Hakan Loob
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Hkan Per Loob (born 3 July 1960) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player for Färjestad BK of the National Hockey League's Färjestad BK of the Elitserien and the Calgary Flames.
Since resigning as President of Hockey Operations for Färjestad, he is the head of European Scouting for the Calgary Flames.
He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Swedish ice hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.
In 2005, the Elitserien presented the H. Kan Loob Trophy, which was presented to the league's top goal scorer, in his honour, but Färjestad has resigned his jersey number 5. Loob joined Färjestad in 1979 and was a member of the Swedish championship team.
In 1982–83, he was named Swedish player of the year after posting single-season records of 42 goals and 76 points.
Following that season, he moved to North America to join the Flames, who had chosen him with a ninth-round pick at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.
Loob was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 1983–84, and 88, after being the first Swedish player to reach 50 goals in a single NHL season.
He lifted the Stanley Cup with Calgary the following year, after which he returned to Sweden. Loob was the Elitserien's Most Valuable Player as named by his coworkers in 1989 and 1992.
He left in 1996 to become the club's general manager.
He led Färjestad to four Elitserien titles in 11 seasons before being promoted to team president.
Loob has served with the Swedish national team on several occasions both nationally and internationally.
He was one of the first three members of the Triple Gold Club, winning the Stanley Cup, the World Championship (in 1987 and 1991) and an Olympic gold medal (1994).
Early life
Loob was born in Göland, where he grew up in the tiny town of Slite on July 3rd. Loob is of Estonian descent. During the German occupation of Estonia in 1944, Loob's grandparents, along with their children, including Loob's father, Paul, migrated to Gotland in a tiny boat across the Baltic Sea from the island Kihnu. When an artificially frozen rink was installed near his house, Loob started playing ice hockey at the age of five. Loob was an active boy in his youth, competing in tennis, handball, football, and sailing, and he was one of Sweden's top table tennis players, winning the Tommy Sport Cup in 1971 at the age of 11. Loob made his senior debut for IK Graip and left all other sports to concentrate on hockey at age 15.
Personal life
Peter Loob's older brother was also a hockey player. With the Quebec Nordiques, the brothers played together for a short time. Henrik, Niclas, and Isabelle are three children of Hkan and his wife Marie. The family's children were the reason why the family returned to Sweden in 1989. Loob always wanted to return home following his playing days, but Henrik's assimilation into North American culture was suspect, according to Loob. He wanted his family to grow up in Sweden.
Playing career
Loob spent two seasons with second division club Karlskrona IK, beginning with third division teams IK Graip Slite and Romakloster in 1975–76 and 1976–77 respectively before being club members IK Graip Slite and Roma IF Romakloster in 1975–76 and 1976–77 respectively. He made it to the Elitserien when he joined Färjestad BK, scoring 15 goals and 19 points in 36 games between 1979 and 1980. Färjestad won its first Le Mat Trophy as the Elitserien champion in the following year, with 23 goals in the following year. Loob set Elitserien records by scoring 42 goals and 76 points in 1982-83. He still has those records today.
Loob was selected by the Calgary Flames as a ninth-round pick, 181st overall, at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. 138 They weren't able to convince him to join the club until the 1983-84 NHL season as a result of his record-breaking season in the Elitserien, Flames General Manager Cliff Fletcher referred to him as the "Wayne] Gretzky of Sweden." Loob had 30 goals and 55 points in his first NHL season as a member of the NHL All-Rookie Team and was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team.
Loob achieved 37 goals in 1984-85, enough to tie him for the team's lead with fellow Swede Kent Nilsson. He led the team outright in 1985-86 with 31 goals, and was the youngest player to win the Molson Cup as the Flames had the most three-star picks. Loob suffered the following year due to a shoulder injury that required surgery to repair at the end of the 1986-1987 season. He scored just 18 goals, while his 44 points were well below the 67 he had scored the previous season.
Loob, the first Swedish player to score 50 goals in a season, was back in the lineup healthy for 1987–88. He is still the only Swede to do so as of the 2019-20 NHL season. During the season, he also set a new Flames franchise record by scoring five hat tricks. He came in sixth in league goal scoring, while his 106 points were ninth in that class. Loob was selected by his fellow Swedes to the First All-Star team on right wing, and he was named as the top Swedish player in the league. Loob scored 27 goals in 1988-89, but the Flames gave him 58 assists. In the playoffs, he scored 8 goals and 17 points to help the Flames win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Loob began a quick passing game against the Montreal Canadiens on a three-on-one play that set up Lanny McDonald's last NHL goal and gave the Flames a leg up on a tie they would not relinquish.
Loob revealed that he was considering returning to Sweden during the 1989 Stanley Cup playoffs. He later revealed that he and his wife had made the decision almost a year ago and that the team had refused to compel him to stay despite a lucrative salary increase. Loob wanted his children to grow up in Sweden, but he revealed that the Flames had won the Stanley Cup, and that he would return to Färjestad for the 1989-1990 season.
Loob scored 22 goals in 40 games for Färjestad, leading the Swedish league by 53 points in his first season back in Sweden. He saw 33 goals in 1990–91, but the Elitserien led by 66 points again. According to the players, he received the Guldhjölmen ("Golden Helmet") as the best player of the season. In 1991-92, he won his second straight Guldhjälmen and led the team in scoring for the third straight season. Loob was also the league's top scorer at 37 goals. He spent four seasons with Färjestad, after retiring in 1996.
Loob retired from playing for the Elitserien as the nation's all-time top goal scorer with 305 goals in total between the regular season and playoffs. In his honour, the league established the H. Kan Loob Trophy, which is given to the top goal scorer. Färjestad retired his jersey number 5 and named him as the team's general manager for the 1996-97 season. He was in the role for 11 seasons, during which the team reached the final of the Elitersien playoffs eight times and won four championships. In his first two seasons as general manager, 1996–97 and 1998–98, two of the awards were won. He added a third in 2001-2002 and the fourth in 2005-06. In 2008, Loob was named as the team president.
He resigned as Färjestads BK's directeur sportif at the end of the 2016–2017 season, according to an article published in January 2017.
Loob, who competed for the Swedish junior team at the European Junior Hockey Championship in 1978, was the first to skate for the Swedish junior team. He won bronze medals with the Swedish team at both the 1979 and 1980 World Junior Championships. In 1980, he came in third place in tournament scoring (seven goals, two assists), and was named an all-star. He made his senior debut in 1982, scoring three goals in eight games for the Swedish team, which finished fourth in the World Championship, but the European Championship, which awarded silver medals to only participating European nations, were not included.
Loob's debut at the 1984 Canada Cup was his first best-on-best world tournament, winning 10 points in eight games, one behind Kent Nilsson. In the two game final series, Sweden lost to Canada after scoring two goals and two assists. Loob did not qualify for the 1987 Canada Cup due to a shoulder injury, but he did participate in the 1987 World Championship. Sweden defeated Sweden in their first World Championship in 25 years after he scored nine points in eight games. He made two other world championship appearances, winning a silver medal at the 1990 tournament and a second gold in 1991. Loob and the Swedes gained gold and silver in 1990 and 1991 in the European championships, which were concurrently held.
Loob's first Winter Olympic appearance was at the 1992 Albertville Games. In eight games, including four goals, he averaged one point per game, including four goals for the fifth place Swedes. He returned two years later for Lillehammer, Norway, during the 1994 Winter Olympic Tournament. Loob scored nine points in eight games, and Sweden defeated Canada for the gold medal. The game ended in overtime tied at 22-02, and after that failed to determine the result, the gold medal was awarded for the first time in Olympic history by a shootout. Until Sweden's winning goal, Peter Forsberg, there were seven rounds in the shootout. Loob won the Olympic gold medal, joined Mats Naslund and Tomas Jonsson to become the first three members of the Triple Gold Club, a World championship, and an Olympic championship. In 1998, Loob was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame.