Lindgren to an ATO" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ "Maple Leafs sign four to entry-level contracts". Toronto Maple Leafs. 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2018-05-18.


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