Krefeld penguins: Nikita Quapp back again

Bad luck with injuries does not stop
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Nikita Quapp back with the penguins

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Goalkeeper Oleg Shilin injured his groin in this scene on Sunday in Berlin. It is not yet clear how long he will be out
Photo: imago images/Contrast/O.Behrendt via www.imago-images.de

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Krefeld The young goalkeeper returned from the USA because he was not allowed to play. In addition to the long-term injuries, Oleg Shilin, Alex Weiß, Laurin Braun and Philipp Mass are also absent from the Panthers’ away game on Wednesday.

The Krefeld Pinguine are guests on Wednesday at 7.30 p.m. for the catch-up game in the German Ice Hockey League in Ingolstadt. The black and yellow made their way to the Danube by bus on Tuesday around 12.30 p.m. Again, some seats remained empty. In addition to the players who were already absent in Berlin, goalkeeper Oleg Shilin, striker Alexander Weiß and captain Laurin Braun were also unable to travel to Bayern. All three were injured in Sunday’s 6-2 defeat in the capital. Philipp Mass injured his upper body in a duel with Straubing on Friday. He can probably play again in the home game against Schwenningen on Friday.

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There is a big question mark with the penguins on the goalkeeper position. According to a press release from the penguins, Nikita Quapp traveled to Ingolstadt alongside Serge Belov. The latter was in the United States to get practice with the Carolina Hurricanes’ farm team. Sports director Sergey Saveljev confirmed this on February 19 in an interview with the RP. But for various reasons, the 19-year-old is said not to have received permission to play and flew back. On Tuesday he trained again in Krefeld.

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Press spokesman Mark Thiel extends contract

Press spokesman Mark Thiel has extended his contract with the Penguins. He announced this on Facebook on Tuesday. In the past few weeks he has been thinking about his expiring contract and his professional future: “I would be lying if I said it was a natural decision. The difficult sporting situation with the threat of relegation and a lively exchange between the employees in the office made my outlook for the future a little questionable.

But I can now say on behalf of the office with a clear conscience that we will continue to work to the end and beyond. Even if this path should ultimately lead to the DEL2. I’m looking forward to the next challenges in Krefeld.”

The office will be strengthened by Christina Schertes. The 33-year-old will take over the management of ticketing with immediate effect. She has already worked in this area at Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and was head of department at Eintracht Braunschweig. Most recently, the sports business economist and graduate of the German Sports Academy in Cologne worked in a similar area.

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In defense, the shoe is particularly pressing. Head coach Igor Zakharkin only has five regular defenders available. In attack, the Russian can rely on twelve strikers. While it looks bleak in terms of personnel, at least the decent away record so far spreads some hope of winning a point on the Danube. The Krefelders are sixth in the away table, so they would even be in the play-offs, but in reality they are miles away.

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Coach Zakharkin wants to use his usual tactics with the Panthers, but they haven’t been very successful recently: “We want to build on the good elements of the game in Berlin. The first two goals we conceded were very unfortunate for us. Like Berlin, Ingolstadt has a high-quality team. We need a stable defense and we rely on counterattacks. The decisive factor for the outcome of the game is not what the opponent does, but the attitude of how we go into the game. We have to stick to our game plan for 60 minutes.”

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It is questionable whether the penguins will succeed. The Panthers are currently seventh in the table and want to at least finish sixth and thus make the direct play-off qualification clear. And as construction opponents, the penguins are actually always welcome. In October they had lost four games in a row and then won against KEV 3-1. After the Olympic break both games were lost and not even a goal was scored. Coach Doug Shedden was targeted by the fans because he was on holiday himself and only started training again eight days before the restart against Nuremberg. Incidentally, the Panthers last went without a goal in two games in a row in 2014. Then they became German champions. But nobody will care about the penguins. The interest of the KEV fans is more directed to Daniel Pietta. He is scheduled to lead the first storm on Wednesday. It would be tragic if Pietta’s goals brought the penguins one step closer to relegation. Canadian Tim McGauley, signed at the weekend, is set to make his debut for the Panthers. The use of ex-penguin Justin Feser and defender Leon Hüttl was still questionable on Tuesday. Goalscorer Frederik Storm is out with a concussion.

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