As always, it will be a special game for two people, but this time that applies to all grizzlies! Wolfsburg’s first division ice hockey team can set a club record on Sunday (5 p.m.). A success with the Fischtown Pinguins would be the tenth in a row. Wolfsburg has never managed that in the ice hockey upper house.
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Ten wins in a row would be awesome, there have been nine. 2015. Under Pavel Gross (now Mannheim). The current head coach Pat Cortina, massively criticized by many fans a few weeks ago, could be the first of the successors to step out of the long shadow of the previous predecessor. Part of the recipe for success: don’t even think about it! Striker Gerrit Fauser: “The more you think about the series, the more difficult the game becomes.” Captain Sebastian Furchner says: “We’re in a good mood, we’re going to win.” Furchner and Fauser, it’s a journey in for both of them the past. Both played once in Bremerhaven, both got to know their current wives as players there. “That always remains a special game,” says Fauser. “It’s just a shame that no relatives can watch now.”
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The duo was also in the longest series to date, which was set with the 5-2 on Thursday against Krefeld. Fauser still remembers well: “It was after the diesel scandal at Volkswagen in 2015 when it suddenly became open for a short time whether we could continue.” The grizzlies reacted defiantly and landed nine victories in a row. Even then, according to Fauser, the focus was only on the individual games.
Manager Charly Fliegauf emphasizes: “The series itself is not relevant.” However, he is aware that Cortina could set a club highlight and that his patience, which he has already had several times in critical phases, pays off. The ex-professional assesses it like this: “It confirms the trust you have in the team and the work of the coaches. And that’s good.”
Why is it going so well? Fly out: “We are evenly balanced, we have improved, everyone can score goals with us, we are defensively stable.” Only the Süd-Erste Mannheim conceded fewer goals, only very few clubs have as many players who have scored four or more goals. There are seven at Wolfsburg. Only the polar bears top that in the north, although all north clubs except Krefeld have scored more goals than the grizzlies.
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