Willy Lindström

Willy Lindstrom

Willy LindströmArticle in Brynäs IFRead the sourceClose grew up in Grums, where Dan Labraaten was one of his early teammates. Hockey was not his only childhood sport: in an interview with Hockeysverige published on 14 June 2020Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, he also recalled enjoying football.

In the same interview, Lindström gave Grums coach Erling LindströmArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose much of the credit for improving his skating. He remembered a recurring exercise in which the coach worked on the position of his heelsArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

Lindström began playing for Västra Frölunda IFArticle in WikipediaRead the sourceClose in the 1970/71 season. When the club recruited him, he also suggested his brother Evert, who earned a contract after a training-camp tryout, he recalled in 2020Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. Looking back on his Frölunda years, he also praised coach Kjell Svensson’sArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose approach of allocating ice time according to players’ performances.

Bobby Hull had been his idol even before his time in Winnipeg, Lindström recalled in the 2020Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose interview. In the same retrospective, he also described his friendship withArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose Wayne Gretzky as enduring.

After his playing career, Lindström worked as a scout between 1990 and 2007, with a break from 2003 to 2005Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, according to his account to Hockeysverige in 2020. At the time, he also said he still went ice skating every weekArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.