Top Team Beijing: Start of the training camp in Dingolfing

U24/U25 selection with first measure / Seider, Eisenschmid and Pantkowski with rejections / Adam and Sternheimer re-nominated and already at the first training session / Goalie Fießinger will join the team on Tuesday

The Top Team Beijing started their training camp in Dingolfing yesterday. Under national coach Toni Söderholm, the team is meeting for the first time to prepare for the upcoming international matches against Switzerland (February 5th and 6th, 2019). The new national coach has to do without Moritz Seider, Markus Eisenschmid and Mirko Pantkowski, who canceled their participation in the U24/U25 camp. Maxi Adam and Marco Sternheimer were nominated for this and took part in the first team training session yesterday. Goalie Daniel Fießinger will also join the team on Tuesday and take part in further training.

On Tuesday, January 15, 2019, the U24/U25 selection will have athletic training and two more ice times before the players return to their clubs on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 after another on- and off-ice activity. The next meeting of Top Team Beijing will take place on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 in Memmingen and on Wednesday, February 6th, 2019 in Bietigheim. Then national coach Toni Söderholm's team will face Switzerland in two international matches.

Tickets for the Top Team Peking matches in Memmingen and Bietigheim are available at www.deb-online.de/tickets or by phone at 01806 – 992201 (0,20 euros/call including VAT from German landlines, max. 0,60 euros/call including VAT from German mobile networks).

The Top Team Beijing is a promising team that will bring young German players, match practice and competitive experience in international ice hockey with a view to the 2022 Olympic Games. It starts with the comparisons against Switzerland, which will be continued and expanded in the coming years.

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