Kjell Dahlin

Kjell DahlinArticle in Dubbeltallen Timrå hockey historyRead the sourceClose attended Timrå IK’s introductory hockey programme. In a Hockeysverige retrospective published in 2017Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, he also recalled playing hockey on the streets of Timrå as a child. Hockey was not his only sport: in a 2021 interview with FBK AkademienArticle in FBK AkademienRead the sourceClose, he said he had also played football during childhood.

Hockey also ran through the family, with his brothers Anders and Hasse, and his father Alfons and uncle Charlie, who played for WifstaArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. In the Hockeysverige retrospective, Dahlin said Håkan NygrenArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose brought him into Timrå’s senior team.

Discussing his decision to join Färjestad in the same retrospective, Dahlin credited Conny EvenssonArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose and his junior national teammate Magnus Roupé with helping him choose the club. He also recalled retrieving the Montréal paperwork he had already mailed after a conversation with Olle ÖstArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, and staying at Färjestad for another season.

Mats Näslund was already one of Dahlin’s sporting companions during childhood in Timrå, he recalled in the Hockeysverige retrospectiveArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. Later, in Montréal, they travelled together to practices and gamesArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

The 2021 FBK AkademienArticle in FBK AkademienRead the sourceClose interview described Dahlin’s work in youth hockey, including earlier work with Harald Lückner in a lower-secondary school hockey programme. Dahlin stressed that youth hockey should be fun and that every player and leader should be seen and heardArticle in FBK AkademienRead the sourceClose.