David Bernhardt är tillbaka i svensk hockey efter ett par år i den finska högstaligan.

Modo blir nästa anhalt för den 23-årige backen med juniorlandslagsmeriterna.

Kontraktet gäller i en säsong.

Sportchefen Henrik Gradin om tillskottet.

- Det är en stor och stark tvåvägsback som har spelat på högsta nivå både i Sverige och internationellt de fem, sex senaste åren. Han kan logga mycket istid i alla spelformer och vi kommer att ha massor av nytta av honom. Vi är väldigt glada för att David har valt att ansluta till oss i MODO Hockey, säger Henrik Gradin till klubbens hemsida.

Bernhardt svarade för 14 poäng på 53 matcher i Finland (inklusive slutspelet) den gångna säsongen.

Allroundpjäsen har ett förflutet i Växjö och Djurgården i SHL-sammanhang.

Adam Åhman var en av flera Tingsrydsspelare som gjorde det bra i HockeyAllsvenskan den gångna säsongen.

Nu står det klart att den 21-årige målvakten hamnar i SHL.

Det blir spel i Växjö.

Avtalet sträcker sig över två säsonger, meddelar Lakers på hemsidan.

Sportchefen Henrik Evertsson om den talangfulle Västervikssonen.

- Säsongen 2018/19 slog Adam igenom i Oskarshamn och spåddes vara en av Sveriges nästa stormålvakter. Säsongen efter spolierades av en höftoperation och utvecklingen blev något fördröjd. Vi känner att Adam hos oss kommer kunna ta de kliven för att nå sin fulla potential. Det skall bli väldigt spännande att vara en del av, säger Växjös sportchef till klubbens hemsida.

Round 10 concluded in Poland’s top division today with two contrasting matches.

#ZIECZE

Visitors Częstochowa held a two point lead from a 2:4 heat advantage in Heat 2 all the way until Heat 13, when Zielona Góra’s Patryk Dudek (10) and Max Fricke (8) combined to take a 4:2 and level the scores at 33:33.

Then in Heat 14, the home team took the lead for the first time in the match Matej Zagar took the checkered flag first and Fricke was again on hand in third for a second 4:2 win.

But the home fans enthusiasm was soon dampened when Częstochowa woke up to the fact that they were about to lose this match when they finished with flurry of there own. Leon Madsen (13, pictured) and Kacper Woryna (7+3) were on hand to take a 1:5 for egg the guests and win by 44:46.

Fredrik Lindgren continues to appear out of sorts with a mediocre 5 pts, whilst Jonas Jeppesen only scored 2 pts from three rides for the eventual winners, Częstochowa.

#sWROLUB

Wroclaw won 51:39 at home over Lublin to maintain their unbeaten run and top of the league table.

Sunday afternoon in Poland and speedway fans were treated to two matches in the eWinner 1 league that both finished 51:39 to winning side.

#LODBYD

First on the menu was a mid table clash and Bydgoszcz were again without one of their best riders from the 2021 season, David Bellego.

The match was tight with just two points separating the sides for the majority of the game. So, by Heat 10 it was 31:29 to Łódź who had taken over the lead from Bydgoszcz after Heat 5.

But the final five heats took a completely different turn as Łódź turned on the style. Home fans were treated to four heat advantages in five heats with Alexandr Loktaev (pictured) doing the best with 5 points in his two heats on his way to high score for the home side with 12+1.

The final score an impressive 51:39 and it was the Ukrainian who high scored for the team with 12+1. But they also had Australian, Brady Kurtz (12) and American, Luke Becker (8+1) to help them to a 51:39 win.

Meanwhile, it was Vadim Tarasensko who was by far the best for visitors with 14+1 from seven starts, whilst Dane, Andreas Lyager will be, no doubt, disappointed with just 5+2 for the losers.

#RYBOST

Two of the teams vying for promotion this year met in Rybnik this afternoon when Ostrow came to visit.

But six heat advantages in the first 8 heats gave the visitors a 12 point lead so that the home side were chasing the game from the get go.

Nicolai Klindt was in second place in both the 1:5s in his first two heats for Ostrovia, although he had a less impressive end to the match meaning he only went home with 5+3. Meanwhile, fellow Scandinavian, Oliver Berntzon took 9 points in his five rides for the victors.

Despite being at home, Rybnik was surprisingly underwhelming with only Rune Holta (16) and Sergei Logachev (11) scoring in double figures. Dane, Michael Jepsen Jensen struggled and finished the day off with just 6 pts as his side went down 39:51.

#RAWPOZ

Home team, Rawicz, took a commanding lead, 29:13, with five heat advantages in the first 7 heats at home at lunchtime on Saturday. Kacper Pludra (10), whom had raced in the Ekstraliga with Leszno yesterday, was one of the key riders for the hosts.

However, a 1:5 to Poznań in Heat 8 made the scores look more respectable. But with the lead established in the first half, 3:3s in all but the last heat were not enough to overturn Rawicz.

It was the visitors foreign riders who looked most likely to produce a comeback. Danish U21s Jonas Sierfert-Salk (11+2, pictured) and Marcus Birkemose (9) together with Germany’s Kevin Woelbert (9+1) fought valiantly. But without back up from the Polish riders, Rawicz’s lead was never in doubt and they ran out winners 50:40.

Australian, Keynan Rew scored just 2 pts from four starts for the winners.

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#LANWIT

Noon on Sunday saw the first meeting between the two German teams in eWinner 2 as Landshut hosted Wittstock. And the home team won easily against their rivals.

Whilst the clubs may come from the same country, the difference between the two was clear when the Devils won five 5:1s in a row between in Heats 9-14 to defeat the Wolves, 59:30.

Kai Huckenbeck was Landshut’s top scorer with 13+1, just missing out on a paid maximum whilst Wittstock’s Slovenian rider, Matic Ivacic was best with 9 pts.

When it comes to the TAURON SEC, Andzejs Lebedevs (Andrzej Lebiediew in Polish) is one of the most experienced riders in the competition, having appeared in six of the last eight events. And in 2017 the Latvian stunned the speedway world by winning his first ever European Championships. Although he did not win an individual round, he came to the final in all four events, including a second place in Güstrow, the next venue for this year’s competition.

The Latvian was signed with ROW Rybnik in Ekstraliga in 2020. But raced just 10 heats in the top league due to injury.

Now, in 2021, he is back and is in superb form.

His team, Wilki Krosno, are top of the table in eWinner 1 and the 26-year-old has clocked up an average of 2.135, putting him in 12th place on the individual rankings. That makes him the top scoring rider from League 1 who is taking part in the TAURON SEC, apart from the David Bellego.

We meet Lebedevs in a busy depot before the match between Eskilstuna Smederna and Motala Piraterna in Sweden’s Elitserien. It is a warm summer evening and the Latvian is in a relaxed mood, wearing his black Eskilstuna t-shirt and a pair of mirrored shades. It is just six days since his first TAURON SEC meeting in Bydgoszcz and since then he has raced in three different countries, including qualifying for the SGP Challenge meeting later this year.

“I’m a bit tired,” he admits honestly, “but that’s the job,” he says with a smile. And it is hardly a surprise when we hear that he raced in Russia on Friday, Croatia on Saturday, Poland on Sunday and now is in Sweden on Tuesday.

We get straight into discussing Round 1 of the TAURON SEC in Bydgoszcz, “I was very unlucky,” he tells us, “In four of my five heats, I was first out of the gate. But there was something wrong with the bike, I had no power. The same with my other bike, nothing”.

Despite those great starts the former champion picked up just 5 points and won only one heat.

“We did all we could with the bikes and I was feeling really good. We changed everything but, I guess, well, we were just unlucky,” he repeats still with an optimistic tone of voice.

“At Güstrow, we will do everything we can so that we can be happy with the performance. I hope it will go well,” he says before he gets ready for the track walkabout with the rest of the team.

Lebedevs finished the race with 8+1 as Smederna won to remain undefeated and top the table in Sweden after three matches. Now he will have a few days rest before travelling to Germany to face Europe’s best rider in Round 2 of the TAURON SEC.