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Pär Lindholm (born 5 October 1991) is a Swedish professional
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currently playing for
Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå AIK is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå. 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 Swedish Ch ...
of the
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(SHL).


Playing career

Lindholm made his professional debut with
Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå AIK is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå. 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 Swedish Ch ...
in the Elitserien during the 2009–10 Elitserien season. In the 2017–18 season, Lindholm established himself as a dominant center in the Swedish Hockey League, scoring 47 points in 49 regular-season games as well as 11 points in 16 playoff games for finalists Skellefteå AIK. On 17 May 2018, having gained NHL attention, Lindholm signed as an undrafted free agent to a one-year, entry-level contract with the
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. After attending the Maple Leafs 2018 training camp, Lindholm made the opening night roster to begin the 2018–19 season. He made his NHL debut against traditional rivals the
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in the Maple Leafs 3–2 overtime victory on 3 October 2018. Playing as the Maple Leafs fourth-line center, Lindholm recorded his first career NHL goal on 13 October 2018 in a 4–2 win over the
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. He appeared in every game for the Maple Leafs leading up to the trade deadline, contributing 12 points in 61 games before he was dealt to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for
Nic Petan Nicolas Petan (born March 22, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey Centre (ice hockey), centre for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Petan was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the second round, 43rd overall, of the 201 ...
on 25 February 2019. On 1 July 2019, Lindholm joined his third NHL club, signing as a free agent to a two-year, $850,000 contract with the Boston Bruins. In the pandemic delayed 2020–21 season, having featured in just 1 regular season game with the Bruins, while predominantly serving as a healthy scratch, on February 14, 2021, Lindholm was placed on unconditional waivers for the purposes of contract termination by the Bruins after agreeing to a multi-year contract to return to his original Swedish club, Skellefteå AIK. Upon completion of the 2020–21 season with Skellefteå AIK, having collected 6 points through 12 playoff games, Lindholm left the SHL in agreeing to a one-year contract with Russian club
Ak Bars Kazan Hockey Club Ak Bars (, , ), also known as Ak Bars Kazan, is a professional ice hockey club based in Kazan, Russia. It is a member of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). History Founded as Mashstroy Kazan in 1956, the n ...
of the
Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...
(KHL), on 19 May 2021. In the following 2021–22 season, Lindholm registered 7 goals and 12 assists for 19 points in just 29 regular season games. At the conclusion of his contract with Ak Bars, Lindholm opted to leave Russia and return again to Skellefteå AIK of the SHL, agreeing to a three-year contract on 3 May 2022. On 24 October 2024, Skellefteå announced that it had signed Lindholm to a two-year contract extension that runs through the 2026–27 season.


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* 1991 births Living people Ak Bars Kazan players Boston Bruins players Karlskrona HK players 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Piteå HC players Skellefteå AIK players IF Sundsvall Hockey players Swedish ice hockey centres People from Skellefteå Municipality Toronto Maple Leafs players Undrafted National Hockey League players Winnipeg Jets players Ice hockey people from Västerbotten County {{Sweden-icehockey-centre-stub