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Place of Birth: Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
About Hans Särkijärvi
- Hans Särkijärvi (born March 3, 1957) is a Swedish ice hockey coach and retired player.
- Särkijärvi started his playing career in his hometown team Kiruna AIF in 1973.
- He only played a few games in the senior team before moving to Stockholm-based Djurgårdens IF.
- The eight seasons he spent in Djurgården included a Swedish championship in 1983.
- Särkijärvi joined Södertälje SK for the 1983–84 season, where he also won a Swedish championship in 1985.
- After six seasons in Södertälje Särkijärvi ended his elite playing career and started to play in Sollefteå HK where he only stayed for one season.
- The last club he played for was IFK Lidingö during the 1990–91 season.
- He is currently a head coach of Modo Hockey. Särkijärvi coached Södertälje along with Johan Hemlin during two seasons.
- However, the poor results in the beginning of the 2002–03 season, which was their third season, made the two coaches leave the club.
- Särkijärvi took the job as coach for Djurgården's under-18 team for the 2004–05 season.
- He then replaced Niklas Wikegård in the senior team for the following season.
- He left his position as coach of Djurgården after the 2007–08 season.
- On 19 March 2008 he became head coach of Skellefteå AIK.
- He left after two seasons, and prior to the 2010–11 season he signed as the head coach of Linköpings HC.
- He was fired from the club during the 2011–12 mid-season, and was replaced by Harald Lückner.After his stint with Linköping he went back to Djurgården and trained the junior team.
- In January 2014 he was promoted to head coach of the senior team when Tony Zabel left.He was a major part of the teams success and way back to Swedish Hockey League.
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