Linus Videll

Linus Videll
Born 5 May 1985
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 212 lb (96 kg; 15 st 2 lb)
Position Left/Right Wing
Shoots Left
KHL team
Former teams
Dinamo Riga
Södertälje SK
AIK
Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
Severstal Cherepovets
NHL Draft 204th overall, 2003
Colorado Avalanche
Playing career 2003present

Björn Linus Videll (born 5 May 1985 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently playing with Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career

Videll was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the seventh round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, 204th overall, after playing in the Swedish J20 SuperElit with AIK, Brynäs IF and Södertälje SK. Although his youth team is Djurgårdens IF Hockey, he left the Djurgården organization as a 13-year-old and instead joined the AIK organization.[1]

From 2003 to 2011, Videll played primarily with Södertälje SK in the Elitserien (SEL).[2] In the 2010–11 season, Videll scored a career high 20 goals and 43 points, despite Södertälje being relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan after failing to re-qualify in the 2011 Kvalserien. To remain in the Elitserien for the following season, Videll signed a one-year contract to return to AIK for the 2011–12 season.[3] He played 14 games with AIK, scoring 5 goals and 12 points and at that time placing sixth in the scoring league.

But after that, he was sold to Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on 24 October 2011 for financial reasons. The main reason for this was that the Swedish Police Service decided, just one week earlier, that the police should earn money for their efforts during sports events held by joint-stock companies (JSC). This mainly affected the Stockholm clubs Djurgårdens IF as well as AIK. AIK received 3,5 million SEK for selling Videll to Khanty-Mansiysk. The selling of Videll to Khanty-Mansiysk was considered a major loss for AIK, although Videll had at that time been on Khanty-Mansiysk's radar for two years.[4][5]

After an injury-plagued first season with Yugra, his second season did not fare better after producing 10 points in 31 games in 2012–13, Videll was released from his contract on December 29, 2012. On January 4, 2013, Videll opted to remain in the KHL and signed for the remainder of the campaign with Servestal Cherepovets.[6]

In the following 2013–14 season, Videll produced his most productive KHL season with Severstal appearing in 52 games with 10 goals and 17 assists for 27 points. On May 9, 2014, Videll signed an improved contract as a free agent with HC Donbass.[7] With the announcement of Donbass suspending operations for the 2014–15 season due to civil unrest, Videll later signed a one-year contract with Latvian KHL club, Dinamo Riga on September 2, 2014.[8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2001–02 AIK J20 1 0 0 0 0
2002–03 Brynäs J20 19 4 7 11 4
2002–03 Södertälje SK J20 9 4 2 6 0
2003–04 Södertälje SK J20 27 20 15 35 6 2 0 0 0 0
2003–04 Södertälje SK SEL 23 0 2 2 0
2004–05 Södertälje SK J20 13 6 4 10 0 3 0 2 2 0
2004–05 Södertälje SK SEL 5 0 0 0 0
2004–05 Halmstad BK Swe.1 27 6 9 15 6
2005–06 Södertälje SK J20 2 3 1 4 0
2005–06 Södertälje SK SEL 31 1 3 4 4
2005–06 AIK Swe.1 20 6 7 13 4
2006–07 Södertälje SK Swe.1 45 16 23 39 20 10 7 8 15 6
2007–08 Södertälje SK SEL 53 13 13 26 6
2008–09 Södertälje SK SEL 54 9 11 20 8
2009–10 Södertälje SK SEL 49 17 16 33 18
2010–11 Södertälje SK SEL 52 20 23 43 10
2011–12 AIK SEL 14 5 7 12 2
2011–12 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk KHL 11 2 4 6 2 5 1 6 7 2
2012–13 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk KHL 31 5 5 10 0
2012–13 Severstal Cherepovets KHL 11 3 5 8 6 7 0 2 2 2
2013–14 Severstal Cherepovets KHL 52 10 17 27 10
SEL totals 281 65 75 140 48

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2003 Sweden WJC18 5th 6 2 0 2 12
2005 Sweden WJC 6th 6 0 4 4 0
Junior totals 12 2 4 6 12

References

  1. "Videll om klubbytet: AIK var ett lätt val". Expressen (in Swedish). 14 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  2. "SSK extend and sign new players". Södertälje SK (in Swedish). 2 May 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  3. "New kind of acquisitions". AIK IF (in Swedish). 12 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  4. "AIK säljer Linus Videll" (in Swedish). AIK IF. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  5. Tomas Ros (24 October 2011). "Det här luktar inte bra". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  6. "Linus Videll remains in KHL" (in Swedish). hockeysverige.se. 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  7. "Linus Videll signs a contract with HC Donbass" (in Russian). HC Donbass. 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  8. "Swedish winger Linus Videll joins Dinamo Riga" (in Latvian). Dinamo Riga. 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2014-09-02.

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