Filip Hållander (born 29 June 2000) is a

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currently playing for

Timrå IK Timrå IK is a professional Swedish ice hockey team based in Timrå, north of Sundsvall. It competes in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), which is the top-tier league in Sweden, since being promoted by winning 2021 SHL qualifiers. Previous seaso ...

of the

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(SHL).

Playing career

He was selected by Pittsburgh with the 58th overall pick in the

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. On 15 July 2018, Hållander signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was returned to continue his development with original club,

, 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

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

Luleå HF Luleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. The club has been playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden, since the 1984–85 season. They are the northernmost team in the league and h ...

. On 25 August 2020, Hållander was traded by the Penguins to the

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along with

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and the 15th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft (

Rodion Amirov Rodion Ruslanovich Amirov (russian: Родион Русланович Амиров; ba, Родион Руслан улы Әмиров; born 2 October 2001, Salavat, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia) is a Russian professional ice hockey forwa ...

) in exchange for

Kasperi Kapanen Samu Kasperi Kapanen (born 23 July 1996) is a Finnish professional ice hockey right wing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He made his Liiga debut playing with KalPa during the 2012–13 SM-liiga season. Kapanen was ...

Jesper Lindgren Jesper Lindgren (born 19 May 1997) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently under contract with IF Björklöven of the HockeyAllsvenskan (Allsv). Playing career Lindgren originally played at the youth levels with IF Björ ...

and

Pontus Åberg Pontus Åberg ( ; born 23 September 1993) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Timrå IK in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He was drafted in the second round of the 201 ...

. 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 Skellefteå AIK is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå, Sweden. They currently play In the Swedish Hockey League. They play their home games in Skellefteå Kraft Arena, which seats 6,001 spectators. The team has won the Sw ...

. 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 Jared McCann (born May 31, 1996) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). McCann was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the first round (24th overall) of the 2 ...

.. 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.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Notes

References

External links

* 2000 births Living people Luleå HF players Ice hockey people from Sundsvall Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks Pittsburgh Penguins players Swedish ice hockey centres Timrå IK players Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players {{Sweden-icehockey-centre-stub