Petteri Lindbohm (born September 23, 1993, in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for HIFK of the Liiga. He has previously played with Lausanne HC and EHC Biel of the National League (NL), Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), and with the St. Louis Blues and Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blues selected him in the 6th round (176th overall) of the 2012 NHL entry draft.
Playing career Lindbohm played in his native Finnish Liiga during the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons. On March 21, 2014, he signed a three-year, entry-level deal with the St. Louis Blues.
In the 2014–15 season, his first in North America, Lindbohm primarily played with the Blues' AHL affiliate Chicago Wolves, 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.
On September 11, 2017, the Blues re-signed Lindbohm as a restricted free agent to a one-year, two-way contract. He was reassigned 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 Lausanne HC of the National League (NL). Right after winning gold with Finland at the 2019 IIHF World Championship, 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 EHC Biel to remain in the National League for the 2020–21 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 Finland on the international stage at the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships before later captaining the junior squad at the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
He made his senior debut with Finland, claiming gold at the 2019 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia and the silver medal in the 2021 IIHF World Championship in Riga, Latvia. He was named to the Finnish Olympic team at the 2022 Winter Olympics 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 Russian Olympic Committee.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2009–10Kiekko–VantaaFIN U18 Q802224————— 2009–10Kiekko–VantaaFIN U18261122630008 2010–11BluesFIN U18 Q21122————— 2010–11BluesFIN U185156820222 2010–11BluesFIN U2041189561303312 2011–12JokeritFIN U20413710981203312 2011–12Kiekko–VantaaMestis50338————— 2012–13JokeritFIN U2020112————— 2012–13Jokerit SM-l 3504461————— 2012–13Kiekko–VantaaMestis63034————— 2013–14JokeritFIN U2030004————— 2013–14JokeritLiiga1801118————— 2013–14Kiekko–VantaaMestis1311212————— 2013–14ÄssätLiiga191458————— 2014–15Chicago WolvesAHL536121862 5 0 1 1 10 2014–15St. Louis BluesNHL2321326————— 2015–16Chicago WolvesAHL43381150————— 2015–16St. Louis BluesNHL100007————— 2016–17Chicago WolvesAHL52881654 9 1 3 4 2 2016–17St. Louis BluesNHL70004————— 2017–18Chicago WolvesAHL2312321————— 2018–19Lausanne HCNL414111524 12 0 3 3 8 2019–20Lausanne HCNL508152352————— 2020–21EHC BielNL444101449 2 0 0 0 0 2021–22JokeritKHL4535828————— 2021–22Florida PanthersNHL90115————— 2022–23Frölunda HCSHL526814281302214 2023–24HIFKLiiga43861428701112 2024–25HIFKLiiga190448————— 2025–26HIFKLiiga273584151012 Liiga totals 161 12 24 36 164 12 1 1 2 14 NHL totals 49 2 2 4 42 — — — — —
International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2011 Finland WJC18 5th 6 0 0 0 0 2013 Finland WJC 7th 6 0 2 2 4 2019 Finland WC 10 2 1 3 6 2021 Finland WC 9 1 1 2 0 2022 Finland OG 6 0 2 2 2 Junior totals 12 0 2 2 4 Senior totals 25 3 4 7 8
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