World Championship, MVP Honors & NHL Draft Pick

Time to break my summer writing slump with a quick shout-out.

This past weekend, the Pittsburgh Penguins – current Stanley Cup champs – picked Kasper Björkqvist of our Blues U20 team in the second round of the 2016 NHL Draft!

Photo credit: Pittsburgh Penguins Twitter

For the past year that I’ve trained him off the ice, we’ve been focusing on filling out his frame and making him as strong and powerful as possible in the gym.

Winning gold with Team Finland at WJC 2016 and earning MVP honors in the Finnish U20 League last season are proof that his efforts are paying dividends.

The Pens’ director of amateur scouting Randy Sexton stated that “We think he’s a year or two away from being ready to turn pro. He’s physically very strong, he’s got great hockey sense, his overall skillset is very, very strong”.

As a strength coach, nothing makes me happier than having NHL scouts and decision-makers praise one of my athletes for his physical strength.

That’s not all, though.

Five weeks into our off-season training this summer, Kasper told me he’s already “feeling faster than last year”.

And the fact he has been hitting PR’s in training week after week tells me it’s only gonna go forward and upward from here.

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Yunus Barisik

Yunus Barisik, CSCS, specializes in making hockey players strong, fast and explosive. He has trained 500+ hockey players at the junior, college and pro levels, including NHL Draft picks and World Champions. An accomplished author, Yunus has had articles published on top fitness and performance sites, including T Nation, STACK and Muscle & Strength. He also wrote Next Level Hockey Training, a comprehensive resource for ice hockey players on building athletic strength, size and power, while staying injury-free.