28.10.2020 – 14:42
MagentaSport
MunichMunich (ots)
The Deutschland Cup will take place from November 5th with Germany, Latvia and the Top Team Beijing – a German perspective team. “We bring 50 of the best German players onto the ice and into a tournament,” said national coach Toni Söderholm in an interview with MagentaSport. This is “a sign of how German ice hockey has developed across Europe.” Above all is that it can be played under strict conditions. “It’s an incredibly nice feeling.” MagentaSport will be showing all 4 games of the Deutschland Cup live from November 5th to 8th.
The safety and hygiene regulations for the 3 national teams are strictly laid out in Krefeld. “All 3 teams are completely separated from each other”, Söderholm reports in the MagentaSport interview. The only common location on match days, in the hall. “We live in different hotels, we live in a bubble.” Close-knit testing completes the measures, starting next Sunday when the team meets for the first time for the four-day training camp.
“We can be satisfied with the composition of the squad.” For example, the top players Müller, Holzer, Seidenberg, Niederberger and Seider are there despite a lack of match practice. “They were looking for a mix of squads,” said Söderholm, “that would give us a picture of the upcoming World Cup and the Olympics”. The German NHL players like Leon Draisaitl are not there. “The insurance issue is an important point for Leon, which stands in the way in this case.” The top team Beijing consists of a good mix of U20 and perspective players with experience in the national team.
Toni Söderholm finds it exciting that the two German teams will meet at the start (November 5th, live on MagentaSport from 7.30 p.m.). “You don’t have to say much about the young players – they’ll be on fire.” He expects from the A-Team: “Everyone’s equal to a hundred. We don’t have many opportunities to get used to it.” Söderholm prefers “play tactically clean”, a good playful “create structure”.
The Deutschland Cup as the prelude to the continuation with the DEL2 (from November 6th) and the MagentaSport Cup (from November 11th) this year is “a very important step for ice hockey. Everyone is hot.” The fans and the players.
Ice hockey in 2020 LIVE at MagentaSport at a glance:
from November 5th: Germany Cup in Krefeld with the national teams Germany, Latvia and the top team Beijing
from 7.30 p.m .: Germany – Top Team Beijing
November 6th, from 4.45 p.m .: Latvia – Top Team Beijing
7.11. from 4.30 p.m .: Germany – Latvia
8.11. from 2.15 p.m .: FINALE
From November 6th: 7 top DEL2 games: Kick-off with Löwen Frankfurt versus Kassel Huskies
from November 8th DEL2 regular programming on Sundays 5:00 p.m .: Dresdner Eislöwen – Lusatian foxes
from November 11th: MagentaSport Cup with Adler Mannheim, Eisbären Berlin, Pinguins Bremerhaven, Grizzlys Wolfsburg, Schwenninger Wild Wings, EHC Red Bull Munich, Krefeld Pinguins and Düsseldorfer EG
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Original content by: MagentaSport, transmitted by news aktuell
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