The longest ice hockey break ever in Germany will end on Thursday with the Germany Cup. Also there: NHL professional Lean Bergmann from Hemer.
District area – San Jose, Hemer, Upsala, Gothenburg, Mannheim. There aren’t many people in the world who have spent their time in so many different cities and countries this year. It’s different with Lean Bergmann.
“I used to travel from team to team in world history. Actually, not that much has changed, only one thing is extraordinary. I was in one place significantly longer than normal. This is especially true at home. I used to be there for a month or two, but this year a lot longer, ”says Bergmann. Current address: An apartment in Mannheim, where he keeps fit with the eagles and actually prepares for an ice hockey season, that of the German Ice Hockey League.
Ex-Rooster Lean Bergmann is looking forward to the Germany Cup
“I’m going to compete in the Magenta Sport Cup with the Eagles, probably on loan from the San Jose Sharks. That is 99.9 percent certain, but the last detailed discussions about insurance are still ongoing, ”explains the 22-year-old. His NHL team, which will start a new season on January 1 at the earliest, wants to give him the chance to gain game practice as quickly as possible with one of the top teams in the DEL. “The Adler want to play in any case when there is a season. The eagles want to go ahead, want to set an example for the entire DEL. If Mannheim is there, then that can only be good, for the league. ”
Before the DEL kicked off, Bergmann went to Krefeld on Sunday, because before the club life in the preparatory tournament for the Magenta Sport Cup, there is first the senior national team. She’s been fighting since yesterday, in an unusual format and with two different teams than planned, the Latvian team and the top team Beijing, the German perspective team, for the tournament victory on the Lower Rhine. It is the first competitive games in German ice hockey since the end of the season in March.
National coach Toni Söderholm is missing in Krefeld
To be there is a matter of the heart for Bergmann and above all the chance to finally get match practice again. “I’m incredibly happy to play a game again, that’s what every team athlete is about. That’s when you realize how much ice hockey is at heart. Of course, the past has not been easy, also in terms of preparation. But you finally had the chance to try out things that you would otherwise not be able to do in summer, ”says Bergmann. The first thing to do now is to work your way back.
Of course, Bergmann wants to convince in the coming days, even if national coach Toni Söderholm cannot be in Krefeld due to a corona infection. To recommend yourself now for a possible world championship at the end of May is not of central importance for Bergmann. “First of all, I want to get back into the NHL squad in San Jose. Whether we play there in May or whether the season has even started – no idea. That’s why I’m not even thinking about it yet. I’m also not the type to worry about things that are so far in the future and which I have no control over anyway. I prefer to concentrate on what I can see right away and that’s a good next workout. I want to be ready when it starts. ”
In times when there will probably be no spectators in the halls, everyone must make the most of it. I always try to make a virtue out of necessity.
A national team means being isolated for the next few days, living in a bubble, only seeing the hotel and the hall. But that’s not a problem for Lean Bergmann. “The virus accompanies us, and it will stay that way for a while.”
While others complain about financial failures, the striker takes it calmly. “In times when there will probably be no spectators in the halls, everyone has to make the best of it. I always try to make a virtue out of necessity. Until the virus is over, salaries won’t go back to where they were before. You can be angry about this every day or not. As long as you can just continue to give everything every day and hope that everything will get back to normal as quickly as possible. “
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