The German national ice hockey team can look forward to reinforcements from North American NHL before the World Cup in Denmark and Sweden. Goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer from the Seattle Kraken will joined the squad of national coach Harold Kreis from Tuesday. For this purpose, world -class defenders Moritz Seider are expected from the Detroit Red Wings and Lukas Reichel from the Chicago Blackhawks in the coming week. The World Cup begins for the selection of the German Ice Hockey Association with the game against Hungary on May 10th in Herning. The other NHL professionals such as top scorer Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers), Tim Stützle (Ottawa Senators) and Nico Sturm (Florida Panthers) are currently playing in the playoffs in North America. “For the time being, we do not expect any further access,” said Deb sports director Christian Künast.
For the third World Cup preparation phase with the two test games against Austria on April 24 and 26, goalkeeper Arno Tiefensee and striker Marc Michaelis (both Adler Mannheim), Leon Hüttl, Fabio Wagner, Philipp Krauss, Wojciech Stachowiak (all ERC Ingolstadt) and Philip Sinn (Red Bull Salzburg) and Yasin Ehliz (Red Bull Munich) Squad. In the fourth phase, in addition to the NHL players Seider and Reichel, the top performers of the two playoff finalists Eisbären Berlin and the Cologne sharks are added. The World Cup general rehearsal will increase on May 4th with the game in Düsseldorf against the USA.
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