Dalibor Dvorský – shines like Sedin and Forsberg at sixteen – ŠPORT.sk

The 15-year-old returned to Slovakia due to a pandemic situation that stopped the Swedish junior competition, where he wore the Banská Bystrica jersey in twenty matches. He did not get lost in the extra-league team and at the beginning of February he became the youngest scorer in the history of the extra-league. He broke the record of star Marián Gáborík.

Dalibor Dvorský shows in the Swedish junior that the fight for a draft unit may not be unrealistic

Fans were able to see for themselves that Slovakia is growing a huge talent at the Hlinka Gretzka Cup. At the prestigious August tournament in Piešťany, the team of coach Ivan Feneš reached the finals. Dvorsky was its leader, with eight goals and twelve points in five matches stunning the hockey world. He confirmed that together with a year older Juraj Slafkovský and Šimon Nemec, another young star is growing for our hockey.

Performances from Piešťany moved the young man to the Swedish junior in AIK Stockholm. It doesn’t bother him at all that he is the youngest player in the fight for the most productive hockey player of the competition at the age of sixteen. He has been performing fantastically since the beginning of the season. In the triple match of his team over the weekend, he confirmed his leading position in the productivity of one of the best junior competitions in the world.

“I do not think about being one of the youngest players in the Swedish junior. Probably the performances at the Hlinka Gretzka Cup, where we played as a team very well, also helped me to a successful transition to the competition. After the tournament, I feel that the attention around me, but also other Slovak players, has increased, “ said modestly Dvorský, who scored 13 goals in 17 matches and with 26 points is at the forefront of the competition’s competition. Behind him in the top ten are usually three years older Swedish hockey players.

AMAZING POINT AVERAGE

The uniqueness of the Zvolen native is emphasized by the fact that at the age of sixteen he holds an average of 1.53 points per match. This is the level at which the biggest Swedish stars of the present and the past competed. Daniel Sedin averaged 1.54 points per game at the same age, and his double Henrik, who made it to the Hart’s trophy for the season’s most useful player in the NHL, had “only” 1.38 points per game.

At the same number as Dvorský, the current Swedish hockey star Filip Forsberg from the Nashville Predators was at the age of sixteen. Other current leaders of the “three crowns”, such as Mika Zibanejad from the New York Rangers or Nicklas Backström from Washington, were in the Swedish junior only at the level of a point per match. He didn’t even have the legendary Peter Forsberg. At sixteen, he kept just below the meeting point.

“I didn’t even know I had a point average at the level of Swedish stars,” said the surprised young center. With his teammates, AIK Stockholm is returning to the map of Swedish youth hockey. They are in the first place in the table of the northern part. “We want to fight for the junior title. If we play well as a team, we have a chance to stay at the top of the table. ” the young man stressed.

Martin Dendis also has a great deal of credit for Dvorský’s growth. Before the season, the young Slovak coach became the coach of the junior club from the country’s capital. “We have the ambition to be as high as possible. AIK Stockholm did not succeed in the junior for a long time. We want a junior title, but the higher priority is for the guys to get on the first team, “ a twenty-nine-year-old native of Žilina told us, who added his view of the Slovak ward.

“I know what qualities Dalibor has. His advantage is that he works hard in training, does extra things and sacrifices time for hockey. He is also mentally resilient, which is reflected in the matches. Many hockey players his age do not sacrifice similarly much to the game. That’s why he has statistics that not many players have had in the history of the Swedish junior competition. The Swedes themselves notice this. Dalibor recently completed a larger interview for the most watched hockey site in the country. Scouts also go to our matches regularly because of other players, but Dalibor is closely monitored. “

“I really like Martin Dendis as a coach and as a person. He is perceived similarly by the guys on the team. I like his workouts. We play a lot, which is great. He is a calmer type, he can explain very well what we have to do and how our opponents play. “ praises Dalibor Dvorský.

IT HAS POTENTIAL FOR THE HIGHEST RANGE

With similar performances and statistics, the question arises as to how far a young man in the NHL draft may go. It is very difficult to estimate, as the selection awaits him only in the summer of 2023. Until then, many things can still change.

“I think ‘Dali’ is on the right track. He is very motivated and has the potential to fight for the position of a possible draft unit in two years, “ he says Martin Dendis. Dvorský will find it all the more difficult in the draft because he has two significant talents behind his opponents – the Canadian Connor Bedard and the Russian Matvej Mičkov. Both are compared to Crosby and Ovechkin. Dvorský did not lag behind in the direct duel with Mičkov at the Hlinka Gretzka Cup.

“I got used to scouts coming to see me too. On the ice, however, I focus only on the game. I’ve heard various information about the draft, but I don’t think about it. Still, by the summer of 2023 it is still quite far away, ” says a young man who excels in his age with his play, but also with his approach to duties. “My parents probably hold me the ground the most, as does Martin. But I try to filter things around and just go day after day. “

Dominant performances in the junior could give the youngster a chance in the first team of AIK Stockholm in SHL this season. So far, you have only played in preparation. “He did not even lose against the SHL team from Brynas. Nevertheless, when we have the youngest and at the same time most productive player in the junior competition, he asks for an invitation to the senior team. I think the chance will come, but he has to keep working. “ emphasized Martin Dendis.

“The experience from Banská Bystrica from last year gave me a lot. The first AIK team told me that they would come and see me. My goal is to get there during the season. The Swedish junior competition is very good. The most important thing is that I put everything into performance in my twenties, and then there’s a chance. ” said a moderate striker.

Dvorský has been playing the middle forward since he was a child, but in men’s training he skated on the wing. “The seniors also tested it on the wing. Dalibor is a priority center, but we try to develop it universally so that nothing surprises him. ” the coach explained. “I don’t have a problem playing on the wing, even though I’m a center priority. I try to shoot and record, it depends on the situation. The priority is to be comprehensive. “ added a young player, who should also make it to the World Championships in his twenties with his performances. “I want to win a place in the national team under the age of twenty for the Junior World Championships. It will be difficult, but it’s up to me. “

If at the end of the year he managed to nominate Ivan Feneš to the team at the age of sixteen, he would imitate Erik Černák, or the trio Juraj Slafkovský, Šimon Nemec, Filip Mešár, who played in the “twenties” last year.

“I don’t want to interfere with the coach’s selection, but if we have a similarly exceptional player in one of the best juniors in the world, then he asks for a nomination at least for the camp for the World Junior Championship. I would like to emphasize that only hockey players of the year 2005 play in this league only sporadically and do not dominate in scoring as Dalibor. ” he added at the end Matin Dendis.