Christer Olsson

Christer Olsson
Christer Olsson
Born	July 24, 1970 (age 53); Arboga, Sweden
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	St. Louis Blues; Ottawa Senators
National team	Sweden
NHL draft	275th overall, 1993; St. Louis Blues
Playing career	1992–2005

Christer Lennart Olsson (born July 24, 1970) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He is the current head coach of VIK Västerås HK in the HockeyAllsvenskan (Allsv). Olsson played briefly in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues and Ottawa Senators.

Playing career

Olsson was drafted by the Blues in the 11th round, 275th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He played in Sweden for 2 years before splitting the 1995–1996 season with the Worcester Ice Cats of the AHL and making his debut with the Blues. The following season he was part of an infamous and extremely lopsided trade when he was traded by the Blues to the Ottawa Senators for Pavol Demitra. Demitra eventually became a scoring powerhouse with the Blues for a number of years while Olsson decided to go back to Sweden to play hockey after his short stint with the Senators that year.

Olsson played 7 more years in Sweden and one in Austria before retiring after the 2004–05 season.

Coaching career

Since his retirement after the 2004–2005 season, Olsson directly coached Leksands IF. He has mostly been coaching Leksand's representation team, but he has also coached Leksand's under-20 team in two seasons. On April 20, 2011, Olsson was named the head coach of Leksand's representation team in the HockeyAllsvenskan.^[1] Olsson was sacked as Leksands IF coach in 2011 and then joined EC KAC of the Austrian Hockey League. He coached parts of two seasons with KAC before he was fired and then named coach of rival EBEL club, HC TWK Innsbruck.

After two seasons in Innsbruck, Olsson opted to return to his native Sweden, accepting a head coaching role with VIK Västerås HK of the Allsvenskan for the 2016–17 season.

Career statistics

 --- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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1992-93 Brynas IF Gavle SEL 22 4 4 8 18 -- -- -- -- --
1993-94 Brynas IF Gavle SEL 38 7 3 10 50 -- -- -- -- --
1994-95 Brynas IF Gavle SEL 39 6 5 11 18 14 1 3 4 6
1995-96 St. Louis Blues NHL 26 2 8 10 14 3 0 0 0 0
1995-96 Worcester IceCats AHL 39 7 7 14 22 -- -- -- -- --
1996-97 St. Louis Blues NHL 5 0 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- --
1996-97 Ottawa Senators NHL 25 2 3 5 10 -- -- -- -- --
1996-97 Worcester IceCats AHL 2 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
1997-98 Vastra Frolunda HC Gotebo SEL 45 13 8 21 54 -- -- -- -- --
1998-99 Vastra Frolunda HC Gotebo SEL 47 5 11 16 48 4 0 1 1 4
1999-00 Klagenfurt AC Aust 34 7 11 18 63 -- -- -- -- --
2000-01 Brynas IF Gavle SEL 46 9 7 16 28 4 0 0 0 12
2001-02 Brynas IF Gavle SEL 50 5 16 21 65 4 0 0 0 2
2002-03 Leksands IF SEL 48 10 10 20 44 3 1 0 1 6
2003-04 Leksands IF SEL 50 7 8 15 54 -- -- -- -- --
2004-05 Leksands IF Swe-1 3 0 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- --
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 NHL Totals 56 4 12 16 24 3 0 0 0 0

References

^ "Efter fiaskot: Ny tränare till Leksand" (in Swedish). Expressen. April 20, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

[Head_coach_of_the_representation_team-1] "Efter fiaskot: Ny tränare till Leksand" (in Swedish). Expressen. April 20, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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