Tommy Samuelsson

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Tommy Samuelsson
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Tommy Samuelsson in September 2010
Born (1960-01-12) January 12, 1960 (age 62)
Degerfors, Sweden
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Färjestad BK
Wiener EV
National team  Sweden
Playing career 1976–1998

Tommy Alf Samuelsson (born January 12, 1960 in Degerfors, Sweden) is a Swedish ice hockey coach and a retired professional ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of HV71 of HockeyAllsvenskan.

Playing career[]

Samuelson spent the majority of his playing days at Färjestad BK. He won three Swedish championships (1981, 1986, 1988) with the club and received Elitserien MVP honors in 1986. At the end of his career, he spent two years with Wiener EV of Austria and a single season with of Switzerland. Representing the Swedish national team, he won two bronze medals at the 1980 and 1988 Winter Olympics as well as three silver medals at World Championships (1981, 1986, 1990). Samuelsson retired in 1998.

Coaching career[]

From 1999 to 2004, Samuelsson served as assistant coach of Färjestad BK in Sweden's top-tier Elitserien, winning gold in 2002, before accepting the head coaching job at Austrian first-division side HC Innsbruck for the 2004-05 campaign. In the following season, he guided Skellefteå AIK to promotion from Sweden's second-tier Allsvenskan to the top-flight Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Prior to the 2005-06 season, he returned to Färjestad, again taking on the role as assistant coach. Samuelsson took over the head coaching job in November 2007 after the sacking of Roger Melin.[1] From 2008 to 2010, Samuelsson worked as joint-coach alongside Per-Erik Johnsson, leading the club to the Swedish national championship in 2009, while receiving SHL Coach of the Year honors. After serving as lone head coach in 2010-11, he left Färjestad for Austria, being appointed as head coach of the Vienna Capitals in March 2011.[2] Under his guidance, the Capitals reached the EBEL finals in 2013. Samuelsson left Vienna at the end of the 2013-14 season[3] to return to Färjestad BK. He served a two-year stint as head coach and parted company with the club in March 2016.[4]

On July 5, 2016, Samuelsson was named head coach of ERC Ingolstadt of the German top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).[5] He was sacked in November 2017 after his team had suffered defeat in seven straight games.[6]

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1975–76 Mariestad BoIS SWE III 21 3 3 6 — — — — — —
1976–77 Färjestad BK SEL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1977–78 Färjestad BK SEL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1978–79 Färjestad BK SEL 34 3 2 5 16 3 0 0 0 0
1979–80 Färjestad BK SEL 36 3 6 9 20 — — — — —
1980–81 Färjestad BK SEL 36 2 8 10 16 7 1 0 1 6
1981–82 Färjestad BK SEL 36 6 8 14 28 2 0 1 1 0
1982–83 Färjestad BK SEL 36 6 17 23 22 8 3 5 8 6
1983–84 Färjestad BK SEL 28 7 15 22 26 — — — — —
1984–85 Färjestad BK SEL 36 0 9 9 26 3 0 1 1 2
1985–86 Färjestad BK SEL 36 9 17 26 24 8 0 8 8 4
1986–87 Färjestad BK SEL 36 7 15 22 16 7 1 4 5 0
1987–88 Färjestad BK SEL 31 4 11 15 32 — — — — —
1988–89 Färjestad BK SEL 36 6 19 25 18 2 0 1 1 2
1989–90 Färjestad BK SEL 36 7 17 24 20 10 2 4 6 2
1990–91 Färjestad BK SEL 39 4 11 15 44 8 1 3 4 2
1991–92 Färjestad BK SEL 38 6 27 33 30 6 0 1 1 6
1992–93 Färjestad BK SEL 39 7 9 16 28 3 0 2 2 6
1993–94 Färjestad BK SEL 22 1 4 5 4 — — — — —
1993–94 Färjestad BK Allsv 18 4 5 9 6 3 0 1 1 0
1994–95 Färjestad BK SEL 38 2 8 10 20 4 0 0 0 2
1995–96 Wiener EV AUT 33 4 26 30 14 — — — — —
1996–97 SC Luzern SUI II 36 3 9 12 26 — — — — —
1997–98 Wiener EV AUT 30 4 7 11 8 — — — — —
SEL totals 597 80 203 283 390 71 8 30 38 38

International[]

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1977 Sweden EJC 5 0 — — —
1978 Sweden WJC 7 0 2 2 0
1979 Sweden WJC 6 0 1 1 2
1980 Sweden OG 7 0 2 2 2
1980 Sweden WJC 5 1 1 2 6
1981 Sweden WC 7 0 0 0 4
1982 Sweden WC 10 0 1 1 2
1983 Sweden WC 10 0 0 0 0
1986 Sweden WC 10 1 1 2 8
1987 Sweden CC 3 0 1 1 4
1988 Sweden OG 8 0 2 2 2
1989 Sweden WC 9 0 2 2 2
1990 Sweden WC 7 0 0 0 4
Senior totals 71 1 9 10 28

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Fick sparken – på telefonen". Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  2. ^ "UPC Vienna Capitals Webseite". www.vienna-capitals.at. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  3. ^ "Eishockey: Vienna Capitals trennen sich von Coach Samuelsson". Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  4. ^ "Tommy Samuelsson lämnar Färjestad". Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  5. ^ "ERC Ingolstadt: Samuelsson neuer Cheftrainer". Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  6. ^ "ERC STELLT SAMUELSSON FREI". erc-ingolstadt.de. Archived from the original on 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
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