San Diego Gulls Sign Owen Lindmark to Amateur Tryout

Mar 12, 2025

The San Diego Gulls announced today that the American Hockey League (AHL) club has signed forward Owen Lindmark to an amateur tryout (ATO). 

Lindmark, 23 (5/17/01), was selected in the fifth round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft (137th overall) by the Florida Panthers. In 2024-25, he skated in 37 NCAA games with the University of Wisconsin, posting 5-4=9 points with 12 penalty minutes (PIM) while serving as the Badgers’ captain. In 173 career NCAA games with Wisconsin from 2019-25, Lindmark recorded 31-43=74 points with 42 PIM and a +5 rating. The 6-0, 198-pound forward tallied NCAA career-highs in points (11-10=21), goals, assists and +/- rating (+17) in 2023-24. Lindmark was also a 2023-24 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient and was a Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year finalist that same season.

A Naperville, Ill. native, Lindmark was a member of the United States National Team Development Program from 2017-19, where he was teammates with Gulls forward Judd Caulfield, as well as former Gulls and current Anaheim Ducks skaters Trevor Zegras and Drew Helleson, during the 2018-19 season. He helped Team USA earn bronze at the 2019 World U-18 Championship, scoring one goal with six PIM and a +2 rating in seven games. He also won gold with Team USA at the 2018 U-17 World Hockey Challenge, recording 2-1=3 points and two PIM in six games.