Charles Berglund

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Charles Berglund
Charles Berglund in September 2010
Born (1965-01-18) 18 January 1965 (age 59)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for
Kloten Flyers
National team  Sweden
Playing career 1984–2001
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Lillehammer Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place
1991 Finland
 Team
Silver medal – second place
1993 Germany
 Team
Bronze medal – third place
1994 Italy
 Team
Silver medal – second place
1995 Sweden
 Team

Ralph Douglas Charles "Challe" Berglund (born 18 January 1965 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish former ice hockey player and coach.

Biography

He played 12 seasons for

Swedish Championships with Djurgården in 1989, 1990, 1991, 2000 and 2001.[1] He also received silver in 1992 and 1998. The last seasons of his career he was the team captain. He is highly appreciated and loved by the supporters of Djurgården (i.e. Järnkaminerna
) for being so devoted to the club and its supporters.

Berglund earned 142 caps for the

EHC Kloten
.

Berglund has also been appearing on Swedish

TV4 as an expert commentator for harness racing
, which is also his favorite hobby.

Berglund has been coaching Djurgårdens IF, Timrå IK and Modo Hockey of the Elitserien. He coached Djurgården for two seasons before leaving the team in 2007 to coach Timrå. He coached Timrå for three seasons before leaving the team in 2010 to coach Modo. Berglund was forced to leave Modo in 2011 after only one season, mainly because the team finished 12th in Elitserien and therefore had to play in the 2011 Kvalserien to remain in Elitserien.

Berglund's No. 2 Djurgården jersey was retired and raised to the rafters at

shootout.[2][3][4]

On 12 May 2011, Berglund said in an interview that he would take a one-year break from coaching, after declining an offer from

Viasat Hockey as a color commentator for HockeyAllsvenskan and Kvalserien.[6] Berglund cancelled his contract with Viasat on 6 March 2012, as Djurgården were forced to play in the 2012 Kvalserien.[7] As a result, Djurgården called Berglund up as the team's new head coach to help save them in the highest division. Although the team was relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan, the plan was for Berglund to remain as head coach for the team throughout the 2013–14 season,[8] and also to work as General Manager for Djurgården.[9] However, after weak results Berglund stepped down as head coach in November 2012, remaining as General Manager for two more years until August 2014.[10]

Clubs

Coaching career

  • Väsby IK Hockey
    (2004–2005)
  • Djurgårdens IF (2005–2007) (assisting coach)
  • Timrå IK (2007–2010)
  • Modo Hockey (2010–2011)
  • Djurgårdens IF
    (2012–) (head coach and general manager)

Medals

  • Olympic gold 1994
  • WC gold 1991
  • WC silver 1993, 1995
  • WC bronze 1994
  • Swedish Champion in 1989, 1990, 1991, 2000, 2001
  • Canada Cup, 3rd 1991
  • Europateamcup gold 1991, 1992
  • Swiss gold 1996

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   
Regular season
   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1984–85 Huddinge IK SWE.2 13 3 3 6 4 — 0 0 0 —
1985–86 Huddinge IK SWE.2 16 2 4 6 10 — — — — —
1985–86 Huddinge IK Allsv 14 4 2 6 8 6 2 0 2 0
1986–87 Nacka HK SWE.2 31 5 5 10 24 — — — — —
1987–88
Djurgårdens IF
 SEL 36 8 9 17 16 3 0 1 1 2
1988–89 Djurgårdens IF SEL 36 6 17 23 20 7 0 1 1 4
1989–90 Djurgårdens IF SEL 36 5 6 11 12 8 5 2 7 0
1990–91 Djurgårdens IF SEL 36 9 12 21 26 7 2 2 4 0
1991–92 Djurgårdens IF SEL 39 9 10 19 68 10 1 8 9 12
1992–93 Djurgårdens IF SEL 40 8 9 17 38 6 0 2 2 8
1993–94 Djurgårdens IF SEL 35 4 20 24 50 6 1 4 5 2
1994–95 Djurgårdens IF SEL 39 11 20 31 20 3 1 3 4 4
1995–96 EHC Kloten
NDA
 36 10 25 35 12 10 1 4 5 4
1996–97 EHC Kloten NDA 46 16 17 33 28 4 1 2 3 0
1997–98 Djurgårdens IF SEL 45 9 20 29 34 15 2 5 7 12
1998–99 Djurgårdens IF SEL 47 9 22 31 40 4 1 3 4 4
1999–2000 Djurgårdens IF SEL 50 3 15 18 54 13 1 4 5 8
2000–01 Djurgårdens IF SEL 48 7 11 18 60 15 2 4 6 8
SEL totals 487 88 171 259 438 97 16 39 55 64

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1991
 Sweden
WC
 8 1 2 3 4
1991 Sweden CC 6 1 0 1 0
1992 Sweden
OG
 8 1 1 2 2
1993
 Sweden WC 8 1 2 3 0
1994 Sweden OG 5 0 3 3 2
1994
 Sweden WC 8 2 3 5 2
1995
 Sweden WC 8 0 2 2 2
Senior totals 51 6 13 19 12

References

  1. ^ Frank Eriksson (2010-03-19). "Vilket lag har störst guldrutin?". hockeyligan.se (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan AB. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  2. Djurgårdens IF Hockey. Archived from the original
    on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  3. ^ Wahlberg, Malin (24 January 2012). "Rörd Challe fick sin tröja hissad". Sportbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  4. Djurgårdens IF Hockey. 24 January 2012. Archived from the original
    on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  5. ^ Maria Nordström (2011-05-12). "Challe tar sabbatsår" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
  6. ^ Oskar Magnusson (2011-08-06). "Challe blir ny expert i Viasat" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
  7. ^ Ek, Mattias (2012-03-07). "Viasats besked – bryter med Challe Berglund" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  8. Djurgårdens IF Hockey. 2012-03-07. Archived from the original
    on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  9. ^ "Järlan lämnar – Challe blir även sportchef". difhockey.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Hockey. 2012-04-04. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  10. ^ Han tar över Djurgården (in Swedish) Aftonbladet 2012-11-16

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