Lars Lindgren

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SwedenSweden  Lars Lindgren Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 13, 1952
place of birth Piteå , Sweden
size 188 cm
Weight 94 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1972 Piteå IF
1972-1973 Skellefteå AIK
1973-1974 Piteå IF
1974-1988 MODO hockey
1978-1983 Vancouver Canucks
1983-1984 Minnesota North Stars
1984-1988 Luleå HF
SwedenSweden  Lars Lindgren
Coaching stations
1988-1990 Piteå HC
1991-1993 Luleå HF
2000-2002 Mörrums GoIS IK
2003-2004 Vaxjo Lakers
2006-2007 Svenska Ishockeyförbundet
since 2007 Vancouver Canucks (Scout)

Lars Sune Lindgren (born October 13, 1952 in Piteå ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player and coach and current scout , who played 434 games for the Vancouver Canucks and Minnesota North Stars in the National between 1970 and 1988 Hockey League (NHL) on the position of defender . In addition, he was active before and after his NHL career in his Swedish homeland, where he later began to work as a coach. However, Lindgren celebrated his greatest success as a player in the jersey of the Swedish national team by winning the silver medal at the 1977 World Cup . Since 2007 he has worked as a scout for his former club Vancouver Canucks.

Career

In his junior years, Lindgren went through the youth department of Piteå IF from his hometown Piteå . In the 1970/71 season, the 18-year-old managed to establish himself as a regular in the club's first team, which belonged to the second-rate Division 2 . The defender spent another year with his hometown club before he went on the ice in the 1972/73 season for Skellefteå AIK in the higher division 1 . Then he returned again for a game year to his home club in the second division. With the start of season 1974/75 Lindgren was then for the next four years in the service of MoDo AIK Örnsköldsvik in Division 1, which for 1975/76 season in Elitserien renamed.

Through two successive world championships in 1977 and 1978 as well as the appointment to the Swedish All-Star Team of 1978, the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL) became aware of the Swedish defender on the recommendation of Babe Pratt , whom they - as well like his compatriot and national team colleague Lars Zetterström from Färjestad BK  - brought to the Canadian west coast as so-called free agents for the 1978/79 season. In the following five years, Lindgren always collected at least 20 points scorer . In his second year in the league, he set an NHL career record with 35 points and was also Vancouver's representative in the 1980 NHL All-Star Game . In the course of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1982 , the 29-year-old reached the final series of the Stanley Cup with the Canucks , which they lost, however, clearly 4-0 against the New York Islanders . Shortly after the start of the 1983/84 season , the Swede was given to the Minnesota North Stars in October 1983 in exchange for a third-round vote in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft . There he finally ended the season and subsequently also his six-year engagement on the North American continent.

Lindgren returned to the Elitserien for the 1984/85 season , where he joined the Luleå HF and let his active career end there over the next four years. For the 1988/89 season, the defensive player moved back to his home club, whose outsourced ice hockey department now played in the second-rate Division 1 as Piteå HC . There he worked as head coach for two years and sporadically played a few season games for his club until the 1990/91 season . After a one-year break, Lindgren then trained his ex-club Luleå HF for two years from autumn 1991 to spring 1993.

Lindgren then took a long-term break. It was not until the 2000/01 season that he returned to ice hockey from the second-class Allsvenskan as a trainer for Mörrum GoIS IK . There, too, his engagement lasted two years. At the same time, he was in charge of the Swedish U20 national ice hockey team at the U20 World Junior Championship in 2002 as an assistant coach. In the 2003/04 season Lindgren trained a professional team for the last time when he was behind the gang for a season with the Växjö Lakers from the Allsvenskan. However, he celebrated his greatest success as a coach as the head coach of the Swedish U18 national team, which he led to winning the bronze medal at the U18 World Junior Championship in 2007 . Since the 2007/08 season, Lindgren is a scout for his ex-team Vancouver Canucks operates.

International

For his home country, Lindgren came to two world championships and the Canada Cup in 1981 to use. The defender played for the first time at the 1977 World Cup in the Austrian capital of Vienna . There the Swedes took second place and thus achieved the title of vice world champion. This success was synonymous with the runner-up European title, since the European championship was played at the same time in the same competition. Lindgren completed all ten tournament games and scored two scorer points. At the 1978 World Cup in the Czechoslovak capital, Prague , the defender scored five times, but had to be content with fourth place without winning another World Cup medal. However, the Swedes won the bronze medal at the European Championship. Last time Lindgren played at the Canada Cup in 1981 for the Tre Kronor , who finished the tournament in fifth place. He prepared a hit in five missions.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1978 Swedish all-star team
  • 1979 Swedish all-star team
  • 1980 Participation in the NHL All-Star Game

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1970/71 Piteå IF Division 2 18th 3 3 6th - - - - -
1971/72 Piteå IF Division 2 18th 6th 6th 12 - - - - -
1972/73 Skellefteå AIK Division 1 19th 1 5 6th 18th 6th 1 2 3 8th
1973/74 Piteå IF Division 2 23 5 14th 19th - - - - -
1974/75 MoDo AIK Örnsköldsvik Division 1 30th 4th 8th 12 20th - - - - -
1975/76 MoDo AIK Örnsköldsvik Elitserien 36 2 6th 8th 22nd - - - - -
1976/77 MoDo AIK Örnsköldsvik Elitserien 35 6th 6th 12 36 1 0 0 0 2
1977/78 MoDo AIK Örnsköldsvik Elitserien 33 1 9 10 50 2 0 0 0 6th
1978/79 Vancouver Canucks NHL 64 2 19th 21st 68 3 0 0 0 6th
1979/80 Vancouver Canucks NHL 73 5 30th 35 66 2 0 1 1 0
1980/81 Vancouver Canucks NHL 52 4th 18th 22nd 32 - - - - -
1981/82 Vancouver Canucks NHL 75 5 16 21st 74 16 2 4th 6th 6th
1982/83 Vancouver Canucks NHL 64 6th 14th 20th 48 4th 1 1 2 2
1983/84 Vancouver Canucks NHL 7th 1 2 3 4th - - - - -
1983/84 Minnesota North Stars NHL 59 2 14th 16 33 15th 2 0 2 6th
1984/85 Luleå HF Elitserien 33 8th 3 11 46 - - - - -
1985/86 Luleå HF Elitserien 35 2 7th 9 32 - - - - -
1986/87 Luleå HF Elitserien 35 4th 9 13 42 3 0 0 0 2
1987/88 Luleå HF Elitserien 40 2 7th 9 52 - - - - -
1988/89 Piteå HC Division 1 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1989/90 Piteå HC Division 1 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1990/91 Piteå HC Division 1 3 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
Division 2 / Division 1 (second highest division) total 66 14th 24 38 4th - - - - -
Division 1 / Elitserien (top division) overall 296 30th 60 90 318 6th 0 0 0 10
NHL overall 394 25th 113 138 325 40 5 6th 11 20th

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1977 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 10 1 1 2 8th
1978 Sweden WM 4th Place 10 2 3 5 8th
1981 Sweden Canada Cup 5th place 5 0 1 1 6th
Men overall 25th 3 5 8th 22nd

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joe Pelletier: Greatest Hockey Legends.com: Lars Lindgren. greatesthockeylegends.com, February 4, 2016, accessed May 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Lindgren, Lars
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lindgren, Lars Sune (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player, coach and scout
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Piteå , Sweden