Penguins look ahead with optimism

Philip Riefers returns
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Penguins look ahead with optimism

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In the picture from left: Philip Riefers, Fritz von Maltzahn and Martin Kern (both company “Reginarate”, Alexander Weiß and Tom-Eric Bappert.
Photo: Schoofs

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Krefeld At a sponsors’ evening in the “Reginerate” gin distillery, the Krefeld team presented another new signing at their first appearance as a DEL 2 club in Philip Riefers. Tom-Eric Bappert extends his contract.

There was no longer any sign of disappointment or melancholy at the sponsors’ evening of the Krefeld Pinguine in the “Reginerate” gin distillery, on the contrary. The ten-strong office team, which now has more staff than ever before, exuded a kind of spirit of optimism, which was well received by the guests.

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Three players were also present, who are also confident about the first season of the black and yellow in the DEL 2. This included a new signing in Philip Riefers, who is returning to his ice hockey roots at home. “I’m happy to be able to play for my hometown again. I learned to play ice hockey here on Westparkstrasse and I always enjoy being here. For me, the sporting aspect with the aim of playing for promotion back to the DEL is very interesting. The penguins want to get back to the top and I want to help my youth club with that. I had my first DEL experience here as a young player. Now I’m looking forward to taking on more responsibility in the team in a leadership role,” said the defender.

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Even if the Iserlohn Roosters, for whom he played for two years, didn’t want to let him go, he decided to leave Sauerland: “Things haven’t been going so well there lately. In addition, I recently became a father and would like to be with my family who stayed in Krefeld,” said the 32-year-old.

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Tom-Erik Bappert, who has his roots there, doesn’t want to go back to the Sauerland. The defender extended his contract with the penguins and justified this with an impressive statement: “First of all, I’m looking forward to my fourth year in Krefeld. The fans, the club and the city are clearly a DEL location. I will give everything to get there again. After the end of this season it would have been wrong for me to leave the club and end the chapter with relegation here because there is still a lot of unfinished work for me here. I hope the fans will give 110 percent for promotion, just like we do, because Krefeld belongs in the DEL.”

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Of course, Alexander Weiß, who also stays with the penguins, agreed with this opinion: “I’m part of the team that caused the relegation. Now it’s time for me to say: I want to get promoted again with Krefeld, I owe that to the people around me and the fans. That’s why I’m happy that I can stay here for another two years,” said the striker, who, according to press spokesman Mark Thiel, appears in the office almost every day and offers to help with various projects.

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Alexander Dahmen, who heads the marketing and match day organization department, is now responsible for very important projects at the penguins. The 39-year-old brings a lot of experience with him. Because he comes from the Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach. Branch manager Karsten Holderberg is happy that he now has a competent team: “We had to divide the various tasks between several people. That’s the only way we can work optimally,” he said. He is in daily contact with his boss Sergey Saveljev, who drives personnel planning from Switzerland.

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Sören Mumme, head of sponsorship, presented the goals of the penguins: “Of course we want to go back to the DEL. But we have to be realistic and go back step by step to get there. As relegated from the DEL, we are of course one of the top teams in the DEL 2. That’s why we’re confident. We want to play at the top and first reach the play-offs. Of course, the desire is to go straight up, and that’s what we’re working on now. But we also want to find ourselves as a club. We are the club on the Lower Rhine that represents the ice hockey city of Krefeld. We have a strong tradition that will not suffer in the DEL 2 either, but must be carried out even more.”

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