Lars Lindgren
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 |
Coaching stations | |
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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
- 1977 silver medal at the world championship
- Silver medal at the European Championship
- 1978 bronze medal at the European Championships
- 2007 bronze medal at the U18 World Junior Championship (as head coach)
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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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 | |
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1977 | Sweden | WM | 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
- Lars Lindgren at legendsofhockey.net ( Memento from February 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- Lars Lindgren at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joe Pelletier: Greatest Hockey Legends.com: Lars Lindgren. greatesthockeylegends.com, February 4, 2016, accessed May 11, 2020 .
personal data | |
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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 |