Pat Svoboda's Game Evolving in the Final Matches

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Pat Svoboda has progressed rapidly in his VHLM rookie season, and his coaches are pleased that he has toned back the hits in the latter half of his appearances, and with it, the penalty minutes. Svoboda has been much more disciplined on the ice, taking no penalty minutes over the last 16 games, and only throwing 13 hits over those games. He has been playing the game that he was brought over to demonstrate; a scoring game, not a physical game. He has 12 points over the last 16 games as well, including 5 goals, although his shooting percentage, very close to where it stood in our previous article, has dipped slightly. That is likely because he is taking as many shots from as many angles as possible, returning just to throwing pucks on goal.

 

"I'm treating the game here in Ottawa the way I did back in Sweden. I'm bringing my skill set from overseas to this country, and I've realized that I don't need to change anything. I don't need to make my coaches love me; I just need to be myself and everything else with take care of itself. I need to believe in who I am as a player, and that's the mentality I'm trying to finish out the season with," said Pat Svoboda.