birth_place title article_title name birth_date image employer birth_name occupation
stockholm , sweden director of european scouting håkan andersson -lrb- ice hockey -rrb-
 håkan andersson 19 february 1965 håkanandersson.jpg detroit red wings karl göran håkan andersson hockey scout
håkan andersson -lrb- ice hockey -rrb-

karl göran håkan pihl andersson -lrb- born february 19 , 1965 in stockholm , sweden -rrb- 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 -lrb- nhl -rrb- .
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 , henrik zetterberg , pavel datsyuk , johan franzén , niklas kronwall , jonathan ericsson , gustav nyquist , 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 .
