Dick Tärnström

Dick Tärnström is one of AIK hockey’s prominent figuresArticle in HockeynewsRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceClose. As a defenseman, he was best known for his offensive playArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceClose. Dick TärnströmArticle in AIK HockeyRead the sourceClose joined AIK’s hockey school at 8, the club recalled in a 2013 retrospective. Anders ParmströmArticle in AIK HockeyRead the sourceClose had followed his career since his senior debut in the early 1990s. In that retrospective, Parmström highlighted Tärnström’s decision to return to AIK in HockeyallsvenskanArticle in AIK HockeyRead the sourceClose rather than accept other offers.

At AIK’sArticle in AIK HockeyRead the sourceClose golf event at Brollsta GK in August 2014, Tärnström won a prize for a different kind of accuracy: guessing the length of a shot.

In March 2018, AIK named him as the head of its junior programme, with responsibilities for J18, J20 and recruitment to its hockeygymnasiumA Swedish hockeygymnasium combines upper-secondary (high school) studies with scheduled ice hockey training.Article in AIK HockeyRead the sourceClose, an upper-secondary programme combining school studies with hockey training. The role was scheduled to begin on May 1Article in AIK HockeyRead the sourceClose. When AIK extended his agreement in August 2021, the club described responsibilities in junior and senior scouting, individual junior development and work with defensemen at the hockeygymnasiumA Swedish hockeygymnasium combines upper-secondary (high school) studies with scheduled ice hockey training.Article in AIK HockeyRead the sourceClose.

In MarchArticle in MB HockeyRead the sourceClose 2024, MB Hockey announced that Tärnström would become its youth hockey lead, with a planned April 2 start. His responsibilities included developing the programme from hockey school upwards and a bank of drills for the coachesArticle in MB HockeyRead the sourceClose.