Today the EHC Freiburg announced the coach for the coming season. With Robert Hoffmann, a former player and at the same time the preferred candidate for the position of head coach is returning to Breisgau.
“We are very happy that we were able to sign Robert Hoffmann, our absolute dream candidate. We would like to thank the ESC Dresden, where Robert last trained the youngsters, very much for the release, ”said club president Michael Müller at today’s presentation of the new wolf coach.
“Freiburg tried to help me. I know Freiburg well and felt comfortable there. There are few clubs that give a German coach a chance, ”reported Robert Hoffmann via video stream. “I have a very good impression of the team. The squad is in tact and I am in regular contact with the club regarding the further composition of the squad, ”continued Hoffmann.
“Peter Russell did an excellent job in Freiburg, which I would like to build on,” said the new coach. However, he has his own idea of how he wants the team to play in the future.
In the new season, Hoffmann will work with the newly hired assistant coach Petr Bares. Bares most recently worked at ERC Ingolstadt as a junior trainer and head coach of the DNL team of the Panthers. He is also no stranger to Freiburg. Bares was a member of the wolf squad for three years between 2007 and 2010.
About Robert Hoffmann:
Robert Hoffmann began his career in the junior staff of the ES Weißwasser. In 1997 he left his hometown club and came after a few positions in the Oberliga and the 2nd League South, he moved to the Dresdner Eislöwen, with whom he made promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga ice hockey in the 2004/05 season. After a season in Dresden, he moved back to the Oberliga to the Wölfen Freiburg. In the summer of 2007 he was already in contract negotiations with the wolves when he received an offer from the Lausitzer Füchse. Hoffmann accepted and returned to his homeland club after more than 10 years. After a few months, however, he asked the foxes to terminate his contract in order to return to the wolves. With the wolves he made it to the 2nd Bundesliga.
In the summer of 2014 Hoffmann ended his professional career and became assistant trainer for the Lausitzer Füchsen in the DEL2. In December 2017 he was promoted to head coach, but left the club after a dispute with the new assistant coach
He has been a junior coach at ESC Dresden since 2019 and will be the new head coach of Wölfe Freiburg in the coming season.
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