Grönborg played college hockey at St. Cloud State University. He returned to Sweden in 1992-93 as a member of Rögle BK but went on loan to Tyringe SoSS, playing 32 games for Tyringe. In 1993–94, Grönborg played with Hammarby IF for 36 regular season games and 5 qualification games.[2]
He was the head coach of the Great Falls Americans of the AWHL from 1998 to 2003. He was an assistant coach with the Spokane Chiefs of the WHL in 2004–05. Then served as a scout for Sweden before taking the head coaching role at the junior and later the senior level. He was an assistant coach with Team Sweden under head coach Pär Mårts at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[4] He was the head coach of the Swedish national team at the senior level from 2016 to 2017 through 2018-19 before leaving the national team for ZSC Lions.[5][6] As the head coach of the Swedish national team, Grönborg won the 2017 and 2018IIHF World Championships.
In 2019–20, ZSC Lions ended the season first in the league, but the season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] In 2020–21, ZSC Lions ended the season in 5th place and made the playoffs,[8] however they were eliminated in the semifinals by Genève-Servette. Part way through the 2022-23 NL season, Grönborg was relieved of his duties at ZSC Lions and replaced by Marc Crawford[9]
In 2023–24, Tappara signed a three-year contract as the team's head coach with Rikard Grönborg. In his first season as Tappara's head coach, the season ended with a victory in the Finnish championship and lifting the Kanada-malja.
Referencesedit
^"ZSC Lions sparkar Rikard Grönborg". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^"Rikard Grönborg - Elite Prospects". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^"Rikard Gronborg Hockey Statistics & Profile". HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
rikard, grönborg, born, june, 1968, swedish, professional, hockey, coach, former, defenceman, rickard, grönborg, during, april, 2017, friendly, game, between, austria, sweden, vienna, austriaborn, 1968, june, 1968, huddinge, swedenheight6, weight207, positiond. Rikard Gronborg born 8 June 1968 is a Swedish professional ice hockey coach and former defenceman Rikard GronborgRickard Gronborg during an April 2017 friendly game between Austria and Sweden in Vienna AustriaBorn 1968 06 08 8 June 1968 age 55 Huddinge SwedenHeight6 ft 1 in 185 cm Weight207 lb 94 kg 14 st 11 lb PositionDefenceShotLeftPlayed forTyringe SoSSHammarbyPlaying career1992 1994 Gronborg is currently the head coach of Tappara in Finnish Liiga 2019 2022 he served as head coach of ZSC Lions of the National League 1 In addition he was also formerly the coach of the Sweden men s national ice hockey team Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 3 References 4 External linksPlaying career editGronborg played college hockey at St Cloud State University He returned to Sweden in 1992 93 as a member of Rogle BK but went on loan to Tyringe SoSS playing 32 games for Tyringe In 1993 94 Gronborg played with Hammarby IF for 36 regular season games and 5 qualification games 2 Coaching career editHe started his coaching career in 1994 as an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin Stout 3 He was the head coach of the Great Falls Americans of the AWHL from 1998 to 2003 He was an assistant coach with the Spokane Chiefs of the WHL in 2004 05 Then served as a scout for Sweden before taking the head coaching role at the junior and later the senior level He was an assistant coach with Team Sweden under head coach Par Marts at the 2014 Winter Olympics 4 He was the head coach of the Swedish national team at the senior level from 2016 to 2017 through 2018 19 before leaving the national team for ZSC Lions 5 6 As the head coach of the Swedish national team Gronborg won the 2017 and 2018 IIHF World Championships In 2019 20 ZSC Lions ended the season first in the league but the season was abandoned due to the COVID 19 pandemic 7 In 2020 21 ZSC Lions ended the season in 5th place and made the playoffs 8 however they were eliminated in the semifinals by Geneve Servette Part way through the 2022 23 NL season Gronborg was relieved of his duties at ZSC Lions and replaced by Marc Crawford 9 In 2023 24 Tappara signed a three year contract as the team s head coach with Rikard Gronborg In his first season as Tappara s head coach the season ended with a victory in the Finnish championship and lifting the Kanada malja References edit ZSC Lions sparkar Rikard Gronborg aftonbladet se in Swedish Retrieved 22 January 2023 Rikard Gronborg Elite Prospects eliteprospects com Retrieved 22 January 2023 Rikard Gronborg Hockey Statistics amp Profile HockeyDB com Retrieved 26 May 2018 2013 2014 Sweden Statistics Elite Prospects Gronborg Jag gillar den har utmaningen aftonbladet se in Swedish RIKARD GRONBORG NEUER HEADCOACH DER ZSC LIONS zsclions ch in German ZSC Lions Archived from the original on 10 May 2019 Retrieved 22 January 2023 Swiss hockey league ends season before playoffs due to COVID 19 concerns sportsnet ca 2020 21 Switzerland National League A Swiss A standings at hockeydb com hockeydb com Stanley Cup champion coach hired in Switzerland yardbarker com External links editBiographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects com or The Internet Hockey Database nbsp This Swedish biographical article relating to ice hockey is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rikard Gronborg amp oldid 1221401875, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
