SCRJ Lakers bring Rask from Fribourg

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The SCRJ Lakers announce the arrival of a new foreigner. The Swedish center Victor Rask comes to the Obersee from Friborg with a two-year contract.

The 1.87 meter tall and 90 kilogram heavy center has the experience of 513 games in the NHL (223 points) and after his return to Europe he scored 8 goals and 18 assists in 35 games with Gottéron. Lakers sports director Janick Steinmann says in a press release: “Victor Rask is a two-way center with good playing skills. He has a complete, very good skills and a high hockey IQ. Victor is in the best ice hockey age and has already gained a lot of experience in the top leagues in the world. “

The 30-year-old grew up in Leksand. At the age of 18, the second round moved to North America. His NHL career began at age 21, playing for the Carolina Hurricanes, Minnesota Wild (traded for Nino Niederreiter), and Seattle Kraken. In 2017, Rask won World Cup gold with Sweden.

With Rask, Maxim Noreau, Emil Djuse, Nicklas Jensen, Roman Cervenka and Jordan Schroeder, St. Gallen now has six foreigners under contract for the coming season. It is still open whether they start the next season with six or seven foreigners.

Emond should help Friborg offensively on the jumps

Meanwhile, HC Lugano confirmed the arrival of agile striker Arttu Ruotsalainen (25), who has scored 18 goals and 24 assists for Kloten this season. «Arttu is a center that plays with great passion. He is young, but has already shown that he has the ability of a solid foreigner in the National League,” said sports director Hnat Domenichelli. The Finn signed with Ticino for two years.

Gottéron is also moving. With the Canadian Patrick Emond (58), who led Servette to the play-off final two years ago, Friborg has attracted an extra assistant coach. “The appointment of Patrick Emond is the result of the deliberations that the management, in collaboration with sporting director and coach Christian Dubé, made at the end of the season. The analyzes showed that the deployment of an additional assistant coach in a very competitive competition was necessary to get the club’s fan team going again,” the club writes in a press release.

Dubé says: «It has always been my goal to strengthen our staff. With his experience and dynamism, Patrick Emond will help us take another step forward. His main task will be to give the team a new offensive impetus.” (sr/bh)

Source : Blick