Göran "Flygis" Sjöberg (born June 8, 1960) is a retired

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player and coach. From 2005 to 2007, he was assistant coach in the Swedish

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club

HV71 HV71 (), often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the first tier of Swedish ice hockey. The team played in the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League s ...

Playing career

Sjöberg has played for

Brynäs IF Brynäs IF is a Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club currently plays in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden. The club has played in the top-tier league since 1960, longer than any other team. History ...

(two seasons) and

VIK Västerås HK Vik (Old Norse: vík) means wick or bay in Norwegian and Swedish (''vig'' in Danish), and it may refer to the following: Places Iceland *Vík í Mýrdal, a village in southern Iceland Iran * Vik, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran Norway * ...

(five seasons) in Sweden's top elite ice hockey league Elitserien. He retired from his active playing career after the season 1991–92 in which he played for Team Gävle in Swedish division 1, tier three in the Swedish league structure.

Coaching career

He coached the

Storhamar Dragons Storhamar Hockey, often referred to by its initials SIL, is a Norwegian ice hockey team based in Hamar, Norway. The club currently plays in the Fjordkraft-ligaen, the highest level of Norwegian hockey. The club has won seven regular season titl ...

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from 1994 to 1995, where he led the team to its first Norwegian championship. From 2005 to 2007, Sjöberg was assistant coach to Pär Mårts in HV71. Before coming to HV71 Sjöberg has coached Brynäs IF and

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

(together with Mårts). Before that he coached Brynäs IF's youth club Hille/Åbyggeby in division 1.

References

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