Johan Lindbom

Johan Lindbom is remembered as a championship hero at HV71Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in Sveriges RadioRead the sourceClose. When HockeysverigeArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose interviewed Johan Lindbom in December 2022, he recalled his youth hockey in Alvesta through games against Troja and HV71. He described Alvesta’s team beating Troja one year and HV71 another to progress from the district championship to the national championshipArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. He could not, however, identify the exact year groupArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

In the fifth Swedish championship final against Brynäs in 1995Article in SHLRead the sourceClose, Lindbom scored in overtime to secure HV71’s first national title. Looking back on the shot in a September 2022Article in SHLRead the sourceClose interview with SHLSHLSHL, the Swedish Hockey League, is Sweden’s top men’s domestic ice hockey league.Close, he recalled that he had not aimed.

Lindbom’s coaching assignments included Prolympia, HC Dalen’s under-20 team and Småland’s TV-puckenTV-pucken is a Swedish youth hockey tournament played between regional representative teams.Article in HV71Read the sourceClose team, as HV71 recorded in 2015. After several years at HC DalenArticle in HV71Read the sourceClose, he returned to HV71 as under-20 coach in spring 2015 and was appointed head coach of the senior team in July.

On 16 August 2021, Lindbom returned to HV71 as club director after serving as club chief at Kristianstad IKArticle in HV71Read the sourceClose. On 29 April 2024Article in HV71Read the sourceClose, HV71 announced that the club and Lindbom had agreed to part ways.