With four new players, the German national ice hockey team is continuing its preparations for the World Championships in Finland (May 13 to 29).
Daniel Fischbuch, Mirko Pantkowski (both Düsseldorf), Julius Karrer (Nuremberg) and Janik Möser (Wolfsburg) will strengthen the team of national coach Toni Söderholm, which played in Dresden on Friday (7 p.m. / MagentaSport) and Saturday (17 / Sport1 and MagentaSport). testing Slovakia.
“Of course we want to develop further in this third phase of our World Cup preparations and build on the previous phases in Chomutov and Rosenheim,” said DEB sports director Christian Künast. The aim is “to use the current momentum and to take another step forward towards Helsinki”.
Nikita Quapp (Krefeld) and Daniel Pietta (Ingolstadt) are no longer part of the 27-man squad.
After the international matches in Dresden, the last phase of preparation follows with a test against Austria in Schwenningen (8 May). Then the NHL professionals Philipp Grubauer (Seattle Kraken), Tim Stützle (Ottawa Senators) and Moritz Seider (Detroit Red Wings) will probably also be there.
