Lars Lindgren

Lars LindgrenArticle in Luleå HockeyRead the sourceClose developed as a player at Piteå IF. In a 2016 profile, Luleå HockeyArticle in Luleå HockeyRead the sourceClose described his game as heavy, selfless and determined.

Lindgren joined Luleå for the 1984/85Article in Luleå HockeyRead the sourceClose season. In a 2017 interview with the club, he recalled that the captaincy was raised only after he had signed: coach Freddy LindforsArticle in Luleå HockeyRead the sourceClose asked him to take the role after Torbjörn Köhler retired, leaving it vacant.

In the same interview, Lindgren identified Anders HagströmArticle in Luleå HockeyRead the sourceClose at MoDo and Don Lever in Vancouver as examples of leadership. He said he had tried to lead by competing in every game and every practice drill, rather than relying solely on wordsArticle in Luleå HockeyRead the sourceClose.

As Piteå’sArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose coach, Lindgren gave Tomas Holmström his opportunity in the senior team in 1989/90, according to Hockeysverige’s 2014 retrospective on Holmström. In NovemberArticle in Sveriges RadioRead the sourceClose 2006, Sveriges Radio reported that Lindgren was working as a hockey development consultant and coach of Sweden’s U18 national team.