HV71 have had a tough start in the SHL and are in second place in the table.
Now the team has been strengthened in midfield by former successful player Nick Shore.
– Show quality and playing skills, says sporting director Kent “Nobin” Norberg.
After the collapse towards Frölunda on Saturday afternoon, concern for HV71 has increased.
Leading 4-0 after missing the first period in a 6-4 loss.
Denver’s 31-year-old Nick Shore joined from Swiss outfit Ambre Biotta last season and was a major contributor to HV71’s escape from the playoffs.
– It was an injection when it arrived. Now he will come to Sweden on Monday and hopefully he will be available for the matches next weekend, says Nobin.
Crowded in center position
During the fall, NIck Shore tried unsuccessfully to win an NHL contract with the Carolina Hurricanes.
HV71 moved back into qualifying position with high peaks and deep valleys in the opening ten matches.
The question is whether Nick Shore will demote signing Henrik Borgstrom as the No. 1 center.
Centers Tommi Tikka and Joonas Nättinen will fall in the fall and move them into the central hierarchy.
Big Danish talent Oscar Fisker Molgaard, 18, should also get a shot at confidence and playing time.
The twelfth new deal of the season
At home, HV71 has three straight 3-pointers and a 14-3 goal differential.
On Saturday and Thursday, an important double match awaits against his expected colleague Malmo.
Nick Shore is Kent “Nubben” Norberg’s twelfth new acquisition this season, and there are now eleven foreign players in the squad.
In five seasons in the NHL, Nick Shore played 304 games.
In 25 league games last season, he scored 18 points (five goals and 13 assists).
The contract with HV71 was written during this season and he was given the number 73 as his shirt number.