EXCLUSIVE: Emil Heineman On Production Dip, 200-Foot Game & Growth
Through 58 games, Emil Heineman is setting career highs. The Islanders winger discusses his progress and mindset this season.
New York Islanders forward Emil Heineman is in the midst of his first season on Long Island after being acquired from the Montreal Canadiens in the Noah Dobson deal.
Through 58 games, the Swedish forward has recorded 15 goals, a new career-high, while tying his career-high in assists at 8 for a career-high 23 points.
Heineman has spent most of the season on Bo Horvat’s wing, an unlikely but effective duo before No. 14 went down with a few injuries.
He entered the Olympic break skating alongside Jonathan Drouin and Calum Ritchie on the Islanders’ second line.
I got Heineman’s thoughts on his season thus far: