Powerful center (or winger), the Swede comes from Kitzbuhel Coach Machacka: “He will also have a weight in the special teams”
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Mikael Johansson is the first purchase of the Cortina for the new season. After the farewells of Cordiano and the Pietroniro brothers, the Ampezzo company begins to formalize the first steps for the construction of the new roster. Johansson, Swedish born in 1995, is a forward who can play both as a center and as a winger. During the last Alps, which saw him protagonist with Kitzbuhel, the Swede aroused a lot of interest and already at the end of April Cortina started the first contacts with his agent. Johansson is a mighty player, at 191cm tall and 98kg in weight. Despite the size, however, the new acquisition of the Hafro is a complete, fast striker, with a deadly shot and an excellent vision of the game. His career took place entirely in Sweden, with 64 appearances in SHL, the top league, also being part of the youth national teams. Last year Johansson arrived in Austria in Kitzbuhel when the championship had already begun and immediately became the protagonist, collecting 31 points in 20 games.
«I count a lot on the contribution of this athlete», declares the head coach from Ampezzo Ivo Machacka, «difficult to mark, technical and good on both sides of the field. It goes without saying that it will also be decisive in the special teams. We are preparing a team where everyone will have a role suited to their characteristics “, adds Machacka,” the strongest players like Mikael will have the responsibility to give that little bit extra to win games “. The words of the coach are echoed by those of president Silvio Bernardi. «We want to offer a fun and exciting game», he comments, «for this reason we will make some changes in the roster and in the preparation: we want to present ourselves in the best possible way at the beginning of the championship. After a year heavily influenced by Covid, the hope is to bring as many fans as possible to the stands of the Olimpico and to let them attend high-level matches. If we succeed ”, concludes the president,“ we will also be able to get great satisfaction ”. Johansson is just the first shot of a transfer market that will give new players to Cortina in the coming weeks. –
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