Ingvar Carlsson (ice hockey)

Ingvar Åke "Putte" Carlsson (born 16 September 1942^[1]) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player and head coach.

Born	(1942-09-16) 16 September 1942 (age 82)
Played for	IFK Lidingö

Career

Carlsson played ice hockey for IFK Lidingö in the 1960s and 1970s.^[2] After his active career he took up coaching.^[3] As an assistant coach, he worked with Leif Boork and managed to lead Djurgården to the Le Mat-trophy in 1983.^[4] He became head coach for Djurgården during the 1987–88 season along with assistant coach Lasse Falk.^[5] The team became league champions, but was beaten by AIK in the quarterfinals.^[6] Carlsson most commonly used tactic was the Neutral zone trap, also known as "1–3–1" in Sweden.^[4] After his coaching career, Carlsson became Djurgården's general manager^[7] until he became general manager in Djurgården's football department in 2000.^[8] He kept his position as general manager until the beginning of 2003.^[9]

Carlsson played bandy with Djurgårdens IF Bandy in the 1962 and 1963 seasons.^[10]