The 36-year-old Canadian has signed a two-year contract starting May 1.

For the past four seasons, Jared Cipparone has coached AIK and coached Djurgården's SDHL team when the team won Swedish Championship gold in 2017. For a couple of seasons, he was also assistant national team coach to Leif Boork.

- It's very exciting.

When I received the offer, it was difficult to say no, says Cipparone in Modo Channel.