DEL cracks Turnbull, Hanowski and Heeter in the USA team / Slovakia, USA and Switzerland also with new coaches
Celebrate alongside national coach Marco Sturm Deutschland Cup (6-8 November 2015) in Augsburg, other coaches will also make their debut as head coaches on the bench of their respective teams.
Zdeno Ciger is looking after Slovakia for the first time. The ex-NHL star is the successor to the Czech Vladimir Vujtek. For Switzerland, the coaching duo John Fust and Thierry Paterlini will be on the boards, representing head coach Felix Hollenstein, who had to cancel his participation in the four-nation tournament for family reasons.
Mark Osiecki takes on the role of head coach for Team USA for the first time. Originally, John Tortorella was supposed to lead the Americans Deutschland Cup look after. However, Tortorella was most recently hired as head coach by the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets. Osiecki's assistant coach is an old acquaintance: Craig Johnson played for them in the DEL from 2004 to 2007 Hamburg and Düsseldorf.
Famous faces in Germany are in the USA squad: Keeper Cal Heeter was chosen by the Hamburg Feezers were also nominated, as was the Augsburg striker and local hero Ben Hanowski and attacker Travis Turnbull from the Düsseldorfer EG. Cole Gunner, a player from the top league team EHC Klostersee, was originally called up. However, the striker had to withdraw due to injury.
At the Deutschland Cup The German national team will meet in the Curt Frenzel Stadium on Friday, November 6.11th. to Switzerland (19.30:7.11 p.m.), on Saturday, November 17.30th. on Slovakia (8.11:16.30 p.m.) and finally on Team USA (Sunday, November XNUMXth, XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.).
Here are the lineups of the German opponents:
Switzerland: http://bit.ly/209NT2h
Slovakia: http://bit.ly/209NYmP
USA: http://bit.ly/1O7bfSt