Great honor for the German national ice hockey team: In the 72nd election for Germany's Athletes of the Year, the silver medalists from the German Ice Hockey Federation were chosen. V. voted team of the year 2018. The joy was correspondingly great DEBdelegation that was among the guests at the celebratory gala in the Kurhaus in Baden-Baden this Sunday evening.
Especially since the silver heroes of the Pyeongchang Winter Games provided a novelty: for the first time in the election in the Team of the Year category, which has existed since 1957, an ice hockey team was honored. Once again, over 3.000 sports journalists had the choice between the nominated athletes who recommended themselves for the respective categories based on their successes and achievements in 2018.