| Curt Lindström | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 November 1940  (age 80) |
Curt "Curre" Lindström (born 26 November 1940) is a Swedish ice hockey coach.[1]
Career on international level
He coached Team Finland from 1993 to 1997, winning Finland's first Ice Hockey World Championships gold medal in 1995, and a silver world championships medal as well as Olympic bronze (as an assistant coach). He has won the same medals in coaching duties with Team Sweden, and has also coached the Latvian national men's ice hockey team.
Career on club level
Lindström stepped in to coach Ilves in the Finnish SM-liiga in the 2004–2005 season after a disappointing start to the season, and led the team to the quarterfinals, where they were beaten by Jokerit. In November 2005, Lindström was hired as a new head coach to Jokerit after the team had a miserable early season under former player and rookie coach Waltteri Immonen. Jokerit were left out of Play Offs at the end of the season. His contract was only for the remainder of the 2005–2006 season, so he left his place as head coach before the start of 2006–2007 season.
Coaching style
Lindström is known as one of the finest motivators in international levels. Some critics say that he is not as tactically talented as he is verbally.
Coaching Awards and honours
head coach
World Championship (1): 1987, 1995
Winter Olympics (1): 1994
World Championship (2): 1986, 1994- Izvestia Tournament (2): 1994, 1996
Assistant coach
- Canada Cup (1): 1984
References
| Preceded by Pentti Matikainen | Finnish national ice hockey team coach 1994–1997 | Succeeded by Hannu Aravirta |
| Preceded by Haralds Vasiļjevs | Latvian national ice hockey team coach 2001–2004 | Succeeded by Leonīds Beresņevs |
| Preceded by Vaclav Sykora | Ilves coach 2004–2005 | Succeeded by Kari Eloranta |
| Preceded by Waltteri Immonen | Jokerit head coach 2005–2006 | Succeeded by Doug Shedden |