# Roger Melin

roger melin (born April 25, 1956 in Enköping, Sweden) is a Swedish ice hockey coach and former player who most recently served as head coach of Leksands IF of the SHL. He has also previously coached SHL clubs Brynäs IF, Färjestad BK, Frölunda HC, AIK and Linköping HC, as well as Hammarby IF and Rögle BK in the Swedish second tier league. His playing career included five seasons in the SHL (at the time called Elitserien), with AIK, Örebro IK, and Hammarby, as well as several seasons in the second and third tiers with Väsby IK. His brief stint in North America during the 1980–81 and 1981–82 seasons was mostly spent in the CHL, though he also played 3 NHL games with the Minnesota North StarsHe has been named Swedish ice hockey's Coach of the Year (Årets coach) on two occasions, first following Brynäs IF's Swedish championship title in 1999, and later for coaching AIK to the semifinals in 2011 in their first season after being promoted to Elitserien. == Playing career == Melin began playing A-level ice hockey in 1973, at the age of 16, with Swedish club Väsby IK in Division 2.