Göran Stubb

Life and work

The story behind the role.

Finnish ice hockey player and executive.

Göran Stubb (born 10 March 1935) is a Finnish ice hockey executive. He is the National Hockey League (NHL) Director of European Scouting. Stubb began working as the chairman of IFK Helsinki from 1961 to 1975 before joining the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 1976 as their Managing Director. After serving as the Secretary General for the 1982 Ice Hockey World Championships, Stubb began European Sports Service, a European scouting service, in 1983 following urging from Jim Gregory, then Director of NHL Central Scouting. This became the first major European scouting association with the NHL.

In 2000, Stubb was inducted into the builder category of the IIHF Hall of Fame.

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