New defender for the Augsburg Panther?

The panther will be their squad According to sports director Larry Mitchell convert about 50 percent. As a new defender, Michael Joyaux from the Swedish club Oskarshamn IF is under discussion. According to the Swedish newspaper Express the offensive defender had offers from the German ice hockey league from the Löwen Frankfurt and the Augsburg Panthern. Obviously, the 28-year-old American decided on the offer from Augsburg.

New player for the Augsburg Panther: Michael Joyaux should earn that

Joyaux is supposed to be his salary loudly Express have tripled and received « over 100,000 euros » net with the panthers. In the past season, the 1.78 -meter -tall defender with 20 goals set up a Torrecord for defender. His statistics also have 18 templates and only 16 minutes of penalty in 52 games. The Allsvenskan league is the second highest division in Swedish ice hockey behind the Sveksa hockey league.

Three defenders with an import license were under contract with the Panthern last season. The club already announced the separation from the North Americans Nolan Zajac and Riley McCourt. The talks are obviously still running with the number one defender Thomas Schemitsch. However, the Canadian with Austrian roots in view of its strong statistics (11 goals and 16 templates in 47 games) may also have aroused the interest of other clubs in Europe.