The less he thinks on the ice, the better

Who with Simon bodenmann, and thinks quickly to suspect, this had not fallen on the head. But that is not true. Because his first steps in the ice hockey he actually fell on the head, on the back of the head. This was a taster course in the autumn holiday at the EHC Winterthur, at the time he was seven or eight. He slipped backwards, lost consciousness for a short moment, woke up on the Lap of his mother and wept bitterly.

"not deter me," he says with a grin. "I had a huge joy for hockey and joined shortly thereafter to the EHC. But what we have learnt, We immediately bought a helmet to protect my head." A blue. What you did not know: The EHC all wore a red helmet. "I drove around a while with the wrong helmet. To my parents it was just right. So you recognized me, if you were watching."

The fall had no lasting damage to his University career: In the summer he has made of the long-Distance University of applied Sciences in the rain village, master degree in business administration. After eight years of study, and together with three other Hockeyanern: with the team, colleagues and former WG-Partner, Lukas Flüeler, with Leonardo Genoni (train) and Roman Schlagenhauf (Lakers). The 60-page master's thesis he wrote about a current topic: the Sharing Economy on the example of bike sharing in Zurich.

"hockey had always says priority"

It had helped that they had been fourth as the Players to the ground man. If one have missed the lessons on Monday evening, he had received the documents from the other. "But of course, the ice hockey had always been a priority for me," he says schuldigst duty. He had even the feeling that the study had been of his a career a boost. "I did well when I open a book and the football was forgotten. Otherwise, I'm over-thinking it."

especially last Winter did distraction Distress: "even Though it was for me in terms of points in a regular season, it felt as if I was three trucks behind me would pull the. Us of the river that sets us apart now so was missing." The less he was studying on the ice, the better.

The decision to switch from the SCB to the ZSC, no longer does he need to repent now. Even if you could hold, his Timing was not the last to have been optimal: in 2018, he played for Bern, as the ZSC master was. 2019 for the Zurich, as the SCB for the win.

The cozy sports city

"Oh, I can't complain," he says. He moved to 2015 from Kloten to Bern to be the first master, and made this in the first two years. He had a very nice time in Bern, says the 31-Year-old. He lived in the Lorraine district, close to the Aare river and saw classic stereotypes confirmed: "It is a piece of leisurely to and fro as in Zurich." Impressed he was by the enthusiasm for sports: "In Bern, everyone is either a SCB or a YB Fan. Or both."

"Since it happened that one of them said in the Coop to me: "Tomorrow's Match is. Eighth a bit on what you eat!""Simon Bodenmann

As it is in its first Bernese of the year in a long time as well, was he in the shop, and addressed: "Since it happened that one of them said in the Coop to me: "Tomorrow's Match is. Eighth a bit on what you eat!"" The well was then greater, than the SCB have played successfully. And that was with floor-to-man so often is the case.

The move to Zurich, he considered as a sort of homecoming, although he has never previously played for the ZSC. "Here are all my colleagues and the family in the vicinity." The city of Zurich has it done to him, he now lives in Wiedikon and appreciates the many offers, such as Restaurants. And here he can move around incognito. "In the Coop Lochergut someone recognized me in any case, never," he says with a grin.

Almost identical to the high expectations at both Clubs. And e) experienced(he two Northern trainers. In terms of meticulousness, Kari Jalonen and Rikard Grönborg were well comparable. And they were also similar in dealing with the players, would always keep a certain distance. "I'm happy," says Bodenmann. "I don't like being too close to the coach, after all, he is my boss and has to tell me what I'm doing wrong."

Different playing styles

What relates to the philosophy of the game, differ Jalonen and Grönborg but strong. The Finn continues to be a 3-2 System, the aims, the means zone to close up, can Grönborg a much more offensive football play: "We are marching always, the opponent will never have time to organize. This means a lot more Skating for all of us, because if the First pushing forward, must also be the Second move and the defender."

It is a hockey, the power bottom man and Fun with his running abilities very uncomfortable. With 11 goals he is on rate to surpass his best mark of 17 goals.

sports chief Sven Leuenberger, who had brought him to the SCB, is confirmed. And apart from the fact that the bottom man was a very versatile striker, he's also off the ice the perfect team player. "I have not yet heard of anyone who liked him," says Leuenberger. Its high level of social competence developed ground, man, early on, as a latecomer with two brothers, eight and ten years older.

the bottom man but can also be different:

"I have to be careful now that I no Sch**** out let" –#ZSC-striker Simon #ground man was of the 2:3 Overtime defeat in the #SCRJLakers – let's say – not very impressed ???? #srfhockey #national League pic.twitter.com/XZu78cGhCB

— SRF Sport (@srfsport) September 22, 2019

don't match this like he was set up by national coach Patrick Fischer on the black list of those which are deleted for the home world Cup, because they have not been in the service of the national teams. In addition to Dean Kukan, Denis Malgin, Fabrice Herzog and Dominik Schlumpf. This stems from the fact that ground cancelled man last December, for the home tournament in Lucerne, because he had to fight the ZSC enough to.

call Patrick Fischer

He would not talk big about it, and certainly not polemics ignite, says the ZSC - striker. "I felt it just as if we had made the decision to Lucerne together. For me, it was always a great honor to play for the national team." In June, Fischer told him that he was coming for the home world Cup in question.

ground man was disappointed, but he had no choice but to accept this. Be a season highlight will now take place just a little earlier, instead of at the end of may in April, when the Playoff Final is played.

Created: 22.11.2019, 15:54 PM