New York. Hampus Lindholm returned to Anaheim last night – victorious.
He scored himself on his old teammates and crushed the Boston Ducks 7-1.
“It was great to be back, I have many good memories from here, but I’m very happy we won,” says the star back of Sportbladet.
For nine years, he belonged to the Anaheim Ducks, 28-year-old from Scania Lerberget, before he was traded to the Boston Bruins last spring — and last night he returned to the Honda Center for the first time and was given, as it should be, a Jumbotron tribute and standing ovation. .
– I’m very grateful for that, I’ve played here for many years and have many great memories from my time at the club. It feels special to be back, Hampus says on the phone from pastoral Southern California.
-Unfortunately the visit was a bit short, we also played last night and got here late last night. But I got to meet a lot of everyone I know and it was fun. The only strange thing is that I couldn’t find the visitors’ dressing room, it was a bit confusing before the match, heh heh.
On the ice, however, there was no quibble about Hampus or his teammates. League-leading Massachusetts edged past the Ducks to win 7-1—and midway through the third period, Hampus scored his fifth goal of the season from any angle at all.
“It was another solid effort on our part, we played really well during this whole road trip in California and did 60 minutes of it every night,” Skåne continues.
– Of course it’s good to come here and win. Even though I had a great time here in Anaheim, I’m so glad I started this new chapter in my career.
The best of the visitors was David Pasternak, who completed a hat-trick and scored 32 goals, overtaking Connor McDavid as top scorer.
– If there’s one thing he can do, it’s to score goals, and it’s great to have such a guy on his team, Hambus says.