SHL
SHL - Shortly after signing a new contract with HV71 Jönköping for another year, the 17-year-old Swiss forward Kevin Fiala has been nominated as Sweden's "Rookie of the Year".With eight points in his first three games with HV71 in the Swedish top league, Kevin Fiala experienced a stunning rise from HV71's youth team to the signing of his first pro-contract with the same team only a couple of days ago.
As a consequence, Fiala has been elected as one of four nominees for Sweden's "Rookie of the Year". The jury, which consists of all the Captains of the twelve SHL-teams and Håkan Andersson from "Svenska Spel", explains Fiala's nomination wih him being "a brilliant offensive player with a fine puckhandling and explosive skating".
Other nominees for this award are the three 19-year-old forwards Alexander Wennberg and Andreas Johnson (both Frölunda) as well as Gustav Possler (Modo).
