Great expectations no problem as Pákozdi makes switch to Knights

Bálint Pákozdi knows he is joining a Leeds Knights team where the expectation to win has become the norm. It is a mindset he is more than happy to embrace.

- by Phil Harrison

For the past four seasons, he has had a key role on a Swindon Wildcats team who have always gone close, but ultimately come up short when it came down to landing NIHL National silverware.

By contrast, the team he switched to on Thursday - his departure from Swindon having been announced two days earlier - has consistently delivered, winning three league championships, as well as a play-off title and a National Cup under head coach Ryan Aldridge.

Having said goodbye to Jordan Buesa on Wednesday - the Scottish forward making himself a firm fans' favourite in his two years at Elland Road - the announcement of Pákozdi a little over 24 hours later will be warmly welcomed.

He arrives in West Yorkshire on the back of his most productive season yet in four years at Swindon, posting 17 goals and 45 assists for a 62-point haul in 61 appearances.