Playing in Sweden has always been a goal and HV71 is a classic club with a history of many Finnish players,” Joona Luoto said about his decision to sign with HV71. The forward will play his first season in Sweden this autumn.
SC Bern, his former team, already announced in April that the Finn would not stay with the team. In 45 regular-season games, Luoto recorded 18 goals and nine assists.
HV71 interested in former SC Bern’s forward Joona Luoto
Information gathered by Expressen.se points towards a move to Sweden for the Finnish winger, whose contract was not extended by SC Bern.
According to the Swedish website, at the moment HV71 is the club most interested in signing Joona Luoto. The club has taken references on him and there seems to be a mutual interest. Luoto joined Bern in September with a short-term contract but then convinced SCB’s management to offer him an extension until the end of the season
