With 24 players and three goalkeepers, the German men's national team is entering the third phase of World Cup preparation for the international tournament in Finland at the end of May (May 13th to 29.05.2022th, XNUMX in Helsinki and Tampere). National coach Toni Söderholm appointed four new players compared to the most recent phase DEB-Possessed. This is how Daniel Fischbuch (Düsseldorfer EG), Mirko Pantkowski (Düsseldorfer EG), Julius Karrer (Nürnberg Ice Tigers) and Janik Möser (Grizzlys Wolfsburg) to the team in Dresden. Nikita Quapp (Krefeld Pinguine) and Daniel Pietta (ERC Ingolstadt), on the other hand, will no longer be part of the A men's squad this week.
In the state capital Sachsens hits the DEB-Selection this Tuesday afternoon for the first of the five planned training sessions in the JOYNEXT Arena. The ice sessions tomorrow, Wednesday, April 27.04.2022th, 10, at 00:12 a.m. to 00:17 p.m. and 00:18 p.m. to 30:XNUMX p.m. will be for Fans and press must be publicly accessible. Entry is via the main entrance 30 minutes before the team starts training. On Friday evening (April 29.04th, 19 p.m., live on MagentaSport) and Saturday afternoon (April 30.04th, 17 p.m., live on SPORT1 and MagentaSport), the test comparisons for the German men's national ice hockey team against the selection from Slovakia will follow.
In addition, those responsible are also in contact with other World Cup candidates via the squad that is now meeting in Dresden. Some are getting a break after being eliminated from the playoffs, others are recovering from injuries.
DEB-Sports director Christian Künast: “We obviously want to develop further in this third phase of our World Cup preparation and build on the previous phases in Chomutov and Rosenheim. The aim is to use the previous momentum and take another step forward towards Helsinki. Of course, we would also like to take this opportunity to thank Petteri Väkiparta and Raimo Helminen for their commitment and support over the last two weeks and would also like to warmly welcome Cory Murphy and Jessica Campbell to the team.”
After the games in the Czech Republic, Rosenheim and Dresden, the final preparation phase follows with a test match against Austria in Schwenningen (May 05th-08th). Tickets for all home games are still sold www.deb-online.de/tickets bookable. MagentaSport broadcasts all games live, SPORT1 broadcasts another two on free TV.
The World Cup preparation schedule
Thursday | April 14.04.2022, 17 | 10:XNUMX p.m. in Chomutov | Czech Republic - Germany 6:2
Friday | April 15.04.2022, 15 | 00:XNUMX p.m. in Chomutov | Czech Republic - Germany 0:2
Thursday | April 21.04.2022, 19 | 30:XNUMX p.m. in Rosenheim | Germany – Switzerland 4:2
Saturday | April 23.04.2022, 15 | 00:XNUMX p.m. in Rosenheim | Germany – Switzerland 1:6
Friday | April 29.04.2022, 19 | 00:XNUMX p.m. in Dresden | Germany – Slovakia
Saturday | April 30.04.2022, 17 | 00:XNUMX p.m. in Dresden | Germany – Slovakia
Sunday | May 08.05.2022, 17 | 00:XNUMX p.m. in Schwenningen | Germany - Austria