Christer Lennart Olsson (born July 24, 1970) is a Swedish former professional

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. He is the current

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in the

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(Allsv). Olsson played briefly in the

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(NHL) with the

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and

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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

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. 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

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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

of Leksand's representation team in the

. 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,

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. 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

International

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olsson, Christer 1970 births Living people Brynäs IF players Frölunda HC players Ice hockey coaches Leksands IF players Ottawa Senators players People from Arboga Municipality St. Louis Blues draft picks St. Louis Blues players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Austria Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in Canada Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Swedish ice hockey defencemen Worcester IceCats players Ice hockey people from Västmanland County