Lennart Johansson (ice hockey player)

Lennart Johansson
Date of birth	June 7, 1941
place of birth	Sundsvall , Sweden
date of death	October 23, 2010
Place of death	Gävle , Sweden
Nickname	Tigers
size	188 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1960–1962	Wifsta / Östrands IF
1962-1972	Brynäs IF

Rolf Lennart "Tigern" Johansson (born June 7, 1941 in Sundsvall , † October 23, 2010 in Gävle ) was a Swedish ice hockey player and coach .

Career

Lennart Johansson began his career as an ice hockey player at Wifsta / Östrands IF , for whose professional team he was active from 1960 to 1962 in Division 1 , the then highest Swedish league. Then the center played for ten years for their league rivals Brynäs IF . With Brynäs he won the national championship title in 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971 and 1972 .

Johansson worked as head coach several times for his parent club Brynäs IF and was champion with this in the 1979/80 season for the eighth time in his career.

International

For Sweden Johansson took part in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , where he and his team won the silver medal. He himself prepared a goal in seven games during the tournament.

Achievements and Awards

• 1964 Swedish champion with Brynäs IF
• 1966 Swedish champion with Brynäs IF
• 1967 Swedish champion with Brynäs IF
• 1968 Swedish champion with Brynäs IF
• 1970 Swedish champion with Brynäs IF
• 1971 Swedish champion with Brynäs IF
• 1972 Swedish champion with Brynäs IF
• 1980 Swedish champion with Brynäs IF (as head coach)

International

• 1964 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games

Web links

• Lennart Johansson at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Lennart Johansson at eurohockey.com
• Lennart Johansson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )