Just imagine what a couple of weeks down in the Czech Republic can do for one’s confidence.

When highly touted German prospect Dominik Bokk left his SHL side Rögle a couple of days before Christmas Eve, he had scored only four points in 23 games in the SHL with Rögle.

Out of those four points, only one of them was a goal.

“The first half of the season was very, very tough, to be honest with you. I got incredibly frustrated and started thinking ‘what am I doing wrong?’ I created a lot of chances during the first half of the season, but I didn’t have any puck luck at all. But at the same time, the adversity at the start of the season made me a whole lot stronger”.

Bokk elaborates.

“I got sent down to the fourth line for a couple of games and was even an extra forward during that spell, which