{{short description|Swedish ice hockey player}} {{use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | image_size = 230px | position = Left wing | shoots = Left | height_cm = 175 | weight_kg = 80 | team = Frölunda HC | league = SHL | prospect_team = | prospect_league = AHL | former_teams = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|4|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden | career_start = 2016 | career_end = | draft = 192nd overall | draft_year = 2017 | draft_team = Buffalo Sabres | played_for = }} '''Linus Weissbach''' (born 19 April 1998) is a Swedish professional ice hockey left wing currently playing for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He played collegiately for University of Wisconsin.
==Playing career==
===Junior=== Weissbach played for the Tri-City Storm of the USHL.
===College=== Weissbach played for the University of Wisconsin. In his senior season, he was named to the Big Ten Conference's Second Team.<ref name="Sabres">{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-sign-linus-weissbach-entry-level-contact/c-323332914|title=Sabres sign Weissbach to entry-level contract|first=Jourdon|last=LaBarber|website=NHL.com|date=6 April 2021|access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref>
===Professional=== Weissbach was drafted in the seventh round, 192nd overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2017 NHL entry draft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/sabres/sabres-sign-wisconsin-winger-and-2017-draftee-linus-weissbach-to-two-year-deal/article_1306764c-970e-11eb-a701-777b381e4bca.html|title=Sabres sign Wisconsin winger and 2017 draftee Linus Weissbach to two-year deal|first=Mike|last=Harrington|website=The Buffalo News|date=6 April 2021|access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref> Following the completion of his four-year collegiate career, the Sabres signed Weissbach to a two-year entry-level contract on 6 April 2021.<ref name="Sabres"/>
At the conclusion of his entry-level contract with the Sabres, having played exclusively with AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans, Weissbach left the organization as a free agent and returned to his original Swedish club, Frölunda HC of the SHL, on a two-year contract on 20 July 2024.<ref>{{citeweb| url = https://www.frolundahockey.com/article/y6masgw-24601/view | publisher = Frölunda HC | title = Frölunda product returns home | date = 20 July 2024 | accessdate = 20 July 2024 | language = Swedish }}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2014–15 | Frölunda HC | J20 | 16||2||4||6||6 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | Frölunda HC | J20 | 44||17||31||48||34 | 3||1||1||2||0 |- | 2015–16 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 1||0||0||0||0 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2016–17 |Tri-City Storm |USHL | 49||19||28||47||4 | —||—||—||—||— |- |2017–18 |U. of Wisconsin |B1G | 34||10||16||26||26 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2018–19 |U. of Wisconsin |B1G | 27||8||17||25||10 | —||—||—||—||— |- |2019–20 |U. of Wisconsin |B1G | 35||4||18||22||25 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2020–21 |U. of Wisconsin |B1G | 31||12||29||41||12 | —||—||—||—||— |- |2021–22 |Rochester Americans |AHL | 67||16||21||37||32 | 1||0||0||0||0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2022–23 |Rochester Americans |AHL | 69||20||27||47||63 | 12||3||7||10||8 |- |2023–24 |Rochester Americans |AHL | 55||16||17||33||22 | 5||1||0||1||4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2024–25 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 47||12||20||32||24 | 12||3||9||12||27 |- | 2025–26 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 33||5||12||17||2 | 1||0||1||1||0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals !191!!52!!65!!117!!117 !18!!4!!7!!11!!12 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | SHL totals !81!!17!!32!!49!!26 !13!!3!!10!!13!!27 |}
===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="101" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2014 | Sweden | U17 | {{bronze3}} |6 |2 |2 |4 |2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2015 |Sweden |IH18 | {{silver2}} |5 |0 |2 |2 |0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Junior totals |11 |2 |4 |6 |2 |}
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |USHL |- | Third All-Star Team | 2017 | |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |College |- | B1G All-Rookie Team | 2018 | |- | B1G Second all-star team | 2021 | <ref name = Big>{{cite web|url=https://bigten.org/news/2021/3/16/general-hockey-postseason-honors-announced.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316180922/https://bigten.org/news/2021/3/16/general-hockey-postseason-honors-announced.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |title=Hockey Postseason Honors Announced |work=Big Ten |date=March 16, 2021 |accessdate=April 1, 2021}}</ref> |- | AHCA West Second Team All-American | 2021 | <ref>{{cite news|title=Boston College, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin lead way with three All-American college hockey players apiece for '20-21 season |url=https://www.uscho.com/2021/04/09/boston-college-minnesota-north-dakota-wisconsin-lead-way-with-three-all-american-college-hockey-players-apiece-for-20-21-season/ |website=USCHO.com |date=April 9, 2021 |access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref> |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Ice Hockey Stats|hockeydb=192057|elite = 230472}}
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