Hardy Nilsson
Hardy Nilsson ( born June 23, 1947 in Skellefteå ) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player and current coach.
- 2.1 As a player
- 2.2 As a coach
Career
As a player
His professional career began in Hardy Nilsson 1965 in his hometown at the local club Skellefteå AIK. After the striker had with the club in the first division, then top division in Sweden played the first two years, the club was relegated for the first time. While managed to direct resurgence, but it increased in subsequent years from again. By 1974, Nilsson moved to the club every year the league and commuted 1-2 Division. After they had managed to climb one more time, to Skelleftea established back in the 1st Division, which was in 1975 replaced by the Elitserien. For the 1978/79 season Nilsson moved to Germany to Cologne EC, where he played in the 1st Bundesliga. Although he stayed only one year in Cologne, but he was with the KEC instantly German master, was elected to the All-Star team in the league and received the Xavier - nonsense Trophy as the player with the most templates. After the year in Germany, he returned to Sweden, where he played three years for Örebro IK before he ended his active career in 1982.
As a coach
At the beginning of his coaching career, he returned to the place of his greatest success as a player back. In 1985 he was engaged by the Cologne Sharks as the successor of Josef Golonka. As a player he already succeeded in his first year of great success, and he celebrated with the sharks the championship. In the season 1986/87 he managed with the KEC, the first team since 1971 to defend the title. And in the third year with Nilsson at the band won the sharks the championship. Thereafter he remained for another four more years, with the biggest successes in this period were the third place in the European Cup in 1989 and the runner-up in 1991. For the 1993/94 season Nilsson began involvement in the EC Hedos Munich. The occupied with many stars team he won the 1994 German Championship. After the founding of the DEL for season 1994/95, however, was the rapid fall of the renamed Maddog in Munich club. Shortly after the start of the season the game has stopped and opened bankruptcy proceedings against the club.
Therefore, Nilsson moved to Düsseldorf in 1995 EC, he for two years served as successor to Hans Zach. Also in Dusseldorf in 1996, he won a championship title. From 2000 to 2004 he was coach of the Swedish national team. During this time he won with the team at every world championship medal. But a title he could not get with the Tre Kronors. In 2000 he was first elected best coach in Sweden and awarded as Årets coach. The same ten years later he succeeded again. After he was replaced as national coach, he took in 2005 to a range of Austrian first division side Red Bull Salzburg. With the Salzburg team he reached in the 2005/06 season as the best team in the preliminary round play-offs, but it lost to in the finals of the EC VSV. The following year, he stood with the people of Salzburg again in the final against VSV - but this time he could win the title. After Salzburg, and was succeeded by Pierre Pagé, he became head coach at Djurgårdens IF the Swedish Elitserien.
Achievements
As a player
- German Champion 1979
- All- star team of the Bundesliga 1978/79
- Xavier - nonsense Trophy 1979
As a coach
- German Champion 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1996
- World Championship silver medalist in 2003, 2004
- World Cup bronze medalist in 2001, 2002
- Swedish coach of the year 1999/2000, 2009/10
- Austrian Champion 2007