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Leksand has got goalkeeper problems.
Mantas Armalis is forced to be away indefinitely.
Now Leksand has thrown himself into goalkeeping and is targeting a former SHL star.
This week Leksand announced that their first goalkeeper Mantas armalis is gone indefinitely. Which means that the club only has the more inexperienced one Jakob Hellsten to be available between the posts.
Leksand is on the hunt
For the last SHL match, the junior was brought in Marcus Gidlöf to support. But now Leksand is on the goalkeeper hunt to find a more established name to help when Armalis is out due to injury.
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The club’s general manager Thomas Johansson has been given the task of looking around for a new goalkeeper. Now they are said to have set their sights on a former SHL star in Joe Cannata, Hockeynews reports.
Former SHL star
The 34-year-old American has previously played for both Björklöven and Oskarshamn and achieved great success in Swedish hockey. Right now he is without a club after leaving the German club Löwen Frankfurt.
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Leksand is interested in Cannata mainly because he knows both the SHL and the country after four seasons in Swedish hockey. The change would therefore not be too big and an established goalkeeper name would be needed in Dalarna.
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