Stjernborg presented – ready for Skellefteå AIK

As Sporten has previously revealed , Victor Stjernborg is now ready for Skellefteå AIK. He is leaving the rival Växjö Lakers. The forward has two Swedish Championship gold medals on his list of achievements and has also been team captain in the Junior crowns. The 21-year-old has signed for the next two seasons.

– I am curious about Skellefteå and everything felt exciting when they presented their plan, says Stjernborg in a press release.

Talent rejoices when Skellefteå tests new-old chain

An old idea has been brought to life by Skellefteå AIK’s coaching troika.

Michael Brandsegg-Nygård is paired with the Johnson brothers again.

– It felt great, says the Norwegian great talent.

Since the season started in early September, Skellefteå AIK has tinkered, shifted, experimented, searched and hunted for something resembling some form of chemistry in the chains.

Now they have returned to one of the basic plans. One of the chains they tried in the preseason, before they started losing a lot of matches. Before they made the decision to fire Robert Ohlsson. When they were still seen as Sweden’s best team.

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Michael Brandsegg-Nygård is back in a formation with “Johnsönerna”.

– It’s fun. They’re really talented and it feels like we have chemistry, he says.

How have the training sessions with them felt?

– It has felt great. I am looking forward to the upcoming matches.

On Thursday evening, Skellefteå AIK visits Rögle. Two days later, Malmö awaits. Both teams are behind Skelleftelaget in the table, but it is a tight one. Rögle is one point above the negative qualifying mark, but at the same time only six points behind AIK.

It’s important to keep going and do what we talked about in training.

International matches will be played on February 6–9. This means the SHL will take a short break. The same applies to Brandsegg-Nygård, who will stay in Skellefteå instead of playing with the Norwegian national team.

– We have made the decision that Michael will remain in Skellefteå. He has been through a year that has contained a lot. Therefore, we agreed that he should remain in Sweden and train. It is best for both him and us in the long term, said national captain Tobias Johansson to TV2 .

Matches

The 19-year-old himself talks about the conversation with Johansson:

– We had a good dialogue and came to the conclusion that it is best for me to stay home and train considering the year I have had. I haven’t had time to train that much: There have been a lot of matches and a lot of travel.

Does it feel good to have a week like this where you can rest from matches?

– Yes, but at the same time it’s a bit sad not to be able to play at home in Oslo in front of family and friends. But we think this is better for the future.