Tomas Montén

Jan Tomas Montén (born 2 November 1977) is a Swedish professional ice hockey coach. He is the current head coach for Sweden men's national junior ice hockey team.

Tomas Montén
Montén during a game 2012.
Born (1977-11-02) November 2, 1977
Borlänge, Sweden

Montén was previously shared the head coach duty for Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Hockey League along with Mikael Johansson during the 2008–09 Elitserien season, and also worked as assistant coach in Djurgården to Hans Särkijärvi during the 2007–08 season and to Hardy Nilsson from 2009 to 2012. He moved on to coach Timrå IK during the 2012–13 Elitserien season.[1] Timrå ended up second to last in the regular season and had to play in the 2013 Kvalserien relegation series, where the team was relegated to the second tier HockeyAllsvenskan. The following season, Montén moved on to coach in the junior organisation of Linköping HC.

Montén was named head coach for the Swedish national junior hockey team in January 2016.[2]

References
  1. Sjöberg, Henrik (11 April 2012). "Nu är det klart: Tomas Montén tar över Timrå". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. Persson, Britta (12 January 2016). "Han blir ny coach för Juniorkronorna". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 December 2020.


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