Håkan Eriksson

Håkan Eriksson
Date of birth	January 24, 1956
place of birth	Skelleftea , Sweden
size	184 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	striker
Career stations
1974-1988	Skellefteå AIK
1978-1984	Djurgårdens IF
1985-1987	Lidingö Vikings

Lars Håkan Elias Eriksson (born January 24, 1956 in Skellefteå ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player .

Career

Håkan Eriksson began his career as a hockey player in his hometown at Skellefteå AIK , for whose professional team he was active from 1974 to 1978 - first in Division 1 and from the 1975/76 season in its successor Elitserien . With Skellefteå he won the Swedish championship title for the first time in his career in the 1977/78 season . Following this success, the attacker moved within the Elitserien to Djurgårdens IF , with whom he was also Swedish champion in the 1982/83 season . From 1985 to 1987 he joined the Lidingö Vikings in the third-class Division 2 and the second-class Division 1, before ending his career at the age of 31.

International

For Sweden Eriksson took part in the 1979 World Championships and the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and 1984 in Sarajevo . In all three tournaments he and his team won the bronze medal.

Achievements and Awards

• 1978 Swedish champion with the Skellefteå AIK
• 1983 Swedish champion with Djurgårdens IF

International

• 1979 bronze medal at the world championship
• 1980 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 1984 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games

Web links

• Håkan Eriksson at hockeydb.com (English)
• Håkan Eriksson at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Håkan Eriksson at eurohockey.com
• Håkan Eriksson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )