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Ice hockey: Löwen Frankfurt in DEL2: “We want to move up”

Dhe Frankfurt Lions are currently preparing for the new season of the second German ice hockey league (DEL2). On October 1st, they want to lay the foundation stone for a successful season against EHC Freiburg on the first match day, which in the best case should lead to promotion to the DEL. For this, the new coach Bo Subr and his team actually need every single training session on the ice, because time is of the essence.

Not only is the trainer new, many newcomers have to be integrated. The first test game performances were mixed. “We still have a lot of work ahead of us,” said sports director Franz-David Fritzmeier after the defeat in the last preparatory game in Tilburg. And yet the puck is currently resting in the Frankfurt ice rink. Eight corona cases within the team and the support staff have thwarted the lions’ schedule, the team is in quarantine.

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First things first: “Everyone concerned is fine. We have a one hundred percent vaccination quota, which prevented severe progression, ”says managing partner Stefan Krämer. According to Krämer, the lions have ordered the quarantine for the entire team themselves: “We want to protect ourselves and are waiting for feedback from the health department.” Further cases of infection should be avoided. And Fritzmeier also says: “The health of the players comes first.”

The test match against EV Landshut scheduled for last Friday – for the first time since the beginning of the corona pandemic, you could have played in front of your own fans – was therefore canceled. The test planned for this Sunday at the Dresden Ice Hockey Lions is also canceled. “It’s a stupid situation for us. Now would actually be the high phase of the preparation for the season, ”says Fritzmeier. Instead, everything is on hold with the lions. Valuable time to convey his game idea to the partially renewed team is lost to Subr.

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