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Håkan Andersson (born 19 February 1965 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish amateur hockey scout who currently serves as the Director of European Scouting for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). His scouting and player evaluation, along with that of former Director of Amateur Scouting Joe McDonnell and former Assistant General Manager Jim Nill, has been credited by Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland as the reason for the long-term success of the Red Wings, specifically the ability of the team to find talented players late in the draft.

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  • Håkan Andersson (born 19 February 1965 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish amateur hockey scout who currently serves as the Director of European Scouting for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Formerly a fishing guide, he was hired as a scout by the Red Wings in 1990. Since then he has won four Stanley Cup Championships as a member of the Detroit Red Wings organization, in 1997, 1998, 2002, and 2008. Andersson, based in Stockholm, Sweden, scouts all over Europe including Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic, and Russia, and has been responsible for the Red Wings drafting Tomas Holmström, Valtteri Filppula, Jiri Hudler, Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk, Johan Franzén, Niklas Kronwall, Jonathan Ericsson, Gustav Nyquist, Tomáš Tatar, and many others. His scouting and player evaluation, along with that of former Director of Amateur Scouting Joe McDonnell and former Assistant General Manager Jim Nill, has been credited by Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland as the reason for the long-term success of the Red Wings, specifically the ability of the team to find talented players late in the draft. (en)
  • Karl Göran Håkan Pihl Andersson, född 19 februari 1965, är en svensk talangscout inom ishockey och som har varit chef för europeisk talangscouting för den amerikanska ishockeyorganisationen Detroit Red Wings i National Hockey League (NHL) sedan 1990. Under hans ledarskap inom europeisk scouting har Red Wings draftat ishockeyspelare som bland annat Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsiuk, Tomas Holmström, Niklas Kronwall, Johan Franzén, Valtteri Filppula, Gustav Nyquist, Jiří Hudler och Jonathan Ericsson. 2008 utsågs Andersson till en av de 100 mäktigaste personerna inom nordamerikansk ishockey av den anrika ishockeymagasinet The Hockey News. Han har vunnit fyra Stanley Cup med Red Wings för säsongerna 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 2001-2002 och 2007-2008. Han sitter också som ledamot i styrelsen för det svenska ishockeylaget Frölunda HC i Svenska hockeyligan (SHL) sedan 2012. (sv)
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  • Director of European Scouting (en)
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  • Andersson in 2009 (en)
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  • Håkan Andersson (en)
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  • I was a better fishing guide than scout. (en)
  • Håkan certainly is one of the best in the business. You've just got to look at his track record. … Obviously Håkan has been an MVP behind the scenes for us. (en)
  • I would say it comes down to 30 percent hard work, 30 percent good eyes, and 40 percent luck. (en)
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  • – Ken Holland, General Manager of the Detroit Red Wings (en)
  • – Håkan Andersson, describing what it takes to have success as a scout. (en)
  • – Håkan Andersson (en)
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  • Håkan Andersson (born 19 February 1965 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish amateur hockey scout who currently serves as the Director of European Scouting for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). His scouting and player evaluation, along with that of former Director of Amateur Scouting Joe McDonnell and former Assistant General Manager Jim Nill, has been credited by Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland as the reason for the long-term success of the Red Wings, specifically the ability of the team to find talented players late in the draft. (en)
  • Karl Göran Håkan Pihl Andersson, född 19 februari 1965, är en svensk talangscout inom ishockey och som har varit chef för europeisk talangscouting för den amerikanska ishockeyorganisationen Detroit Red Wings i National Hockey League (NHL) sedan 1990. Under hans ledarskap inom europeisk scouting har Red Wings draftat ishockeyspelare som bland annat Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsiuk, Tomas Holmström, Niklas Kronwall, Johan Franzén, Valtteri Filppula, Gustav Nyquist, Jiří Hudler och Jonathan Ericsson. (sv)
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  • Håkan Andersson (ice hockey) (en)
  • Håkan Andersson (ishockey) (sv)
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