Olympia 2018:”Mission Gold”: Ice hockey heroes with matching WhatsApp group

The Olympic heroes of the German national ice hockey team had already prepared themselves for the sensation at the winter games in Pyeongchang at an early stage. Marcus Kink from Mannheim set up a WhatsApp group for the team at the last training course in Füssen at the beginning of February before departing for South Korea. The daring title at that time:”Mission Gold”.

“We said to each other, why not? Why not us?”, said Christian Ehrhoff from Cologne. His defender colleague Moritz Müller added:”We were crazy enough to say it. Maybe it was this courage, this megalomania that led us here.”

The team of national coach Marco Sturm plays an outstanding Olympic tournament. On Friday, Ehrhoff and Co. with a 4:3 victory against record Olympic champion Canada. There, the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) will select record world champion Russia (13.10am OZ/5.10am CET) for the gold medal.