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Support comes to the World Cup: Ice hockey team gets NHL-upgrade
After the playoff-outside of his Ottawa Senator, it is unclear for a few days whether NHL top striker Tim Stützle is coming to the World Cup. Now the second best German NHL scorer is making his promise.
Germany’s ice hockey national team receives the hoped-for reinforcement of NHL top star Tim Stützle at the World Cup in Denmark and Sweden. The 23-year-old striker and his NHL team Ottawa Senators gave the German Ice Hockey Bund the day before the World Cup start against Hungary after a long wait after the playoff-out last week.
“Of course we are pleased that Tim is a very high quality player,” said national coach Harold Kreis. “He also demonstrated his strengths in the past NHL season and delivered a great playing time in the Senator team.”
Second best striker to Draisaitl
For the second best German NHL scorer after Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers), it is the second World Cup participation after 2022. At that time, however, Stützle was injured in the third game. Even after the playoff-out last week, he was struck. Therefore, the senators waited a long time with the release.
The Viersen native is expected at the weekend in Herning in Danish. In the third German preliminary round game against Norway or two days later against Switzerland in the third German preliminary round game.
Berlin’s Noebels leaves the World Cup squad
According to the supporting commitment, Berlin’s Marcel Noebels is no longer part of the World Cup squad. The German team starts on Saturday (4.20 p.m./ProSieben and Magenta Sport) against Hungary to the World Cup tournament.
dpa
Source: Stern
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