The Deutscher Eishockey-Bund has had to make another personnel change for the U20 World Championship in Edmonton. Elias Lindner's corona test gave a positive result, so the 19-year-old left the training camp in Füssen on Wednesday. The striker Red Bull Hockey Juniors has not shown any symptoms so far and has been in individual quarantine for the past few days after a rapid test showed abnormal results upon arrival for the first week of World Cup preparation.
The U20 national team's training camp includes striker Enrico Henriquez-Morales (who was previously nominated on call).ERC Ingolstadt/Star Bulls Rosenheim) and Jan-Luca Schumacher (Heilbronner Falken). The 25-strong squad with which the DEBU20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter will decide shortly before departure that the entourage will set off for Edmonton on a charter flight on Sunday. At the federal base in Füssen the DEBThe national team is currently completing the first part of its preparations for the World Cup tournament in Canada (December 25, 2020 to January 5, 2021) under strict hygiene regulations.
U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter: “We were aware from the start that we would have to deal with special challenges. We face these challenges and make the best of them. As I have already emphasized, we have great confidence in our players and give them every support. They are fully motivated and enthusiastic about what they do.”