2012 NHL Draft
Hampus Lindholm in the 2012 NHL Draft
Anaheim Ducks selected Hampus Lindholm 6th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 22 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks Anaheim Ducks made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 8 of them have played more games than his 845, and only 10 have scored more points than his 343.
- Overall pick
- 6
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 6
- Drafting team
- ANAAnaheim Ducks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 3–9 in the 2012 draft
- 3Alex GalchenyukC654 GP · 354 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 4Griffin ReinhartD37 GP · 2 PNYINew York Islanders
- 5Morgan RiellyD968 GP · 561 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 6Hampus LindholmD845 GP · 343 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 7Mathew DumbaD748 GP · 261 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 8Derrick PouliotD226 GP · 54 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 9Jacob TroubaD923 GP · 368 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2012 class
1st
of 22 Swedes selected
4th
of 77 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 6Hampus LindholmD845 GP · 343 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 11Filip ForsbergL877 GP · 775 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 31Oscar DanskG6 GP · 4 WCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 33Sebastian CollbergRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 37Pontus ÅbergL132 GP · 44 PNSHNashville Predators
- 43Ludwig BystromDDALDallas Stars
- 81Oskar SundqvistC545 GP · 181 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 93Erik GustafssonD529 GP · 245 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 99Erik KarlssonC/LCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 111Fredrik LarssonDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
+ 12 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Hampus Lindholm made his NHL debut on October 6, 2013, 1 year and 106 days after the draft.
845
Games
79
Goals
264
Assists
343
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Anaheim Ducks picks in the 2012 draft
- 6Hampus LindholmD845 GP · 343 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 36Nicolas KerdilesL3 GP · 0 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 87Frederik AndersenG552 GP · 324 WANAAnaheim Ducks
- 97Kevin RoyC28 GP · 7 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 108Andrew O'BrienDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 127Brian CooperDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 187Kenton HelgesenDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 210Jaycob MegnaD197 GP · 27 PANAAnaheim Ducks