Frölunda opened their season with an exhibition-style event, including a team presentation, a friendly scrimmage, and a skills competition. Artturi Lehkonen was second to last out on the ice, and got a cheer only rivaled by fan-favourites Robert Frigren, and captain Joel Lundqvist. It was obvious that Lehkonen’s team red was the better team, even if they did lose the scrimmage 2-1.
In the skills competition, he netted two shootout goals on five tries, and his team managed to sneak out an 8-7 win, thanks to the deciding goal by Anaheim’s Jacob Larsson.
I had the chance to speak with both Artturi Lehkonen and Coach Rönnberg after the exhibition event.