National coach Toni Söderholm announced his 28-man squad for the tournament this Thursday Deutschland Cup Announced in 2022. The traditional tournament will be held for the fifth time in a row in the YAYLA ARENA in Krefeld from November 10th to 13th, 2022. Last year, the selection of the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund celebrated their tournament victory for the first time since 2015.
Söderholm is betting on this year's competition Deutschland Cup on a mix of young and experienced players wearing the national team jersey. The majority of the DEBThe selection consists of players from the PENNY DEL. Among the 28 nominees there are not only 14 tournament debutants, but also Jan-Luca Sennhenn (Kölner Haie), Luca Zitterbart (Düsseldorfer EG), Eric Mik (Eisbären Berlin) and Luis Schinko (Grizzlys Wolfsburg) also have four newcomers to the senior national team DEB. Tobias Fohrler (HC Ambri-Piotta) and Marc Michaelis (SCL Tigers) are also traveling from Switzerland. This will meet next Tuesday, November 08th, 2022 DEBteam in Krefeld to prepare for the upcoming games.
DEB-National coach Toni Söderholm to the squad for the Deutschland Cup 2022: “We are particularly looking forward to the new faces we welcome to the national team and those who have not been with us for a while. Together with the players who already know our requirements well, we want to use the short preparation time to grow together quickly. These will be active and intensive days in which we work and communicate a lot. We are all really looking forward to it.”
| Position | Last Name | First Name | Club 2022/2023 | Deutschland Cup Participations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Pantkowski | Mirko | Kölner Haie | Deutschland Cup Debüt |
| GK | Strahlmeier | Dustin | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 2021 |
| GK | Ancicka | Tobias | Eisbären Berlin | 2020 (Top Team Peking) |
| D | Möser | Janik | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | Deutschland Cup Debüt |
| D | Sennhenn | Jan Luca | Kölner Haie | Deutschland Cup- sowie Nationalmannschafts-Debüt |
| D | Zitterbart | Luca | Düsseldorfer EG | Deutschland Cup- sowie Nationalmannschafts-Debüt |
| D | Fohrler | Tobias | HC Ambri-Piotta | 2021 |
| D | Nowak | Marco | Eisbären Berlin | 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| D | Mik | Eric | Eisbären Berlin | Deutschland Cup- sowie Nationalmannschafts-Debüt |
| D | Weber | Marcus | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | Deutschland Cup Debüt |
| D | Hüttl | Leon | ERC Ingolstadt | Deutschland Cup Debüt |
| D | Ugbekile | Colin | Iserlohner EC | 2019, 2020 |
| D | Zimmermann | Mario | Straubing Tigers | Deutschland Cup Debüt |
| F | Schütz | Justin | EHC Red Bull München | Deutschland Cup Debüt |
| F | Eder | Tobias | Düsseldorfer EG | 2021 |
| F | Kammerer | Maximilian | Kölner Haie | 2017, 2019, 2020 |
| F | Schinko | Luis | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | Deutschland Cup- sowie Nationalmannschafts-Debüt |
| F | Soramies | Samuel | Augsburger Panther | 2020 (Top Team Peking) |
| F | Jentzsch | Taro | Adler Mannheim | 2020 (Top Team Peking), 2021 |
| F | Schmölz | Daniel | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | Deutschland Cup Debüt |
| F | Michaelis | Marc | SCL Tigers Langnau | 2020 |
| F | Eder | Andreas | EHC Red Bull München | 2017, 2019, 2020 |
| F | Bokk | Dominik | Löwen Frankfurt | Deutschland Cup Debüt |
| F | Leonhardt | Danjo | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | Deutschland Cup Debüt |
| F | Wohlgemuth | Tim | Adler Mannheim | 2019, 2020 (Top Team Peking), 2021 |
| F | Ehl | Alexander | Düsseldorfer EG | 2021 |
| F | Fleischer | Tim | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | Deutschland Cup Debüt |
| F | Tiffels | Frederik | EHC Red Bull München | 2019, 2020 |
STAFF: Christian Kunast (DEB-Sports director), Toni Söderholm (head coach), Pekka Kangasalusta (assistant coach), Alexander Sulzer (assistant coach), Ilpo Kauhanen (goalkeeping coach), Dr. Tom-Nicolas Kossak (Mental Coach), Dr. Fabian Blanke (team doctor), Thomas Stubner (physiotherapist), Christoph Seiler (physiotherapist), Christian Menningen (equipment manager), Sascha Engel (equipment manager), Horst Fuchs (team manager)
Söderholm also welcomes two new faces to the coaching team. This year he will be supported on the gang for the first time by Pekka Kangasalusta and Alexander Sulzer. Kangasalusta worked in Finland for many years as a player and coach. He already trained Toni Söderholm himself in the 2014/15 season at his former club HIFK in the Finnish Liiga. Since this season, Pekka Kangasalusta has been part of the official coaching team of HC Slovan Bratislava as an assistant coach. Also the former NHL and national player Alexander Sulzer, today's assistant coach in the DEL Fischtown Pinguins, joins the German coaching team as part of the Deutschland Cup 2022. Ilpo Kauhanen will once again be in charge of goalkeeper coaching. Kauhanen has been an integral part of the for many years DEBcoaching team and is now competing in his third Deutschland Cup with the German team.
On Thursday, November 10, 2022 (19:45 p.m., live on MagentaSport), the German men's national team will start in the evening game against the selection from Denmark. In the afternoon, the teams from Slovakia and tournament newcomer Austria (16:15 p.m.) open the event Deutschland Cup 2022. In the further course of the Deutschland CupThe German team will meet on Saturday, November 12th, 2022 (17:30 p.m., live on MagentaSport and SPORT1), then against Austria and on Sunday, November 13th, 2022 (14:30 p.m., live on MagentaSport) against the Slovaks.
DEB-Sports director Christian Künast about the Deutschland Cup 2022: “We are really looking forward to it Deutschland Cup as our big, annual home tournament. With Denmark and Austria, we welcome two new neighboring nations among the participants who have made a name for themselves on the international stage in recent years. With Slovakia, we have a well-known, strong opponent at the start, with whom we have been on equal terms for years. In this respect, all ice hockey fans can look forward to a strong international tournament and exciting games."
The game plan of the Deutschland Cup 2022
November 10.11.2022, 16 | 15:XNUMX | Austria – Slovakia
10.11.2022/19/45 | XNUMX:XNUMX | Germany - Denmark
November 12.11.2022, 14 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Slovakia – Denmark
12.11.2022/17/30 | XNUMX:XNUMX | Germany - Austria
November 13.11.2022, 11 | 00:XNUMX | Denmark – Austria
13.11.2022/14/30 | XNUMX:XNUMX | Germany – Slovakia
The day tickets for the Deutschland Cup 2022 is available from 20,00 € at www.deb-online.de/tickets, at the box office of the YAYLA ARENA Krefeld (exclusively Deutschland Cup) as well as at all Eventim ticket offices or by telephone at 01806-992201 (0,20 €/call incl. VAT from the German landline, max. 0,60 €/call incl. VAT from the German mobile network). For families interested in ice hockey DEB This year we are now also offering a family ticket (2 adults + 2 children from €100,00) for the special sporting event. All tickets for the Deutschland Cup entitle you to free use of public transport in price level B in the Krefeld tariff area.