Joakim Engström joined HV71 in 2019 and has been the team's head coach for three seasons.

But now the club chooses to break off the collaboration with the coach.

- We have had a dialogue with Joakim after the season about the future and both parties feel that the SDHL team needs to take a new direction.

That is why we have come to this decision.

We want to thank Jocke and wish him luck in his future assignments, says Johan Lindbom, club director in HV71, according to a press release.

The club will now begin a process to develop a new coach for the team, which they hope to be able to present soon, they write in a press release.