Fliegauf angry: “Annoying!”
For the Wolfsburg ice hockey professionals, it was 3: 5 (0: 1, 1: 0, 2: 4) in Iserlohn on the first day after the holidays. The first loss of the season in the DEL. The performance did not please those responsible at all. “That was annoying, we didn’t play well overall, but still lead 3-2. But we don’t get it over time, are not able to add another ten good minutes … “, manager Charly Fliegauf annoyed. “It was a typical Christmas game,” he added, meaning that there are often strange performances after the holidays. “It happened, tick off and it goes on.”
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However, there will be an announcement from Coach Pat Cortina before the next game. He was noticeably annoyed. “That wasn’t enough. We have to play 60 minutes at a competitive level ”. Tomorrow (6.30 p.m.) comes Cologne.
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Shortly before that it was a bitter Christmas for Steven Raabe from the Grizzlys Wolfsburg and the German U20 national team. In Canada, at the Junior World Championships, the hosts gave the rod on the first holiday: a 16-2 clap. It could be explained, “but we are not allowed to deliver such a game,” Raabe was self-critical.
Background: Canada is not only the favorite, the German team was extremely decimated and had to do without a whopping nine players, including Jan Nijenhuis, the second Grizzlysy in the squad, who was one of the players who tested positive for Corona. Instead of December 18, as planned, almost all actors had to remain in quarantine until December 23. Then it was finally possible to train together on the day before Christmas Eve, but the first difficult tournament game had barely waited 36 hours. In that, the mini team sold well in the 3: 5 against Finland. With this strain in the legs, it was only 24 hours later against the huge favorites, peppered with top drafts for the NHL – again with only five defenders and nine forwards.
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Raabe watched videos of the parents with the DEB team
The day after, Wolfsburg’s defender Raabe said: “We were able to sleep in, that was the most important thing, then we want to prepare as well as possible for Slovakia.” This game is waiting for us on Tuesday morning (3:30 am German time). Raabe after the game against Canada: “Of course my legs were heavier than after the first game, but I feel good again after a night’s sleep.”
His conclusion on the games: “Against Finland and Canada, the games were of a very high level. We were ready to play against Finland, we fought for each other and we can be satisfied with the result, maybe even a little better. It didn’t fit against Canada in the front or in the back. No matter how many players are missing, a game like that is not allowed to be delivered. Canada was clearly better, but the result was too high. We have to tick that off. The DEB squad should now be bigger, easier opponents will follow, there will be no relegated team. There was a little room for Christmas celebrations. The highlight, according to Raabe: “The parents made us a video message and sent us letters, we watched the videos in the evening and ate well.” Then there was preparation for the World Cup again.
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