Anders Lindbäck

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Anders Lindbäck
Anders Lindback - Dallas Stars.jpg
Lindbäck in October 2014
Born (1988-05-03) 3 May 1988 (age 33)
Gävle, Sweden
Height 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
KHL team
Former teams		 Jokerit
Brynäs IF
Timrå IK
Nashville Predators
Tampa Bay Lightning
Ilves
Dallas Stars
Buffalo Sabres
Arizona Coyotes
Rögle BK
HC Davos
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 207th overall, 2008
Nashville Predators
Playing career 2007–present

Anders Lindbäck (born 3 May 1988) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing with Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has previously played for the Nashville Predators, Tampa Bay Lightning, Dallas Stars, Buffalo Sabres and Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League (NHL).[1]

Playing career[]

Junior[]

Lindbäck began his career with the Junior 18 Brynäs IF team in 2003 and played his first elite game in 2006. He was loaned out to the Uppsala-based team Almtuna IS of HockeyAllsvenskan for the duration of the 2007–08 season.[2]

Professional[]

Lindbäck was drafted in the seventh round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, 207th overall, by the Nashville Predators.

On 25 March 2009 Lindbäck signed a contract with Timrå IK with the intent to play for the team during the 2009–10 season.[3]

Lindbäck with the Lightning
Lindbäck in 2012 playing for Ilves during the NHL lockout.

For the 2010–11 season, Lindbäck made the move to North America, and made his NHL debut on 9 October in relief of Pekka Rinne for the Nashville Predators against the Anaheim Ducks at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. He recorded his first NHL shutout on 11 December against the Florida Panthers, then, just two days later on 13 December, Lindbäck recorded his second career shutout against the New York Islanders in back-to-back games.[4]

During the 2012–13 NHL lockout, Lindbäck played for Ilves in the Finnish Liiga. He posted a .930 save percentage and 2.33 goals against average in 12 games.

On 15 June 2012, Lindbäck was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning, along with Kyle Wilson and a seventh-round draft pick, for Sébastien Caron, two second-round draft picks in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft and a third-round draft pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.[5]

After two disappointing seasons with the Lightning organization, Lindbäck was not tendered a new contract and was released as a free agent. On 1 July 2014, he was signed to a one-year contract with the Dallas Stars.[6]

Lindbäck played only 10 games in Dallas before being traded, along with a conditional third-round pick, to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for fellow Swedish goaltender Jhonas Enroth.[7] Lindbäck made his debut for the Sabres in a start on 3 March 2015, against his former team, the Tampa Bay Lightning.[8]

With the Sabres looking in a different direction for their goaltending options, Lindbäck signed a one-year contract as a free agent with the Arizona Coyotes on 1 July 2015.[9] After a third successive subpar season in the NHL with the Coyotes, Lindback remained a free agent over the following summer.

On 16 September 2016, it was announced that Lindbäck was invited to Professional Tryout contract with the New Jersey Devils.[10] Following his participation in the Devils training camp, Lindback was released from his try-out. On 25 October 2016, Lindbäck agreed to a try-out with the Ontario Reign of the AHL, in sight of the backup role with affiliate, the Los Angeles Kings.[11] He appeared in 4 games with the Reign, failing to impress before he was released on 19 November 2016.

Having returned to his native Sweden, Lindbäck agreed to a play in the top-flight SHL for the first time since 2010, signing a deal for the remainder of the 2016–17 season with Rögle BK on 14 December 2016. Assuming the starting role, he collected 7 wins in 23 games with Rögle BK missing the playoffs to enter a relegation battle. He won each of his four games in the post-season to maintain Rögle's status in the SHL.

On 1 July 2017, Lindbäck returned to his original club in the NHL, agreeing to a one-year, two-way contract with the Nashville Predators.[12]

On 15 September 2018, Lindbäck signed a one-year contract with Davos of the Swiss National League (NL).[13] In the 2018–19 season, he was unable to attain success with Davos, collecting just 12 wins in 31 games as Davos entered a relegation playoff.

At the conclusion of his contract, Lindbäck continued his journeyman career, accepting a one-year contract as a free agent with Russian club, Torpedo Nizhny Novogorod of the KHL, on 7 May 2019.[14] In his debut KHL season in 2019–20, Lindbäck enjoyed a successful season with Torpedo, collecting 17 wins and posting a 2.39 goals against average.

On 5 May 2020, Lindbäck left Torpedo as a free agent and was signed to a one-year contract with Finnish KHL club, Jokerit.[15]

International play[]

Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Ice hockey
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Germany

Anders currently holds the record for shortest time played by any participant in the Ice Hockey World Championships. He played one second in Sweden's win against Germany in the 2010 bronze medal game.[16]

Personal life[]

Lindbäck was diagnosed with Adult-onset Still's disease months before he entered the 2008 NHL Draft, which made him get drafted so late despite his excellence.[17] He is close friends with former teammate and fellow Swede Patric Hörnqvist.

Growing up in Gävle, Lindbäck has been a friend of Jacob Markström since childhood, and they both played for Brynäs IF during the 2008–09 season. As a result of Lindbäck's trade to Tampa Bay, they were playing for division rivals (Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers) between 2012 and 2014 until Markström's trade to the Vancouver Canucks.[18]

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2003–04 Brynäs IF J18 3 — — — 178 13 0 4.38 — — — — — — — — —
2004–05 Brynäs IF J18 49 — — — 2,940 108 7 2.20 — — — — — — — — —
2005–06 Brynäs IF J18 11 — — — 666 36 2 3.24 .891 — — — — — — — —
2005–06 Brynäs IF J20 5 — — — 257 7 2 1.64 .926 — — — — — — — —
2006–07 Brynäs IF J20 36 — — — 2,143 81 5 2.27 .905 3 — — 180 6 0 2.00 .908
2007–08 Almtuna IS Allsv 18 6 10 2 1,034 53 0 3.07 .905 — — — — — — — —
2008–09 Brynäs IF J20 3 — — — 179 7 0 2.35 .928 — — — — — — — —
2008–09 Brynäs IF SEL 24 12 10 1 1,332 57 1 2.57 .916 3 0 3 137 7 0 2.37 .916
2009–10 Timrå IK SEL 42 18 16 8 2,538 104 3 2.46 .912 5 1 4 305 15 0 2.94 .900
2010–11 Nashville Predators NHL 22 11 5 2 1,131 49 2 2.60 .915 1 0 0 13 0 0 0.00 1.000
2010–11 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 4 2 2 0 241 11 0 2.73 .915 — — — — — — — —
2011–12 Nashville Predators NHL 16 5 8 0 792 32 0 2.42 .912 — — — — — — — —
2011–12 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 2 1 1 0 119 7 0 3.50 .879 — — — — — — — —
2012–13 Ilves SM-l 13 — — — 798 — 3 2.33 .930 — — — — — — — —
2012–13 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 24 10 10 1 1,304 63 0 2.90 .902 — — — — — — — —
2013–14 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 23 8 12 2 1,302 63 1 2.90 .891 4 0 3 215 14 0 3.92 .891
2013–14 Syracuse Crunch AHL 2 1 1 0 117 3 1 1.54 .939 — — — — — — — —
2014–15 Dallas Stars NHL 10 2 8 0 517 32 0 3.71 .875 — — — — — — — —
2014–15 Texas Stars AHL 7 4 2 1 429 12 0 1.68 .946 — — — — — — — —
2014–15 Buffalo Sabres NHL 16 4 8 2 891 41 0 2.76 .924 — — — — — — — —
2015–16 Arizona Coyotes NHL 19 5 7 1 907 47 0 3.11 .894 — — — — — — — —
2016–17 Ontario Reign AHL 4 2 1 0 247 14 0 3.40 .870 — — — — — — — —
2016–17 Rögle BK SHL 23 7 15 0 1,344 59 0 2.63 .916 — — — — — — — —
2017–18 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 56 31 20 5 3,383 159 1 2.82 .908 — — — — — — — —
2018–19 HC Davos NL 31 12 17 0 1,830 98 0 3.21 .904 — — — — — — — —
2019–20 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 36 17 17 0 1,980 79 2 2.39 .923 1 0 1 60 3 0 3.00 .897
2020–21 Jokerit KHL 23 10 9 2 1,344 55 1 2.45 .919 4 0 4 255 13 0 3.06 .906
SHL totals 89 37 41 9 5,215 220 4 2.53 .914 8 1 7 483 22 0 2.73 .906
NHL totals 130 45 58 8 6,845 327 3 2.87 .904 5 0 3 228 14 0 3.68 .890
KHL totals 59 27 26 2 3,324 134 3 2.42 .922 5 0 5 315 16 0 3.05 .905

References[]

  1. ^ "Anders Lindback". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
  2. ^ "Profile on Eurohockey.net". Eurohockey.net. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Målvaktsparet klart" (in Northern Sami). Timrå IK. 25 March 2009. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Panthers at Predators". National Hockey League. 11 December 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Lightning acquire G Lindback from Predators for Caron, picks". The Sports Network. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Dallas Stars sign goaltender Anders Lindback". Dallas Stars. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Sabres' Enroth traded to Dallas Stars". Sportsnet. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  8. ^ "LINDBACK, D'AMIGO TO DEBUT FOR BUFFALO AGAINST LIGHTNING". Buffalo Sabres. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Coyotes sign Lindback to one-year deal". Arizona Coyotes. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  10. ^ Ryan, Chris (16 September 2016). "Devils add goalie Anders Lindback on PTO". NJ.com. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Lindback to be brought in on PTO". lakingsinsider.com. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Predators address goaltending depth with Lindback and O'Connor". The Tennessean. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  13. ^ "HCD verpflichtet Goalie Anders Lindbäck". Hockey Club Davos (in German). 15 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  14. ^ "Swedish goalkeeper Anders Lindback moves to Torpedo" (in Russian). Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Anders Lindback for Jokerit goaltender" (in Finnish). Jokerit. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  16. ^ http://www.iihf.com/competition/352/news/news-singleview-2013/recap/7884.html?tx_ttnews[permanent dead link][backPid]=7123&cHash=64f89831c8
  17. ^ "With Pekka Rinne out, Nashville turns its net to Anders Lindback". ontheforecheck.com. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  18. ^ "Barndomskampen - då kom första vinsten" (in Swedish). Hockeysverige.se. 27 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.

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