U18 women preparing for the World Cup in Bad Tölz / U18 at the 5-nation tournament in Switzerland / U16 in Wetzikon at the 4-nation tournament / U15 women take part in the annual SKODA Cup
The U18 women's national team is preparing together in the weeArena in Bad Tölz between the years for the comeback at the 2018 IIHF U18 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship in Dmitrov / Russia (January 06th - 13.01.2018th, XNUMX).
U18 women's national coach Tommy Kettner has called a total of 23 players into the squad, including three goalkeepers, eight defenders and twelve strikers. Before we leave for Russia, the squad has to be reduced to 20 players and 2 goalkeepers. ““The games in the top division are of a different quality than in last year’s World Cup in Division I. That’s why we are preparing the players as best as possible in the five training sessions in Tölz. Some of you were recently with the U16 (Switzerland) or A team (Finland). We are looking forward to the start of the World Cup, which we have been preparing for since July.”
The U18 national team will take part in the 5-nation tournament in Zuchwil (Switzerland) shortly before the turn of the year. Coach Frank Fischöder's team will face the Swiss (December 26.12th / 20.00:28.12 p.m.), the Czech Republic (December 18.30th / 29.12:15.30 p.m.), Slovakia (December 30.12th / 11.00:XNUMX p.m.) and Finland (December XNUMXth / XNUMX:XNUMX a.m.) over the four days ).
On the way to the 2018 IIHF U18 Ice Hockey World Championship Div.I in Riga (Latvia) in April 2018, the DEB-Selection still has another tournament to prepare for, but the upcoming games are another important milestone on the way to the highlight of the season. “We face strong opponents in Switzerland, Finland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. This will help us to improve as a team in order to achieve the desired promotion back to the top division in Riga,” said team manager Michael Pfuhl.
The U16 national team will meet Finland (December 27th / 30.12.2017:4 p.m.), Slovakia (December 28.12th / 14.00:29.12 p.m.) and the hosts (February 14.00th) in the 30.2-nation tournament in Wetzikon (Switzerland) from December 13.30th to XNUMXth, XNUMX. / XNUMX p.m.). Under the leadership of the coaching team Mayer and Weber, the young one wants to DEBselection finished their very successful international season with a good result: (Stefan Mayer U 16 Head Coach). "Since our two top players Lukas Reichel and Tim Stützle have the honor of playing for the U2s, it will be interesting to see how the team reacts to their absence. We want to see whether players can take advantage of the opportunity and put themselves in the spotlight. We also have some new faces in the team and are looking forward to the upcoming tournament."
The DEB This year, U15 girls traditionally take part in the annual SKODA Cup in Dresden between the holidays. Under the sporting direction of Daniel Bartell, the girls will meet, among others, the Czech team from Usti, Dresden itself and, for the first time, the Starbulls from Rosenheim from December 27th to 29.12.2017th, XNUMX.