National coach Toni Söderholm has once again expanded the German national ice hockey team's squad for phase four of preparation for the 2021 IIHF World Championships in Riga (May 21 to June 6). The selection of the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund will spend the last few days in Nuremberg before flying to Latvia with three goalkeepers, ten defensemen and 15 strikers. The DEBThe team will gather again in Middle Franconia on Tuesday and will complete further valuable training sessions with a view to the start of the World Cup on May 21st against Italy (15.15:1 p.m./SPORTXNUMX).
DEB-Coach Söderholm nominated eight new players for the current 28-man squad. By PENNY DEL master Eisbären Berlin Goalkeeper Mathias Niederberger, defender Jonas Müller and the strike trio Marcel Noebels, Lukas Reichel and Leonhard Pföderl join the squad. From the finalist Grizzlys Wolfsburg Defenders Dominik Bittner and Janik Möser received an invitation. In addition, NHL-experienced Tom Kühnhackl (Bridgeport Sound Tigers/AHL) will be the first North American professional to join the team.
Marcel Noebels has the most international experience of the new players with 84 so far DEB-stakes. Kühnhackl agreed DEB-Team was last available at the Olympic qualification for Pyeongchang 2018, which also took place in Riga. Back in September 2016, the Landshut player scored the goal that made it possible for the German team to travel to South Korea.
Söderholm and his coaching team will divide the team into three training groups for the next few days. All players and supervisors travel to the course tested negative and will now continue to follow a daily Corona test rhythm in accordance with the World Cup requirements of the IIHF World Ice Hockey Federation. The departure to Riga by charter plane is planned for May 15th, followed by an individual quarantine until the evening of May 18th. On May 19th the can DEB-Selection on site for the first time on the ice to get the final World Cup polish.
National coach Toni Söderholm: “We have expanded our options again for the last few days in Germany and have done so with a view to being able to play the tournament with a total of 28 players. There were again difficult decisions that the players asked me to make based on their performance. We once again had to say goodbye to players who made a very good impression and will also be part of our plans for the future. We would like to thank everyone for their commitment. Not just the master players Berlin come to us with great confidence and we hope that this will be transferred to the team after Saturday's important success. We are also pleased that Tom Kühnhackl has agreed, he has very good memories of Riga and will be of great help with his experience. The feeling of victory in the last test should also help us in the further development work, which we are tackling with full focus and with the aim of being ready on May 21st.”
| Pos | No. | First Name | Last Name | Born Date | Club 2020/2021 | International matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 31 | Treutle | Niklas | 29.04.1991 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | 38 |
| GK | 90 | Brückmann | Felix | 16.12.1990 | Adler Mannheim | 29 |
| GK | 35 | Niederberger | Mathias | 26.11.1992 | Eisbären Berlin | 41 |
| D | 11 | Nowak | Marco | 23.07.1990 | Düsseldorfer EG | 41 |
| D | 41 | Müller | Jonas | 19.11.1995 | Eisbären Berlin | 45 |
| D | 85 | Brandt | Marcel | 08.05.1992 | Straubing Tigers | 18 |
| D | 79 | Ugbekile | Colin | 24.09.1999 | Kölner Haie | 12 |
| D | 38 | Wagner | Fabio | 17.09.1995 | ERC Ingolstadt | 24 |
| D | 5 | Holzer | Korbinian | 16.02.1988 | Awtomobilist Jekaterinburg/KHL | 70 |
| D | 91 | Müller | Moritz | 19.11.1986 | Kölner Haie | 158 |
| D | 82 | Rogl | John | 03.05.1996 | Augsburger Panther | 12 |
| D | 3 | Bittner | Dominik | 10.06.1992 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 9 |
| D | 24 | Möser | Janik | 26.09.1995 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 2 |
| F | 34 | Kühnhackl | Tom | 21.01.1992 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers/AHL | 5 |
| F | 77 | Fischbuch | Daniel | 19.08.1993 | Düsseldorfer EG | 10 |
| F | 95 | Tiffels | Frederik | 20.05.1995 | Kölner Haie | 51 |
| F | 27 | Uvira | Sebastian | 26.01.1993 | Kölner Haie | 36 |
| F | 59 | Wohlgemuth | Tim | 22.07.1999 | ERC Ingolstadt | 14 |
| F | 58 | Eisenschmid | Markus | 22.01.1995 | Adler Mannheim | 26 |
| F | 21 | Krämmer | Nicolas | 23.10.1992 | Adler Mannheim | 51 |
| F | 15 | Loibl | Stefan | 24.06.1996 | Adler Mannheim | 26 |
| F | 22 | Plachta | Matthias | 16.05.1991 | Adler Mannheim | 93 |
| F | 94 | Peterka | John | 14.01.2002 | Red Bull München | 4 |
| F | 7 | Kastner | Maximilian | 03.01.1993 | Red Bull München | 9 |
| F | 96 | Eder | Andreas | 20.03.1996 | Straubing Tigers | 12 |
| F | 92 | Noebels | Marcel | 14.03.1992 | Eisbären Berlin | 84 |
| F | 83 | Pföderl | Leonhard | 01.09.1993 | Eisbären Berlin | 41 |
| F | 73 | Reichel | Lukas | 17.05.2002 | Eisbären Berlin | 3 |
STAFF: Christian Künast (sports director), Toni Söderholm (head coach), Ville Peltonen (assistant coach), Matt Mc Ilvane (assistant coach), Alexander Dück (assistant coach), Ilpo Kauhanen (goalkeeper coach), Thomas Schädler (video coach), Jannik Kirchenkamp (athletic coach) , Horst Fuchs (team manager), Fabian Blanke (team doctor), Thomas Stubner (physiotherapist), André Keidler (physiotherapist), Ruben Stark (media/PR), Konstantin Lesnych (media/PR), Christian Menningen (equipment manager), Sascha Engel ( Equipment manager), Marco Nachrichtener (equipment manager)