Linus Sandin (born 19 May 1996) is a
Swedish
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professional
ice hockey
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player for
Rögle BK of the
Swedish Hockey League
The Swedish Hockey League (officially SHL; sv, Svenska Hockeyligan) is a professional ice hockey league, and the highest division in the Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, an ...
(SHL).
Playing career
Undrafted, Sandin signed a one-year, entry-level contract as a free agent with the
Philadelphia Flyers
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on 29 April 2020. On 7 August, Sandin was returned on loan to former Swedish club
HV71 to begin the
2020–21 season, until the commencement of the delayed North American season. On 14 June 2021, Sandin signed a one-year contract extension with the Flyers.
Unable to make the Flyers opening night roster for the season, Sandin sought and was mutually released from the remaining year of his contract with the Flyers on 14 October 2022. In returning to his native Sweden, he was immediately announced to have signed a three-year contract with original club, Rögle BK of the SHL.
Personal life
Sandin has a younger brother
Rasmus Sandin
Carl Erik Rasmus Sandin (born 7 March 2000) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, 29th overall by the Maple Leafs in the 2018 NHL Entr ...
who is a player for the
Washington Capitals
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of the
National Hockey League
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(NHL).
Career statistics
References
External links
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1996 births
Almtuna IS players
HV71 players
Lehigh Valley Phantoms players
Living people
Mora IK players
Philadelphia Flyers players
Rögle BK players
Ice hockey people from Uppsala
Swedish ice hockey right wingers
Undrafted National Hockey League players
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