Kent "Lill-Kenta" Johansson (born 13 April 1956) is a retired

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player, former

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Frölunda HC Frölunda Hockey Club, previously known as the Frölunda Indians, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They currently play in the highest Swedish league, the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), formerly the Elitserien, where th ...

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Playing career

Johansson started his playing career with

Huddinge IK Huddinge IK (or ''Huddinge Hockey''), is a Swedish ice hockey team from Huddinge, a southern suburb in Stockholm County. The team is currently playing in the third highest league in Sweden, Hockeyettan. In the middle of the 1990s, a women's flo ...

in the Swedish tier two league in 1973. From 1975, the club became a top team in the division, mostly every year participating in playoffs to advance to

, so Johansson wanted to stay and advance with the team, turning down offers from other clubs for many years. In 1982, he finally gave in, and at 26, choosing between newly promoted neighbor team

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...

and more regular

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

, he chose the latter. He won the Swedish Championships with the club 1983 and then went to play with

HC Lugano Hockey Club Lugano, often abbreviated to HC Lugano or HCL, is a professional ice hockey club based in Lugano, Switzerland. The team competes in the National League (NL) and has won seven Swiss championships. History The founding of HC Lugano took ...

for six seasons, winning the Swiss Nationalliga A three times; 1986, 1987 and 1988. In 1989 he returned home to Sweden, played his second season with Djurgården and won his second Swedish Championship with the club. He then returned to his original club Huddinge, still an annual runner up in the qualification rounds to Elitserien, and played four more years there, and was close to a promotion in 1993. Johansson has also played for the Swedish national team in the 1983 and 1985

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Coaching career

Johansson started his coaching career in 1994, changing from playing to coaching in Huddinge IK. Between 1995 and 2002 he coached

Södertälje SK Södertälje Sportklubb, also known as Södertälje SK and often referred to as SSK, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest level of pro hockey in Sweden. Södertälje were charter members of Eli ...

(one season), HC Bolzano, IK Nyköpings Hockey NH90 and Djurgårdens IF (one season). From 2002 to 2007 he managed

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in Elitserien, but for season 2007–08 he signed with HV71, and won the Swedish Championships as a coach as well. After losing the finals in 2009 with HV71, Johansson signed with

in Switzerland.

Awards

* Elitserien Champion with Djurgårdens IF in 1983 and 1990 (player). * Nationalliga A Champion with HC Lugano in 1986, 1987 and 1988. * Elitserien Champion with HV71 in 2008 (coach). * Elitserien silver medal with HV71 in 2009 (coach).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johansson, Kent 1956 births Djurgårdens IF Hockey players HC Lugano players Huddinge IK players Living people People from Katrineholm Municipality Swedish ice hockey coaches Swedish ice hockey forwards Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Sportspeople from Södermanland County Djurgårdens IF Hockey coaches