“What did people think, I’d be Conor McDavid?”
Game. John Quinville had a rough start to the SHL season.
Poor form and criticized by CMore expert Niklas Wikegård.
Now it’s hot and giving back.
– I don’t care about him or what he says, the champion of the match thunders.
Canadian John Quinville was among the stars who signed for Lakesand this summer.
A 26-year-old from a hockey-crazed family where Joel Quinville, Johnny Boychuk and David Quinville appear at the family dinner.
He has opted, for now, to end his career in North America, and last season he played for Rijkaard Grunborg in Zurich.
Now he’s in Lexand and was intending, to some extent, to replace the hole left by goalie Max Veronu.
But the season has started slowly for the 26-year-old. No points in three matches, except for stats, private area play and four expulsion minutes were discussed.
It was enough to put a negative address on the signature of the star.
Among other things, C Mores . has Niklas Wikigaard to Queenville.
Then the forward had a negative trend.
Today it is different.
“Will I be Conor McDavid?”
Four points in the last three games and a penalty kick champion against Linköping on Thursday night.
– I didn’t care about him or what he was saying, the champion of the match thunders against Wikegård and continues:
– I don’t understand what a lot of people thought when I came here. That I’m going to be Conor McDavid? If it’s about 20 goalless games, I understand if the criticism will come, but we’re talking about three games. I have always produced and will continue to do so.
He scored a fantastic penalty kick against Linköping goalkeeper Markus Hogberg:
– I like to enter from the edge. My eyes look at a certain place and I have two different ones, two bowls of sweets. Either the first corner or high above the racket glove. I waited for the goalkeeper and when he lowered his glove I fired. Great fun that he was a goal, says the champion of the match.
It sparkles with joy and flourishes in Lakesand.
With the team, Noria and life.
– I’m happy here. It’s a tough streak, but we won and every time I’m happy.
“SHL has 14 good teams”
John Quinville played mostly in AHL and last season in the Premier League in Switzerland.
Sportbladet asks him to compare leagues.
– AHL has changed. I think they are mostly young players now. There are not many senior professionals. Many young people do not have much experience and the game will be that way. AHL is mostly about developing players for the NHL. There are fewer and fewer older, talented professionals.
Quality in Switzerland is ok. Maybe 6-8 teams which is a good thing. It is not enough.
– SHL has 14 good teams and you see that six out of seven games ended in a draw on Thursday night. So it is. Every time you win, regardless of the team, you’ve played a good game. It will be the same throughout the season.
It’s early in the hockey season.
But he already sees Lexand’s potential.
We have a lot of depth in the team as well as good strikers. Our rangers are safe and the slopes are great. We play without four of our best strikers against Linköping, but we still win. We have four series can produce.
– I’ve never won a major tournament and my goal is to win with Lexand this season. But now we only look at the next game, Linkoping Saturday, as it concludes.