Pathrik Westerholm
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Pathrik Westerholm

Hometown:

Karlskrona Sweden

Currently Playing In:

Europe

Birthday:

1992-01-06

Position:

RW

Eligible for draft:

2010

Shoots:

Right

Drafted:

2011

Height:

6-0

Acquired:

6th round (180th overall), 2011

Weight:

187 lbs.

Probability of Success
  • D

2008-09: Westerholm made his debut with Malmo’s U20 team in the SuperElit league as a 16-year-old and scored 7 goals with 5 assists and 6 PMs in 21 games. Playing for Malmo’s U18 squad with his twin brother Ponthus he was the team’s leading scorer with 20 goals and 24 assists in 23 games. He and Ponthus led Blekinge in scoring in Sweden’s prestigious TV-Pucken tournament for high school-age players with 10 and 6 points respectively. Pathrik had a team-high 7 goals with 3 assists in four games.

2009-10: Westerholm was the leading scorer for Malmo’s U20 team playing alongside his brother Ponthus and made his pro hockey debut, skating in one game for Malmo in AllSvenskan (Sweden’s second league). He was scoreless in his only AllSvenskan game. In 39 games in the U20 SuperElit league he scored 22 goals with 24 assists and 18 PMs. Malmo finished second in the South Division and lost in the playoff quarterfinals.

2010-11: Westerholm split the season between Malmo’s AllSvenskan and U20 squads. In 34 AllSvenskan games he scored 8 goals with 13 assists and was +18 with 8 PMs (Ponthus Westerholm played 24 games with the AllSvenskan team). The Westerholm brothers combined for 112 points in finishing 1-2 in scoring with the U20 team. Pathrik Westholm scored 32 goals with 25 assists and 8 PMs in 26 SuperElit U20 games. Ranked 37th amongst European skaters in Central Scouting’s final rankings, Westerholm was selected by Vancouver in the sixth round (180th overall) of the 2011 NHL Draft.