Dress rehearsal today at 18.30 p.m. in Kloten against the host / big departure day tomorrow
Training, departure, game, return journey and sleep again – then the German national ice hockey team gets down to business. After the dress rehearsal this Tuesday against Switzerland (18.30 p.m., live on SPORT18.25 from 1 p.m.), the team will start their Olympic Games adventure. On Wednesday afternoon, at 16.10:XNUMX p.m., the Lufthansa plane takes off from Munich towards Seoul. From there it's about a three-hour bus ride to the Olympic Village in PyeongChang.
Before that, however, there is a test against Switzerland this evening. In the morning, Sturm let his boys train briefly again. At 18.30 p.m. the dress rehearsal will take place in Kloten with the Swiss. “This is a good test. Games against Switzerland have always been close in recent years. Sometimes we were able to win, sometimes the Swiss. “Let’s see how it will be today,” said the national coach, who signed his contract with the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund yesterday (DEB) extended by four more years, already ahead.
Sturm did not yet want to reveal which constellation the team will play in in the evening. What is certain, however, is that Marcel Goc will lead the national team onto the ice as captain today and at the Olympic Games. “Of course I’m really happy about this honor. But we have many players in the team who can take on responsibility,” said the Mannheim player on behalf of his assistants Christian Ehrhoff, Marcus Kink and Patrick Hager.
Speaking of Ehrhoff: The Cologne captain and his teammates recently promoted Ehrhoff as the German standard bearer on social media channels. The result will be announced on February 8th. “We can't change anything about it now anyway. “Let’s just wait and see,” Ehrhoff said with a smile. Whether it's him or someone else doesn't matter when it comes to joy. “Of course it would be sensational. But of course the others deserve it too. I would be just as happy for them,” said Ehrhoff.