Per Håkan Loob (born July 3, 1960) is a retired Swedish professional
ice hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who is currently the president of hockey operations of
Färjestads BKFärjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
in the
Swedish ElitserienElitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
, for whom he played much of his playing career.
Loob played
right wingWinger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...
for the
Calgary FlamesThe Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...
from 1983 to 1989. In the 1989 playoffs Loob was very strong offensively and defensively, a major factor in Calgary's only Stanley Cup. He then returned to his Swedish team, Färjestads BK in
KarlstadKarlstad is a city, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants...
, where he was a star player until his retirement in 1996. He is one of very few ice hockey players who have won the
Stanley Cup, an Olympic gold medal, and a World Championship titleThe Triple Gold Club is a term used to describe ice hockey players and coaches who have won an Olympic Games gold medal, a World Championship gold medal, and the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy of the National Hockey League...
, being one of that group's 3 first members along with
Tomas JonssonTomas Jonsson, is a former ice hockey player from Sweden. He is the current head coach of EfB Ishockey in the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen and assistant coach for the Danish national ice hockey team...
and
Mats NäslundMats Näslund , nicknamed "Le Petit Viking", is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. He played as a left wing.-NHL career:...
. He has also won the Swedish championship, in 1981 with Färjestad. He is now the general manager of Färjestad. The Swedish Elite League has in honour of him introduced the
Håkan Loob TrophyThe Håkan Loob Trophy is the annual award for the Elitserien player who scores the most goals during the regular season. It was created by Svenska Hockeyligan and Canal+ in honour of Håkan Loob, who holds the Elitserien record for most goals in a season...
for the leading goal scorer in the league.
He holds the records for most goals (42) and most points (76) during a regular season in the Swedish Elitserien, both set in 36 games in 1982–83. He is also the only Swedish player who has scored 50 goals or more in one season in the
NHLThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
.
Loob's older brother
PeterPeter Roland Loob is a retired Swedish ice hockey player.Loob, a defenceman, played mostly in the Swedish hockey league, but has also three appearances in the Swedish national team in the 1983 World Ice Hockey Championships...
is also a former ice hockey player, and played briefly in the NHL and the
AHLThe American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
.
Career statistics
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G In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...
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A In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...
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Pts Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...
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PIMA penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...
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| 1979–80 |
Färjestads BK Färjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
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SEL Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
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36 |
15 |
4 |
19 |
20 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1980–81 |
Färjestads BK |
SEL |
36 |
23 |
6 |
29 |
16 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
6 |
| 1981–82 |
Färjestads BK |
SEL |
36 |
26 |
15 |
41 |
28 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| 1982–83 |
Färjestads BK |
SEL |
36 |
42 |
34 |
76 |
26 |
8 |
10 |
4 |
14 |
6 |
| 1983–84 |
Calgary Flames The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...
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NHLThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
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77 |
30 |
25 |
55 |
22 |
11 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
| 1984–85 |
Calgary Flames |
NHL |
78 |
37 |
35 |
72 |
14 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
| 1985–86 |
Calgary Flames |
NHL |
68 |
31 |
36 |
67 |
36 |
22 |
4 |
10 |
14 |
6 |
| 1986–87 |
Calgary Flames |
NHL |
68 |
18 |
26 |
44 |
26 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
| 1987–88 |
Calgary Flames |
NHL |
80 |
50 |
56 |
106 |
47 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
4 |
| 1988–89 |
Calgary Flames |
NHL |
79 |
27 |
58 |
85 |
44 |
22 |
8 |
9 |
17 |
4 |
| 1989–90 |
Färjestads BK |
SEL |
40 |
22 |
31 |
53 |
24 |
10 |
9 |
5 |
14 |
2 |
| 1990–91 |
Färjestads BK |
SEL |
40 |
33 |
25 |
58 |
16 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
8 |
| 1991–92 |
Färjestads BK |
SEL |
40 |
37 |
29 |
66 |
14 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
| 1992–93 |
Färjestads BK |
SEL |
40 |
25 |
26 |
51 |
28 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
| 1993–94 |
Färjestads BK |
SEL |
22 |
9 |
11 |
20 |
12 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1994–95 |
Färjestads BK |
SEL |
39 |
13 |
25 |
38 |
58 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| 1995–96 |
Färjestads BK |
SEL |
40 |
17 |
32 |
49 |
62 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
| SEL totals |
405 |
262 |
238 |
501 |
304 |
56 |
43 |
23 |
65 |
28 |
| NHL totals |
450 |
193 |
236 |
429 |
189 |
73 |
26 |
28 |
54 |
16 |
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