German Cup Break: Exciting Matches and Player Updates – Red Devils vs Lausitzer Füchse

The short respite is over. After the German Cup break, matchdays 18 and 19 continue this weekend. The rankings are close together: … 5. Krefeld (26 points), … 8. Bad Nauheim (25), … 10. Weißwasser (24) – pure excitement is guaranteed when the Red Devils on Friday (7:30 p.m.). The Lausitzer Füchsen will be guests and will host the Penguins from Krefeld in the Colonel Knight Stadium on Sunday (6:30 p.m.). For goalkeeper Felix Bick, it will be the first return to his long-standing place of work. Krefeld also announces two well-known reinforcements.

The EC cracks have been back on the ice since Monday. “We trained well,” says Harry Lange. The coach and the team are happy that Julian Lautenschlager was back in the game. However, the new signing from Heilbronn, who has been out due to injury since the second matchday, will still have to watch this weekend. “Of course he’s behind on training,” reports the coach. Christoph Körner will also be out (lower body injury).

Two strong keepers with Jonas Stettmer and Nikita Quapp, in front of them the fourth-best defense statistically, a top penalty kill (third with 90.3 percent) and the pole position in terms of overall efficiency of the special teams. These are the advantages of the Lausitzer Füchse so far, whose optimization potential lies primarily in the offensive zone. 46 goals scored are only three more than the 43 goals scored by Selber Wölfe, the bottom team in this category. The Foxes are also last in the fair play ranking with almost 13 penalty minutes per match.

Former devil Michael Bartuli left a convincing impression at the Fuchsbau. The Eisbären Berlin sponsorship player scored five points in five appearances in the East Saxony team’s uniform. Canadian-born Samuel Dove-McFalls is now equipped with a German passport, which opens up new options for coach Petteri Väkiparta.

The Upper Lusatian team will have to do without U20 national player Rayan Bettahar in the next few months. The younger brother of former EC professional Nourredine Bettahar suffered serious facial injuries after a nasty foul by Rosenheim’s Reid Duke. This is the second head injury for the 19-year-old talent, after the German-Polish suffered a concussion a few weeks ago.

It was bitter for Weißwasser that license player Ilja Fleischmann also suffered a broken jaw while playing for Oberliga cooperation partner Rostock Piranhas. There are still minor question marks behind defender Sebastian Zauner and striker Justin van der Ven.

Boris Blank out, Herbert Hohenberger promoted to head coach. In Krefeld you lag behind your own expectations. With the change of coach, the Seidenstädter have already made the first course correction. The Seidenstädter team also announced two well-known personnel reinforcements yesterday: Jerome Flaake comes from Augsburg and Lucas Lessio from Bozen. Both have DEL experience. Flaake has already stormed for Munich, Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Ingolstadt. The Canadian Lessio, also an offensive force, was already under contract in Krefeld from 2020 to 2022.

Silver medalist Christian Ehrhoff celebrated an impressive comeback in the jersey of his hometown club after a five-year break. In goal, Felix Bick and Matthias Bittner are (still) let down by the front men in too many situations (2.55 goals conceded per game). Talented defender Maximilian Söll is expected to be out for another three weeks after breaking his hand. The top scorer is currently Josh MacDonald. The Canadian, who moved from champions Ravensburg to Krefeld in the summer, has 18 points to his name. With former EC attacker Leon Niederberger and Mike Fischer, two offensive players are missing indefinitely.