Start of the new season: The German U20 national team is ringing in the 2021/22 season with a five-day summer course in Füssen. U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter's team will meet at the federal base in Allgäu on June 23rd and stay there until June 27th. For the selection of the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund, the measure is the first opportunity to get to know each other in a new composition and to complete joint training sessions.
On 24 June, an extensive test day will take place based on the cooperation project of the DEB with the Goethe University Frankfurt will provide insights into speed of action and responsiveness. For this purpose, a variety of performance tests are completed both on and off the ice. The players are confronted with very complex tasks that require rapid perception and decision-making at high speeds.
Here you can find out more about the project, in which the Federal Institute for Sports Science (BiSp) is also involved:
The highlight of the season for the German team will be the U20 World Cup around the turn of the year, which will take place in Edmonton/Canada as last year, with Red Deer as the second venue. The upcoming training course will include ten players who were already part of the squad at the last U20 World Cup. DEB-Selection and reached the quarter-finals with the team. Overall has DEB-Coach Abstreiter invited three goalkeepers, ten defenders and 15 strikers.
U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter: “Everyone is looking forward to getting back on the ice and doing organized team training. The first measure is important for us with regard to the season and the World Cup as a highlight, because it gives us good indications. In terms of performance diagnostics, we already know what the boys are like, now we'll see what it looks like on the ice. The focus will be on breakouts under pressure and general defensive behavior. I'm excited about the new players and what performances they show in training. We want to train with fun, concentration and high quality; everyone should have learned something new after the course.”
Squad summer course:
| Pos | Last Name | First Name | Born Date | Club 2021/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Bugl | Florian | 14.05.2002 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors |
| GK | Quapp | Nikita | 25.01.2003 | Krefeld Pinguine |
| GK | Tiefensee | Arno | 13.04.2002 | Adler Mannheim/Heilbronner Falken |
| D | Dziambor | Arkadiusz | 31.01.2002 | Adler Mannheim/Heilbronner Falken |
| D | Geibel | Korbinian | 08.07.2002 | Lausitzer Füchse |
| D | Glötzl | Maximilian | 16.05.2002 | Kölner Haie/EC Bad Nauheim |
| D | Klein | Adrian | 19.09.2003 | Straubing Tigers |
| D | Menner | Maximilian | 27.04.2002 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors |
| D | Münzenberger | Luca | 24.11.2002 | Kölner Haie |
| D | Pilu | Fabrizio | 31.10.2002 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers |
| D | Schwaiger | Daniel | 24.02.2002 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors |
| D | Stowasser | Simon | 18.01.2002 | Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven |
| D | Szuber | Maksymilian | 25.08.2002 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors |
| F | Bartuli | Michael | 19.08.2002 | Kölner Haie/EC Bad Nauheim |
| F | Blank | Alexander | 04.02.2002 | Krefeld Pinguine |
| F | Borzecki | Jakub | 17.01.2002 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors |
| F | Dubé | Samuel | 30.05.2002 | ERC Ingolstadt |
| F | Eham | Josef | 29.07.2002 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors |
| F | Hänelt | Haakon | 01.06.2003 | Eisbären Berlin |
| F | Heigl | Nikolaus | 20.01.2003 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors |
| F | Kechter | Roman | 16.02.2004 | Rögle BK/SWE |
| F | Leonhardt | Danjo | 22.08.2002 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors |
| F | Petersen | Jussi | 03.07.2002 | Dresdner Eislöwen |
| F | Roßmy | Bennet | 01.08.2003 | Lausitzer Füchse |
| F | Rutkowski | Maciej | 05.10.2002 | Krefeld Pinguine |
| F | Samanski | Joshua | 22.03.2002 | Straubing Tigers |
| F | Schweiger | Markus | 31.08.2002 | ESV Kaufbeuren |
| F | Volek | Justin | 08.02.2002 | Krefeld Pinguine |
STAFF: Tobi Abstreiter (head coach), Patrick Strauch (assistant coach), Sinisa Martinovic (goalkeeper coach), Christian Bachmann (athletic coach), Marc Linde (physiotherapist), Sigi Hempel (equipment manager)