Bo Morgan Willy Lindström (born May 5, 1951) is a Swedish former ice hockey player for the Winnipeg Jets, Edmonton Oilers and Pittsburgh Penguins. He was a three-time Avco World Trophy winner with the Jets and two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Oilers.
Willy Lindström was born i Grums, Värmland, Sweden. He began playing ice hockey in Grums IK during the 1960s.
Lindström joined Västra Frölunda HC in 1970 and made his debut in the top-level ice hockey league in Sweden.[1] Lindström signed a contract as a free agent with the Winnipeg Jets in the WHA in 1975. He was one of the top scorers in the WHA four years in a row.
Lindström was traded to the Edmonton Oilers for Laurie Boschman in March 1983.[1] He won two Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers in 1984 and 1985.[1] Lindström is the only player to have had both Bobby Hull and Wayne Gretzky as teammates, as well as Mario Lemieux. Lindström scored five goals in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Spectrum on 2 March 1982, becoming the first non-Canadian to accomplish the feat.
Lindström later returned to Swedish ice hockey, where he joined Brynäs IF. He ended his professional career in 1990.[1]
Lindström has a son Liam Lindström who played for the Phoenix RoadRunners of the ECHL, and in various levels of Swedish hockey.