Ice Hockey. Dominik Gabaj, a successful first with Caen

Through Aline Chatel
Published on 1 Feb 21 at 10:49 am

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“It was a really safe bet. “It’s surely easier to say after a goal and an assist in the first game, but we suspect that Luc Chauvel did not need it to forge this certainty. The coach of Hockey Club of Caen knew he was doing a pretty good job engaging the services of Dominik Gabaj. The 28-year-old Slovakian only confirmed it on Saturday January 30, 2021 at Neuilly-sur-Marne. For his big debut with Caen (Calvados), he therefore split the first two points.

He scores 1.3 points per game on average in D1

Luc Chauvel was therefore the last surprised, even if his recruit came out of more than three months of inactivity. In Division 1, Dominik Gabaj has 75 points in just 59 games played. This striker passed through the NCAA in the United States likes to heal his statistics. “It’s exactly the style of player we needed in the team. He is a player capable of scoring goals and making good passes. He has a very low risk game and we saw him block shots at the end of the match against Neuilly. The attitudes are already there. ”

Caen looked in D2

The arrival of the player through Tours, Neuilly-sur-Marne and Brest materialized in the last days of the “transfer window”. Why him ? “The objective was not to pay for an international transfer (1,500 euros) for three months, explains Luc Chauvel. So I looked at what was in D2, since this division will not resume. I had seen that he had signed in Meudon in December, I had already followed him to Tours and Neuilly. I found it to be a very good opportunity. “

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His third club of the season

Dominik Gabaj started the season in England, but the competition was canceled early on. He had therefore tried to bounce back in France but the D1 clubs had already completed their workforce. The ambitious Meudon therefore offered to him … for one meeting only. Finally, Dominik Gabaj will (a priori) end the season in Caen.

He is delighted to be able to play, really happy that we thought of him. We did things according to the rules of the art with Meudon.

Caen confirms its ambition

Caen could have done without this player, who replaces Joni Lavonen who left during the first confinement, but the arrival of an element such as attests to the club’s ambitions. What about next season? “We are not at all on that,” indicates Luc Chauvel. We’re just focused on the three months. The Slovak seems likely to return to Meudon afterwards. But it all seems a long time ago …

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