Sparta already has a fourth Swede! She brought the tough guy to the defense | Hokej.cz
Stefan Warg | Photo: Vladimír Koča, hcsparta.cz
Sparta confirmed the arrival of Stefan Warg on its website, the strong Swedish defender will work at the Prague club at least until the end of the current extra league season.
“Before the start of the playoffs, it was still necessary to expand the new squad. We managed to engage an extremely experienced and hard-working defender with parameters that inspire respect,” reveals sports manager Jaroslav Hlinka to the address of a fighter who is more than 190 centimeters tall and weighs a meter.
He has quite a colorful hockey resume. He was drafted by Anaheim in 2008, spent three years overseas, but did not play in the NHL. He worked in the elite Swedish SHL for eight seasons, was even the captain of Örebro and won the title with Skelleftea. At that time, one of the Spartan coaches, Hans Wallson, was also there.
We had only the best references for him from Wallson
“Stefan Warg has proven in recent seasons that he can also be a team leader. We only had the references about him from coach Wallson and we are happy that we can work with him at least until the end of this season,” adds Hlinka about the arrival of the tough guy, who last played in Finland.
In KooKoo, however, he himself initiated his departure at the weekend, when he was not satisfied with both his performances and the less game workload. In the north, he said goodbye with a record of 1+5 in 32 matches. Now he will try the extra league in the Sparta jersey, where he is already the fourth Swede in the team after Wallson and the Thorell brothers.
“The hunger for success is huge in Sparta. You don’t get many opportunities in your career to play for a team that has the highest ambitions.”
“It’s nice that I’m not going to a completely foreign environment. Hans Wallson knows me and knows what style I play, so there is no danger that the coaches will expect something different from me. This will make our cooperation easier. I also met Gustaf Thorell a few times, we played in-line hockey together a few years ago,” says Warg.
“Sparta showed interest in me and I didn’t have to make a decision for long. It was a very tempting offer for me. Sparta seemed like the right choice for me. The hunger for success is huge here. During your career, you don’t get so many opportunities to play for a team that has the highest ambitions,” concludes the 32-year-old hockey player.
HC Sparta Prague roster
Goalkeepers:
Oldrich Cichoň, Josef Kořenář, Jakub Kovář.
Defenders:
Martin Böhm, Martin Jandus, Michal Kempný, Jakub Krejčík, Michael Krutil, Ondřej Mikliš, Michal Moravčík, David Němeček, Adam Polášek, Tomáš Tomek, Stefan Warg.
Attackers:
Jan Buchtele, Miroslav Forman, Petr Hauser, Roman Horák, David Kaše, Jakub Konečný, Pavel Kousal, Michal Řepík, Ostap Safin, Dominik Simon, Vladimír Sobotka, Erik Thorell, Gustaf Thorell, David Tomášek, Olavi Vauhkonen, David Vitouch, Michal Vitouch .
Stefan Warg
Tipsport extraliga table
Team | OF | AGAINST | IN P | PP | P | Score | Body | |
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1. | HC Dynamo Pardubice | 43 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 135:84 | 98 |
2. | HC VÍTKOVICE RIDERA | 42 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 130:102 | 83 |
3. | HC Sparta Prague | 41 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 116:92 | 75 |
4. | HC Ocelarí Třinec | 41 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 118:87 | 67 |
5. | White Tigers Liberec | 43 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 125:111 | 64 |
6. | HC Olomouc | 42 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 106:107 | 64 |
7. | HC Škoda Plzeň | 43 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
113:115 |
64 |
8. | Mountfield HK | 42 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 114:109 | 63 |
9. | HC Kometa Brno | 43 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 110:133 | 56 |
10. | HC Energie Karlovy Vary | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 103:128 | 56 |
11. | BK Mladá Boleslav | 43 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 94:107 | 55 |
12. | HC Verva Litvínov | 43 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 115:124 | 51 |
13. | HC Motor Ceske Budejovice | 43 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 104:126 | 51 |
14. | Knights of Kladno | 43 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 93:151 | 44 |