Linus Videll

Björn Linus Videll (born 5 May 1985) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward, currently playing with Barys Nur-Sultan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Linus Videll
Born (1985-05-05) 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		 Barys Nur-Sultan
Södertälje SK
AIK
Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
Severstal Cherepovets
Dinamo Riga
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
HC Kunlun Red Star
Traktor Chelyabinsk
NHL Draft 204th overall, 2003
Colorado Avalanche
Playing career 2003–present

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 Authority 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 29 December 2012. On 4 January 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 9 May 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 2 September 2014.[8] Videll established himself amongst Riga's top scoring lines, producing 34 points in 58 games.

On June 9, 2015, Videll transferred as a free agent to fellow KHL club, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on a one-year contact.[9] In the 2015–16 season with Torpedo, Videll was looked upon as a top offensive contributor, co-leading the team with 21 assists and collecting 30 point in 44 regular season games. He appeared in a post-season high of 10 games and adding 3 points.

Videll kept on his journeyman ways joining his fifth KHL club in as many seasons, signing as a free agent with inaugural Chinese entrant, HC Kunlun Red Star, on a one-year deal on September 28, 2016.[10] In the 2016–17 season, Videll was placed amongst the scoring lines with Kunlun and contributed with 28 points in 48 games.

As a free agent, Videll left China at the conclusion of his contract and continued in the KHL by signing another one-year deal with Traktor Chelyabinsk on May 2, 2017.[11] In the 2017–18 season, Videll matched his previous season totals with 28 points in 46 games. He helped Traktor advance in the post-season, contributing with 6 points in 16 games.

On May 12, 2018, Videll returned on a one-year contract to former club, Dinamo Riga.[12]

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 Allsv 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 Allsv 20 6 7 13 4 — — — — —
2006–07 Södertälje SK Allsv 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 — — — — —
2014–15 Dinamo Riga KHL 58 10 24 34 30 — — — — —
2015–16 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 44 9 21 30 8 10 1 2 3 2
2016–17 HC Kunlun Red Star KHL 46 9 19 28 16 5 1 3 4 4
2017–18 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 46 8 20 28 10 16 3 3 6 2
2018–19 Dinamo Riga KHL 49 24 24 48 14 — — — — —
2019–20 Barys Nur-Sultan KHL 37 10 20 30 4 5 1 3 4 0
SHL totals 281 65 75 140 48 — — — — —
KHL totals 385 90 159 249 100 48 7 19 26 12

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. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  4. "AIK säljer Linus Videll" (in Swedish). AIK IF. 24 October 2011. Archived from the original on 28 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". hockeysverige.se (in Swedish). 4 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  7. "Linus Videll signs a contract with HC Donbass" (in Russian). HC Donbass. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  8. "Swedish winger Linus Videll joins Dinamo Riga" (in Latvian). Dinamo Riga. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  9. "Transfer news" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  10. "Videll joins Red Star" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  11. "Traktor signs Linus Videll" (in Russian). Traktor Chelyabinsk. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  12. "Videll returns to Riga". Kontinental Hockey League. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
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