The legendary Johan Davidsson is back in HV71.
The four-time SM gold winner will be the new assistant coach.
– The club will always be a big part of me and now being able to come back in this role feels incredibly fun, he says.
After HV71 left the SHL two seasons ago, Johan Davidsson left as assistant sports director to sports director Johan Hult.
After one season in the post, sports director Kent “Nubben” Norberg brings back the HV71 legend as an assistant coach.
The 47-year-old will be assistant coach under new head coach Tomas Montén.
– Johan Davidsson has a very good eye for hockey and is one of the best players in the SHL’s history. His competence in both power play and the offensive game will be extremely valuable for us and we are happy that he is back in HV71, says “Nubben”.
Johan Davidsson reunites with “PG”
From before, it is clear with club legends and four-time SM gold winner as the second assistant coach in the form of Per Gustafsson.
Both the center Johan Davidsson and the defender Per Gustafsson have jersey numbers 76 and 7 respectively retired on the roof of the arena.
They are the two players who have played the most games for HV71 with Johan Davidsson as first and Per Gustafsson as second, Johan Davidsson is also the Jönköping club’s best scorer of all time.
Four new acquisitions ready for HV71
Johan Davidsson has HV71 as his parent club and has 17 A-team seasons as a player in the club, the last eleven seasons as captain.
After that he was assistant sports manager for seven seasons and the last two seasons he has been youth leader in HV71.
The contract as an assistant coach is written over the coming seasons.
On the player side, HV71 has finished with forwards Oskar Stål-Lyrenäs from Rögle, Isac Brännström from Luleå and Åke Stakkestad from Bik Karlskoga and defender Olle Strandell from Mora.
2023-04-27 17:16:07
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