Ice hockey: Ice hockey: dress rehearsal for the Olympic Games in Switzerland

The German national ice hockey team is looking forward to the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang (9. till 25. February) another endurance test. The selection of national coach Marco Sturm will be made on 6 March. February in Kloten to Switzerland. A day later, the team flies to South Korea.

“It is good that we can test our form again before we leave for the Olympic Games. Duels with Switzerland have always been close in recent years,”said Sturm. Switzerland had already qualified as one of the eight best teams in the world rankings for the games by 2015.

In Pyeongchang, the German Ice Hockey Federation’s (DEB) selection without the stars from the North American professional league NHL meets Finland (15th place in the NHL). February), World Champion Sweden (16. February) and Norway (18. February).