National coach Toni Söderholm has a mix of routine and youthful drive for the German national ice hockey team Deutschland Cup Selected in 2020 in the Yayla Arena in Krefeld. At the home tournament of the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund, numerous experienced national players such as captain Moritz Müller, Korbinian Holzer and Patrick Hager will be part of the team as well as a number of up-and-coming professionals. Leon Gawanke, currently from the NHL franchise Winnipeg Jets Eisbären Berlin , celebrates his debut in the senior national team, as does the Munich goalkeeper Daniel Fießinger.
For the first time since the 2016/17 season, Mannheim goalie Felix Brückmann is part of the team again DEB-Teams. The squad includes other players under contract in North America: Lean Bergmann (San Jose Sharks), Marc Michaelis (Vancouver Canucks) and Moritz Seider (Detroit Red Wings). However, due to the effects of the corona pandemic, Seider is currently on loan to the Swedish first division club Rögle BK. A total of six players from the 2018 Olympic team are included DEB-Selection for the first A international matches since then Deutschland Cup 2019. In between there were comparisons between the top team Beijing and Switzerland in February 2020.
The DEB-Team includes three goalkeepers, nine defenders and 13 strikers and will meet in Krefeld on Sunday to prepare as best as possible given the difficult circumstances. Söderholm's coaching team is complemented by assistant coach Cory Murphy and goalkeeping coach Patrick Dallaire. All games of the Deutschland Cups will be broadcast live on Magenta Sport, the games on Thursday and Saturday will also be shown in parallel on Sport1.
The squad of the top team Beijing, which completes the tournament in a three-team format with Latvia, was put together by U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter primarily with an eye on the U20 World Cup in Edmonton, Canada at the end of the year. This is intended to give players from the U20 team a chance to prove themselves and to be put through their paces under competitive conditions. In addition, promising players from the national team are strengthening the squad, some of whom already have senior international experience.
National coach Toni Söderholm (Photo: Dominic Pencz): “We are really happy that some of the best German players are coming together again after a year. We have two more days to prepare than last year, and we want to use them intensively. We now want to keep an eye on the squad heading into the World Cup, because the NHL players may not be there. It is deliberately a mix of experience and youth. We tried to put together the best possible mix for all role divisions such as outnumbered and outnumbered players. Top Team Beijing also includes players with international experience who have worked their way through our young talent system. The fact that we now have the opportunity to field two competitive teams is also a sign to Europe that a lot of good things have happened in German ice hockey.”
The game plan of the Deutschland Cups 2020 in the Yayla Arena Krefeld:
Thursday, November 05.11.2020th, XNUMX, Germany – DEB Top Team Beijing, 19.45 p.m. (Sport1/Magenta Sport)
Friday, September 06.11.2020th, XNUMX, DEB Top Team Beijing – Latvia, 17.00 p.m. (Magenta Sport)
Saturday, November 07.11.2020th, 16.45, Germany – Latvia, 1:XNUMX p.m. (SportXNUMX/Magenta Sport)
Sunday, November 08.11.2020th, 14.30, final, XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. (Magenta Sport)
