Ice hockey: Storm extension dependent on Reindl

Federal ice hockey coach Marco Sturm makes a contract extension dependent on the continued commitment of the association’s president Franz Reindl “We held preliminary talks this summer.There’s no hurry.There are some points that are interesting for me,”said Sturm in an interview with the sports information service:”What happens internally at the DEB?Franz Reindl’s term of office ends next year.”

Storm’s contract with the German Ice Hockey Association expires in 2018.The former NHL pro has taken the national team back from 13th place to eight with two World Cup quarter-finals in the world rankings and qualified for the February Olympic Games in South Korea.”In the directorate and presidency we agree to continue with Marco,” Reindl told the SID:”Marco wants to send out a signal that we in the presidency will continue, and then we’ll be able to do the same.

Reindl is currently coordinating with his DEB board colleagues whether the team will be standing for re-election next year “We have placed the association on a good foundation.It’s a lot of fun, progress is being made in all areas, together with the clubs we have increased our youth activities, cooperation with the DEL, DEL 2 and the clubs is extremely good “, Reindl concluded, who has been DEB President since 2014:” It doesn’t really make much sense to stop there.

Young German players need to be promoted even more,”he said:” There are a lot of foreigners in the league who don’t get a place elsewhere because they are just mediocre.The overall package has to fit, yet it doesn’t fit.The next step would be to reduce the number of foreigners.If everyone’s involved, we can get more out of it.There’s still a lot of air upstairs.”

DEL Managing Director Gernot Tripcke, on the other hand, warns against a reduction in foreigners’ jobs:”You have to be very careful, we have an overheated market,” he told SID:”The only solution is to produce even more German players.At present, eleven import players may be committed and nine of them may be used per match.

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