Harald Lückner
Date of birth | March 27, 1957 |
place of birth | Mariestad , Sweden |
size | 185 cm |
Weight | 90 kg |
position | Left wing |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Amateur Draft |
1977 , 7th round, 121st position New York Islanders |
WHA Amateur Draft |
1977 , 7th round, 66th position Houston Eros |
NHL Amateur Draft |
1978 , 4th round, 56th position Vancouver Canucks |
Career stations | |
1975-1988 | Färjestad BK |
1988-1989 | Sparta Sarpsborg |
Sven Harald Lückner (born March 27, 1957 in Mariestad ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player and current coach and functionary.
Career
As a player
Harald Lückner started his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Mariestad BoIS . From there he moved to Färjestad BK , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Elitserien , the newly founded top Swedish division, in the 1975/76 season . At Färjestad BK, the winger quickly developed into a leading player, whereupon he was selected in the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft in the seventh round as a total of 66th player by the Houston Eros . In addition, he chose the New York Islanders in the NHL Amateur Draft in 1977 out in the seventh round as a total of 121 players. However, since he was not signed by the Islanders the following year, he was the first player in the history of the National Hockey League to be drafted a second time. In the NHL Amateur Draft 1978 he was selected in the fourth round as a total of 56th player by the Vancouver Canucks , but he stayed again with his home club Färjestad BK, with which he won the Swedish championship in 1981, 1986 and 1988 respectively . In the 1988/89 season, the Swede was active as a player- coach for Sparta Sarpsborg from the top Norwegian league , before he ended his career as an active at the age of 32.
Coaching stations | |
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1999-2000 | Färjestad BK U20 |
2000-2003 | HV71 |
2003-2005 | Mora IK |
2005-2008 | MODO hockey |
2008-2011 | Mora IK |
since 2012 | Linköpings HC |
As a trainer
In the 1999/2000 season Lückner worked as a team manager for the U20 juniors of his home club Färjestad BK from the J20 SuperElit . From 2000 to 2003 he was head coach of the HV71 from the Elitserien . For the 2003/04 season he took over the position of head coach at Mora IK from the second-class Allsvenskan and immediately achieved promotion to the Elitserien with his team, in which he managed to stay up with Mora in the following season . From 2005 to 2008 he was behind the gang at the Elitserien-participant MODO Hockey . With MODO he won the Swedish championship title for the first time as a coach in the 2006/07 season . For this achievement he was named Årets Coach , Sweden's Coach of the Year. In 2008 Lückner returned to Mora IK, who in the meantime had been relegated back to the second division. There he was released in December 2011, but just one month later he signed a contract with the Elitserien-participant Linköpings HC .
International
For Sweden , Lückner took part in the junior division at the U19 European Junior Championship in 1976 , where he and his team won the silver medal, as well as the U20 World Junior Championships in 1976 and 1977 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , where he won the bronze medal with his team, and at the 1981 World Cup , where he won the silver medal with Sweden.
Achievements and Awards
- 1981 Swedish champion with the Färjestad BK
- 1986 Swedish champion with the Färjestad BK
- 1988 Swedish champion with the Färjestad BK
- 2004 Promotion to the Elitserien with the Mora IK (as trainer)
- 2007 Swedish champion with MODO Hockey (as a trainer)
- 2007 Årets Coach
International
- 1976 silver medal at the U19 European Junior Championship
- 1980 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 1981 silver medal at the world championship
Elitserien Statistics
Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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Main round | 13 | 435 | 95 | 125 | 220 | 288 |
Playoffs | 9 | 46 | 9 | 4th | 13 | 32 |
Web links
- Harald Lückner at hockeydb.com (English)
- Harald Lückner at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Harald Lückner at eurohockey.com
- Harald Lückner in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lückner, Harald |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lückner, Sven Harald (full name); Luckner, Harald (English spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ice hockey player, coach and official |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1957 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mariestad , Sweden |