Christer Olsson

Christer Olsson
Born	(1970-07-24) July 24, 1970 (age 54) Arboga, Sweden
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Mora IK Brynäs IF St. Louis Blues Ottawa Senators Västra Frölunda HC EC KAC Leksands IF
National team	Sweden
NHL draft	275th overall, 1993 St. Louis Blues
Playing career	1992–2005

Christer Lennart Olsson (born July 24, 1970) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He is the current head coach of VIK Västerås HK in the HockeyAllsvenskan (Allsv). Olsson played briefly in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues and Ottawa Senators.

Playing career

Olsson was drafted by the Blues in the 11th round, 275th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He played in Sweden for 2 years before splitting the 1995–1996 season with the Worcester Ice Cats of the AHL and making his debut with the Blues. The following season he was part of an infamous and extremely lopsided trade when he was traded by the Blues to the Ottawa Senators for Pavol Demitra. Demitra eventually became a scoring powerhouse with the Blues for a number of years while Olsson decided to go back to Sweden to play hockey after his short stint with the Senators that year.

Olsson played 7 more years in Sweden and one in Austria before retiring after the 2004–05 season.

Coaching career

Since his retirement after the 2004–2005 season, Olsson directly coached Leksands IF. He has mostly been coaching Leksand's representation team, but he has also coached Leksand's under-20 team in two seasons. On April 20, 2011, Olsson was named the head coach of Leksand's representation team in the HockeyAllsvenskan.^[1] Olsson was sacked as Leksands IF coach in 2011 and then joined EC KAC of the Austrian Hockey League. He coached parts of two seasons with KAC before he was fired and then named coach of rival EBEL club, HC TWK Innsbruck.

After two seasons in Innsbruck, Olsson opted to return to his native Sweden, accepting a head coaching role with VIK Västerås HK of the Allsvenskan for the 2016–17 season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1988–89	IFK Arboga	SWE III		33	9	10	19	—		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Mora IK	SWE II		21	2	1	3	8		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Mora IK	SWE II		28	4	8	12	20		2	1	0	1	0
1991–92	Mora IK	SWE II		36	6	10	16	38		2	1	0	1	6
1992–93	Brynäs IF	SEL		22	4	4	8	18		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Brynäs IF	SEL		38	7	3	10	50		7	0	6	6	12
1994–95	Brynäs IF	SEL		39	7	5	12	20		14	2	6	8	16
1995–96	St. Louis Blues	NHL		26	2	8	10	14		3	0	0	0	0
1995–96	Worcester IceCats	AHL		39	7	7	14	22		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	St. Louis Blues	NHL		5	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Worcester IceCats	AHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Ottawa Senators	NHL		25	2	3	5	10		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Västra Frölunda HC	SEL		45	13	8	21	54		7	0	1	1	18
1998–99	Västra Frölunda HC	SEL		47	5	11	16	48		4	0	1	1	4
1999–2000	EC KAC	IEHL		34	7	11	18	63		—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	EC KAC	AUT		16	4	10	14	12		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Brynäs IF	SEL		46	9	7	16	28		4	0	0	0	12
2001–02	Brynäs IF	SEL		50	5	16	21	65		4	0	0	0	2
2002–03	Leksands IF	SEL		48	10	10	20	44		3	1	0	1	6
2003–04	Leksands IF	SEL		50	7	8	15	54		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Leksands IF	SWE II		3	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
SWE II totals				85	12	19	31	66		4	2	0	2	6
SEL totals				385	67	72	139	381		43	3	14	17	70

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995	Sweden	WC		8	2	1	3	4
1998	Sweden	WC		10	1	2	3	2
1999	Sweden	WC		10	1	2	3	20
2001	Sweden	WC		9	1	0	1	8
Senior totals				37	5	5	10	34

References

1. "Efter fiaskot: Ny tränare till Leksand". Expressen (in Swedish). April 20, 2011. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database