The Brynäs duo Lara Stalder and Anna Meixner have been red-hot this year and accounted for 114 points together in the regular season.

Stalder, captain of the Swiss national team, and Meixner, captain of Austria, have found a strong friendship over the years together in Brynäs.

- The reason why we have become such good friends is probably that she loves to talk and I love to listen.

We are a perfect match.

Stalls:

- Haha, yes, it's a lot of talk on my part.

It's quite funny, I compare her to my mother who is also good at listening.

But I also try to listen more and develop that part.

"Made me a better player"

It is only this season that they have played in the same chain.

Meixner has perhaps been the league's big exclamation mark this year and she believes that the collaboration with Stalder has been very important.

Meixner describes Stalder as a big hockey geek:

- She has made me a better hockey player, I am in a completely different place in my self-confidence.

She sees details with different eyes than I do and has tried to help me with them throughout the season.

Among other things, that I should look up more when I play.

"Hard to play with me"

Stalls:

- But it can also be difficult to play with me sometimes.

I'm talking about all situations.

I'm a hockey freak and it can be too much sometimes, but she wants to hear it and develop together.

That is probably what makes her successful.

You have handled me well this year.

Have you felt in the past that teammates didn't handle it so well?

- If I don't get any more response, then I think maybe I should just be quiet instead of talking about all the little situations I see and want to improve.

But I think it's good if I'm still talking, if I'm quiet it's more 'whatever'.

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