The lads’s hockey tournament on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy is about to start out on Feb. 11. Team Sweden will take to the ice on the primary night of competition, facing host nation Italy. Expectations are high for Sweden on the Olympic Games, and there’s hope for a gold medal.
Still, the team has needed to make injury replacements heading into the tournament.
Boston Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm can be replacing the injured Jonas Brodin, in response to an announcement by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association on X, formerly Twitter.
Lindholm played his junior profession and the start of his skilled profession in Sweden, all with Rogle BK. He was then the sixth overall number of the Anaheim Geese within the 2012 NHL Draft. Lindholm played one season with the Geese’ AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, before jumping to the NHL in 2013-14. He would stick with the Geese until being traded to the Bruins throughout the 2021-22 campaign.
The blue liner didn’t represent Team Sweden on the 4 Nations Face-Off in 2025, and last played for Sweden in 2018 on the World Championships. That yr, Sweden defeated the US within the semifinals before taking the gold medal in a shootout victory over Switzerland.
Lindholm can be replacing Brodin, who was placed on IR by the Minnesota Wild and is predicted to miss six to eight weeks.
The Wild will still have representation playing for Tre Kronor on the Olympics. The team also announced that Marcus Johansson can be replacing the injured Leo Carlsson on the roster. This can be Johansson’s second Olympic Games, as he played in 2014 in Sochi. That yr, Sweden lost within the gold medal game to Canada, settling for silver.
Meanwhile, Lindholm still must deal with the Bruins until the Olympic break. The Bruins are 30-20-3 this yr, sitting tied for third within the Atlantic Division, and currently holding a wild card spot. The Bruins, and their newest Olympian, will return to the ice on Tuesday night to host the Nashville Predators in one in all their last 4 games before the break.