Todd Bjorkstrand

Todd Bjorkstrand ( born October 14, 1962 in Minneapolis, Minnesota ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player and current coach.

  • 2.1 As a player
  • 2.2 As a coach

Career

As a player

Todd Bjorkstrand played from 1980 to four years for the team from the University of Maine in the North American College Football NCAA. Following his college years played the links contactors two years for various teams, but mainly in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League ( ACHL ) for the Pinebridge Bucks and the Erie Golden Blades. Only in the season 1986/87 to Bjorkstrand was finally in the International Hockey League ( IHL ) enforce and spent the entire season with the Indianapolis Checkers. However, he failed with the Checkers as well in the first play-off round, as in the following year with the Fort Wayne Komets. In two seasons, he was one scorer with 80 points for the top players of his team and therefore prepared in the summer of 1988 on another season in the IHL before. Then, however, he received an offer from the Herning IK from the Danish Elite series. Meanwhile, Coach Frits Nielsen had heard through acquaintances of the great talent and offered Bjorkstrand - without having seen him before - a treaty on.

At this time Bjorkstrand probably had no idea that he would spend the rest of his career in Herning. In the following 14 seasons, he was active for the HIK, won with a total of seven team championships and reached three more times the play-off final. He continues to this day not only many club records ( most games, goals and points scorer ) but also in the statistics of the Elite series, he is leader in many categories. In 2002, he finished 40 - year his active career and moved immediately to the office of the coach at the Blue Fox.

Statistics

As a coach

Immediately following end of his career as a player took Bjorkstrand 2002, the office of the head coach at the Herning Blue Fox, he trains today. So far, he celebrated with the team six championships. In the U20 -B World Cup 2011, he oversaw the first time the Danish U20 national team, won the tournament with her and rose to the A group.

Since the season 2011/ 12 communicates with Oliver Bjorkstrand also his second son, the pro squad of the Blue Fox. The elder son, Patrick, since 2009 has been playing for the first team. Both were born in Herning, which has become the center of life of the family since the 1990s.

Awards and achievements

As a player

  • Danish Champion 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001
  • Danish Cup winners 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998
  • Scorer in the Elite Series 1990/91, 1991/92
  • Top scorer of the Elite Series 1988/89, 1991/92, 2000/ 01
  • Player of the Year Elite Series 1991/92, 1993/94, 2000/ 01
  • ACHL Rookie of the Year: 1984/85

As a coach

  • Danish Champion in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012
  • Winning the B World Championship with the Danish U20 national team in 2011
1986–87 IHL season International Hockey League (1945–2001) Point (ice hockey) 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 2011–12 AL-Bank Ligaen season
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