“I want to try a new league and a different environment. The negotiations with Kalpa convinced me and I’m happy to go to Kuopia,” Kantner told the Kalpa website. He traveled to Finland on Monday and joined the team today.
In this extra league season, Kantner scored eight points for six goals and two assists in 32 games. The last time he played for Mlada Boleslav was on January 15, in a 2:3 overtime defeat on the ice of his mother Pilsen.
Mladá Boleslav acquired him from Pilsen at the beginning of December 2021. In the extra league, Kantner has 241 games and 94 points for 51 goals and 43 assists. In the 2015/16 season, he worked in North America in the junior OHL.
“I wanted to get a player with parameters and strength in front of the goal. Matyáš has great shooting potential. He scored 18 goals in his best season. With his arrival, the competition will increase and it gives us more options with the composition of the lineup,” KalPy sports director Anssi Laine said on the address of 192 centimeters measuring and 91 kilograms of reinforcements.
