Unity of the German ice hockey family was invoked
Munich, April 10.04.2017, XNUMX - The Deutscher Eishockey-Bund has decided to restructure the age groups in Young Talent. This is the most important result of the extraordinary general meeting last weekend in Frankfurt.
The aim of the reform is to make it easier to make the transition between the junior and senior levels. It was approved with a large majority and is to be implemented one year in advance of the 2018/19 season. Accordingly, the DEB as well as the competitive sports committee and the clubs involved to develop the new game mode for the season after next.
Representatives of 13 state ice sports and state ice hockey associations took part in the general meeting. In addition, those responsible were from nine DEL and eight DEL2 clubs as well as from 37 clubs DEB leagues present.
After the greeting DEB-President Franz Reindl remembered the deceased members of the ice hockey family Martin Strida, Vladimir Vacatko, Günter-Peter Ploog and Toni Krinner.
Afterwards, the report on the organizational status of the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Cologne and Paris was on the agenda. The core element of Franz Reindl's following speech as part of his report was to highlight the absolutely positive developments in... DEB. The DEB is on a very good path with its current 101 member organizations and further financial, structural and, above all, sporting consolidation. With an appeal to the sense of community and cohesion in the ice hockey family DEB-President together: “The aim is to focus on the unifying concept of POWERPLAY 26, namely to put sport at the center of everything we do and to pool all forces.”
This was followed by a rousing report by Daniel Hopp on the state of development in the leagues in Germany. Here too, the “focus on sport is at the heart of the costume,” as the DEB-Vice President said. A functioning game operation with good German players, the interaction of well-trained foreigners and local players as well as the future integration of more young players in the DEL and DEL2 are very important. Another goal is the sporting exchange between the German professional leagues. The positive results from the current season should also be mentioned this evening
find: In particular the women's national team's recently achieved fourth place at the World Cup and the men's successful Olympic qualification. After these successes, we are heading to the home World Cup with a tailwind. “German ice hockey has a strong national team and a strong one DEB deserves and needs exactly this,” concluded Daniel Hopp.
The DEBIn his report, Vice President Marc Hindelang praised the league operations and the integration with the LEV area. At the same time he praised the performance of the DEB-Selection at the Women's World Cup and associates the tournament with great, historical results: "The women cannot make a living from practicing their sport, but their life is ice hockey." The marketing report was rounded off by the upcoming DEB-Projects from the IIHF Growing the Game Fund “We are Ice Hockey” and “Integration through Ice Hockey”. In addition, a new main sponsor was found in Westminster, and further agreements are about to be concluded.
The final report by Berthold Wipfler, treasurer of the DEB, began with a response to the uncertain past and the preliminary annual financial statements. “The sustainable financing of the association and future-proof positioning must be the primary goals of all members,” said the financial professional. Wipfler concluded his lecture with a renewed appeal for community and cohesion in the German ice hockey family.
In addition to the elementary age group restructuring, the general meeting decided on various formal changes. In addition, the training of future trainers was adapted to the DOSB's competitive sports reform and made future-oriented. Core element of the change package DEBHowever, the Presidium presented the restructuring of the age group in Young Talent. This will set an important course for the successful sporting future. In a joint dialogue, the members agreed to define appropriate game modes for the highest German Young Talent leagues. After six hours, an extraordinary general meeting ended with many controversial, positive discussions.