Pär Mårts

Pär Mårts (born 30 April 1953) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player and former coach of the Swedish National team.

Pär Mårts
Pär Mårts during the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in January 2014
Born	(1953-04-30) 30 April 1953 (age 72) Falun, Sweden
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
Played for	AIK Västerås IK
National team	Sweden
Playing career	1975–1980
Medal record Men's Olympic Games 1994 Lillehammer Team 2014 Sochi Team World Championships 2013 Sweden/Finland Team 1992 Czechoslovakia Team 2011 Slovakia Team 1995 Sweden Team 1993 Germany Team 1994 Italy Team 2014 Belarus Team World Junior Championships 2008 Czech Republic Team 2009 Canada Team 2010 Canada Team

Playing career

Mårts started his playing career in 1971 for playing VIK Västerås HK in Swedish third-tier division. The following season the club was promoted to Sweden's second-tier division HockeyAllsvenskan. In his fourth season 1974-75 he joined Stockholm based club AIK helping them win promotion for Elitserien. During the 1975–76 and 1979-80 seasons, he played 174 games in Elitserien, totalling 121 points (63 goals, 58 assists) and 63 penalty minutes. Mårts played his last five seasons of his active playing career for Västerås IK in HockeyAllsvenskan.^[1]

Coaching career

Mårts began his coaching career in 1986 and as head coach of HV71, he led them to a Swedish Championship in his first season. He has also coached Västerås IK, the Swedish national junior team, Swedish national team and AIK.

In the 2007–08 season, Mårts took over as head coach for the Swedish national junior teams; Team 19 and Team 20. His contract with the Swedish Ice Hockey Association was signed over three years.^[2]

In 2011 the national team, beat the heavy favorite Czech team in Košice, Slovakia, but lost 1-6 in the final to Finland.

Awards

• Gold medal as assistant coach at the 1992 World Championships.
• Silver medal as assistant coach at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships.
• Bronze medal as assistant coach at the 1994 World Championships.
• Olympic gold as assistant coach in 1994.
• Elitserien playoff winner as head coach for HV71 in 2004.
• Swedish Coach of the Year in 2004.
• Silver medal as head coach at the 2008 and 2009 U20 World Championships.
• Bronze medal as head coach at the 2010 U20 World Championships.
• Elitserien silver medal as player in 1978.
• Silver medal as head coach at the 2011 World Championships.
• Gold medal as head coach at the 2013 World Championships.
• Silver medal as head coach at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games.
• Bronze medal as head coach at the 2014 World Championships.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1971-72	VIK Västerås HK	Swe-3		16	19	14	33			--	--	--	--	--
1972-73	Västerås IK	Swe-2		16	4	5	9	2		--	--	--	--	--
1973-74	Västerås IK	Swe-2		27	22	17	39	8		--	--	--	--	--
1974-75	AIK	Swe-2		26	14	15	29	0		--	--	--	--	--
1975-76	AIK	SEL		36	11	12	23	7		--	--	--	--	--
1976-77	AIK	SEL		32	14	12	26	4		--	--	--	--	--
1977-78	AIK	SEL		36	17	11	28	16		6	3	2	5	0
1978-79	AIK	SEL		36	6	9	15	18		--	--	--	--	--
1979-80	AIK	SEL		34	15	14	29	18		--	--	--	--	--
1980-81	Västerås IK	Swe-2		26	25	23	48	14		3	1	2	3	6
1981-82	Västerås IK	Swe-2		32	17	23	40	34		4	0	2	2	2
1982-83	Västerås IK	Swe-2		28	14	26	40	21		5	4	4	8	4
1983-84	Västerås IK	Swe-2		27	15	26	41	14		9	2	2	4	6
1984-85	Västerås IK	Swe-2		25	9	9	18	8		--	--	--	--	--
Elitserien totals				174	63	58	121	63		6	3	2	5	0

Statistics as of 21 April 2006.^[1][3]