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Interview: Artturi Lehkonen speaks about Frölunda, the Habs, and his national team debut

I am back home and have had the time to visit the Campus Frölunda, the training facilities of Frölunda HC. The SHL team has several prospects from a few NHL teams currently playing and developing in an organization that excels at preparing young players for their professional careers, now overseen by Head Coach Roger Rönnberg.

I caught Artturi Lehkonen after a practice in one of the club's off days while the SHL's best-of-three eighth-finals were taking place. Frölunda had earned a bye on account of their second-place finish in the standings, and had the benefit of practising normally in order to be at peak level when their post-season begins.