CHL Season Review 2018/19

The natural-born sco- rer definitely left his mark on the Champi- ons Hockey League. In his first ever appearance on 9 October 2018, Fagemo scored a hattrick in Frölunda’s 6-0 win against the Aalborg Pirates. Only four months later, he opened the score in his hometown of Gothenburg to become the youngest-ever The Slovenian certainly never got bored during his eight CHL games this season. Not 100, not 200, but an in- credible 311 shots were fired on the Rouen goalie, making 290 saves in the process or 36.25 per game. The only goalie to ever save more shots on target was Leonardo Genoni (SC Bern) in 2015/16 The Linesman will re- member the CHL Final 2019 forever – for more than one reason… Every time the Swiss ref looks in the mirror, he will be reminded of that night at the Scandinavium by a scar on his jaw. During the first period of the game, Kovacs was hit in his face by a deflected puck and had to be patched up on SAMUEL FAGEMO MATIJA PINTARIČ BALASZ KOVACS scorer in a CHL final at the age of 18 years, 10 months and 22 days and moved on to lift the European Trophy with his teammates that night. The talented youngster will not soon be forgotten. with 344 in 12 games – an average of 8 shots per game fewer than Rouen’s Slovenian shot stopper faced. Pintarič not only helped Rouen to their first win in the CHL but was also the backbone of their first Playoff qualification. the Frölunda Indians bench. Without flinching, the linesman had his cut stapled four times and then finished the game: “It was the CHL Final – I couldn’t bail on my referee team!” champions trivia FACTS & FIGURES youngster power shot stopper true warrior 34