He scored the important 1: 1, but Spencer Machacek from the Grizzlys Wolfsburg was not completely happy on Sunday after the 4: 1 against the Krefeld Pinguine. Because on Tuesday (8.30 p.m.) against the Eisbären Berlin, the Wolfsburg ice hockey professionals play decimated. Center forward Mathis Olimb is missing with a serious nose injury. His own teammate, Machacek, of all people, had struck him down. As sad as it is strange: Almost the same thing happened to Machacek at the beginning of December 2018. Also against Krefeld. At that time he caught Gerrit Fauser unhappy. Fauser was out for a long time with a concussion. This time it was just as unfortunate. Machacek tried to check Krefeld’s Christian Bull with his shoulder in the 26th minute when the score was 0: 1. But he cheated his way almost unscathed, the Wolfsburg Olimb chasing him was less lucky, the much larger Machacek apparently got him with the elbow in the face. Olimb was bleeding and had to go to the hospital. After SPORTBUZZER information was directed his nose, i.e. it was broken. A concussion cannot be ruled out, as you have to wait anyway. It is unlikely that Olimb will appear in any of the three games this year.
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Three center strikers rotate
As in the rest of the game against Krefeld, Wolfsburg will let three center forwards (Järvinen, Pfohl, Festerling) rotate into four pairs of wings. If the worst comes to the worst, Fauser is another player who can play a center forward. Fauser emphasizes: “Spencer doesn’t have to blame himself, nobody blames him either.” The Canadian, like Fauser vice-captain, confirms: “Of course I was disappointed. With Mathis we are a better team. I hope he gets back on his feet quickly. That was very unfortunate. My colleagues built me up.” Machacek doesn’t have to change his game, says Fauser: “Players like him, who bring in energy, play physically, you need that. And he’s a real guy with a crowd, if he catches you, it rattles.” Sometimes it is also your own teammate. Fauser: “Something like that happens, even during training, in 99 percent of the cases without consequences. Of course we are all keeping our fingers crossed for Mathis that it is not too bad and that he will be back quickly.”
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Fliegauf sorrowful atmosphere
Against the polar bears it will be the first top game of the young season on Tuesday. Wolfsburg is first, Berlin second, they were the only teams without a point loss on matchday one. The guests will be of a different caliber than Krefeld, and will have a lower staff. The grizzlies, however, who lost five (Cup) games in a row before Krefeld and never scored more than two goals, should have gained new self-confidence. Everyone was aware that there was still room for improvement. “In the first third it was too open for me, we allowed too much,” said manager Charly Fliegauf, but later we were clearly superior. “Meanwhile, the ghostly atmosphere in the empty halls continues to bother the ex-professional:” It is just not the same game as with a backdrop, usually you create a momentum through the atmosphere, sometimes whistles help out of the lethargy. “Especially against Berlin it will be a special game because against the polar bears it never went below 3500 in the ice arena Fans off, mostly the hall was jam-packed, and mostly the Berliners had huge support with them, so the Berliners who know it will have to adapt.
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