Harald Lückner
Sven Harald Lückner ( born March 27, 1957 in Mariestad ) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player and current coach and - functionary.
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Career
As a player
Harald Lückner began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior department of Mariestad BoIS. From there he moved to Färjestad BK, for the first team he in the 1975/76 season his debut in the Elitserien, the highest Swedish league newly founded, was. When Färjestad BK, the winger quickly became a key player, after which he was selected in the WHA Amateur Draft in 1977 in the seventh round as a total of 66 players from the Houston Aeros. In addition, the New York Islanders chose him in the seventh round as a total of 121 players in the NHL Amateur Draft 1977. Since he was not taken in the following year by the Islanders under contract, he was the first player in the history of the National Hockey League, which could be drafted for a second time. In the NHL Amateur Draft 1978, he was selected in the fourth round as a total of 56 players from the Vancouver Canucks, but he was again in his parent club Färjestad BK, with whom he won the Swedish championship titles respectively in the years 1981, 1986 and 1988. In the 1988/89 season the Swede served as player-manager for Sparta Sarpsborg from the highest Norwegian league, before he ended his career as a player at the age of 32 years.
As a coach
In the season 1999/2000 Lückner worked as a team manager for the U20 Juniors of its common association Färjestad BK from the J20 SuperElit. From 2000 to 2003, he oversaw the HV71 of the Elitserien as head coach. For the season 2003/ 04 he took over the position as head coach at Mora IK of the second-rate Allsvenskan and reached with his team immediately move up to the Elitserien, in him in the following season managed to avoid relegation with Mora. From 2005 to 2008 he was standing by the participants MODO Hockey Elitserien behind the gang. With MODO he won in the 2006/07 season for the first time as a trainer the Swedish championship title. He was as Årets coach, Sweden's Coach of the Year, awarded for this achievement. 2008 Lückner returned to Mora IK, who was descended back to the second division in the meantime. He was released in December 2011, but signed only one month later a contract with the Elitserien participants Linköpings HC.
Internationally
For Sweden Lückner took at junior level at the Under-19 European Junior Championships in 1976, where he won the silver medal with his team, as well as the U20 World Junior Championships in 1976 and 1977 in part. In the senior level, he stood in the squad of his country at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, where he won the bronze medal with his team, and at the 1981 World Championship, where he won the silver medal with Sweden.