After the new problems with the World Cup ice cream in Herning, ice hockey goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer has practiced sharp criticism.
“It is dangerous for the player because it is so soft. The risk of injury is very high,” said the NHL professional after the 5: 2 in the third preliminary round against partly tough-acting Norwegians, “You can hardly play a passport. It’s like on a pond on which the ice is melting.”
In the first third, a large block was broken out of the ice surface, so the third break had to be preferred. But even in the second round, the game had to be interrupted again for the same reason.
It wasn’t the first hole in the ice in the Jyske Bank boxing, the players had complained about the poor quality several times.
He had the impression that “everything was made quickly, quickly” instead of making the third break “a minute or two longer so that the ice cream tightens,” said Grubauer. Captain Moritz Seider added: “It is very difficult to play first -class ice hockey on it.”
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National coach Harold Kreis took the big hole in the ice with humor: “I know that there are ice fishing, I come from a country where it is made frequently – from the igloo,” said the Canadian native, “we don’t have to try that here.”
His team “annoyed himself” about it, of course, but: “We don’t stay with it for long and certainly do not waste any energy on it.” After the game against Norway, 17 preliminary round games and two quarter -finals in the arena in the Herning trade fair center were still scheduled.