Petteri Lindbohm (born September 23, 1993 in

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) is a

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professional

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currently playing for

Frölunda HC Frölunda Hockey Club, previously known as the Frölunda Indians, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They currently play in the highest Swedish league, the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), formerly the Elitserien, where th ...

of the

Swedish Hockey League The Swedish Hockey League (officially SHL; sv, Svenska Hockeyligan) is a professional ice hockey league, and the highest division in the Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, an ...

(SHL). He has previously played with

Lausanne HC , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...

and

EHC Biel EHC Biel-Bienne is a professional ice hockey club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League (NL). Since the city of Biel is completely bilingual, alongside the German name EHC Biel (Abbr: EHCB) the tea ...

of the

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(NL),

Jokerit Helsingin Jokerit (English: Jokers or Jesters) are a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team won six league championships as a member of the Finnish SM-liiga (1973, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2002). Jokerit plays its ...

of the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

(KHL), and with the

St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the s ...

and

Florida Panthers The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern ...

of the

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(NHL). The Blues selected him in the 6th round (176th overall) of the

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Playing career

Lindbohm played in his native Finnish

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during the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons. On March 21, 2014, he signed a three-year, entry-level deal with the

. In the 2014–15 season, his first in North America, Lindbohm primarily played with the Blues' AHL affiliate

Chicago Wolves The Chicago Wolves are a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League and are the top minor-league affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League. The Wolves play home games at the Allstate Arena in the C ...

, 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 The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making t ...

. On September 11, 2017, the Blues re-signed Lindbohm as a restricted free agent to a one-year, two-way contract. 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

of the

(NL). Right after winning gold with Finland at the

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, Lausanne signed Lindbohm to a one-year contract extension worth CHF 750,000. On May 20, 2020, Lausanne HC announced that Lindbohm would not return to the team for the 2020–21 season. On July 30, 2020, Lindbohm agreed to a one-year contract with

to remain in the National League for the

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season. 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. 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. 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.

International play

Lindbohm first represented

on the international stage at the

2011 IIHF World U18 Championships The 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships was held in Crimmitschau and Dresden, Germany. The championships ran from April 14–24, 2011. The United States won the title for the third straight time after beating Sweden 4–3 in the final in overtime. ...

before later captaining the junior squad at the

2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2013 IIHF World U20 Championship (commonly known as the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships) was the 37th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJC). It was hosted in Ufa, Russia. It began on December 26, 2012, and ende ...

. He made his senior debut with

, claiming gold at the

in Slovakia and the Silver medal in the

2021 IIHF World Championship The 2021 IIHF World Championship () took place from 21 May to 6 June 2021. It was originally to be co-hosted by Minsk, Belarus and Riga, Latvia, as the IIHF announced on 19 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany. Their joint bid won by a very tight margin ...

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. He was named to the Finnish Olympic team at the

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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

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindbohm, Petteri 1993 births Living people Finnish ice hockey defencemen Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players EHC Biel players Chicago Wolves players Florida Panthers players Frölunda HC players Jokerit players Kiekko-Vantaa players Lausanne HC players Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey St. Louis Blues draft picks St. Louis Blues players Ice hockey people from Helsinki