Hockey team : The new national coach comes from the top League

On Thursday morning, it is so far, because the German ice hockey will present-Bund (DEB) in Munich, the man who will in the future occupy the most important Posts in the Association. A Finn is the successor of Marco Sturm: Toni Söderholm of the new national coach. It is a surprising solution, since weeks better known and, above all, the German coach was traded. Söderholm, however, the German language, he is currently coach of third division club SC Rießersee. The face of the national team, he is not well but, recently the active career resigning Christian Ehrhoff to give to the outside a kind of sporting Director.

The Finn is regarded in the industry as a good coach

Toni Söderholm the German Public is outside of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Munich is hardly known, the 40-year-old Finn is in the industry but as a good coach. He is affiliated also with master RB Munich and played until 2016 at Bayern, the Park might also be Matt Mcilvaine as a Co-coach for the national team. The Americans belonged to at the Olympic Games of Pyeongchang to the coaching staff of Marco Sturm.

Toni Söderholm as an active player in the Training of EHC Red Bull Munich.Photo: imago/foto2press

Söderholm is no simple office, the expectations of the handball national team has risen to play since winning the silver medal at the winter Olympics. Just a few days ago, the Team was named for the German athletes choice "team of the year". Up to the world Cup in the middle of may in Slovakia söder Holm – the duration of his contract when DEB is not yet known – time to make a picture and, above all, meet the players.

At the 2007 world Championships he won silver with the Finnish Team

The national players from the champion, he should know what is concerned in the North American professional League NHL employees German Stars, it could – with the exception of the former Munich Dominik Kahun (now Chicago Blackhawks) – to look different. But surely the former NHL professional Ehrhoff can help when it comes to delight, the star player, Leon Draisaitl, after a long NHL season to participate in a world Cup.

Toni Söderholm is from a suburb of Helsinki. Kauniainen, the Village, the has the in Finland very popular child star Isac Elliot, a prominent son. Perhaps söderholm can't do sing so well, he played at least hockey – like virtually all of the guys in Finland. And Söderholm brought it to a very good professional career, which took him from IFK Helsinki, across Canada, the USA, Switzerland, Sweden, and finally to Germany, where he finished at RB in Munich his career. Up in the NHL, he didn't make it, but he was a Finnish national team player and repeated in 2007 at the world Cup in Russia, silver with the Finnish Team.

"I believe that since the System of Red Bull behind it," says Marcel Noebels

As a coach, his career is still very young, he should probably be at RB in Munich sometime successor of Don Jackson. The Finn was a youth coach in Munich, in the previous year he was runner-up with the SC Riessersee in the Second division, after the retreat of the clubs he plays with the Garmischern in the third League. The club cooperates with RB in Munich. When DEB, he is no stranger, just a few days ago he stood as a Co-Trainer for the rise of the U-20 national team in the A–group at the tournament in Füssen behind the gang.

On the player, Toni Söderholm, it was said that he had no serious weaknesses. In addition, the defender was in the number of game size. But he was not flashy, more of a reliable player. Textured, solid.

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national player Marcel Noebels of the Eisbären Berlin: "I think that Toni Söderholm is also the System Red Bull is a bit behind. I am very curious what will happen to us.“ And the Mannheim, Marcel Goc, last German team captain at the winter games, said. "I think he is not one that makes a lot of fuss, but all that you ask, are very excited."