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In the championship, HC Davos has never managed to achieve more than two victories in a row this season. The table situation far away from the top 6 does not meet the requirements. In fact, they have already lost a total of 11 points against the cellar children Ajoie and Kloten. In the week before Christmas things became very difficult for the record champions. Coach Josh Holden (45) and his team knew how to press the right buttons at the right time. Since then she has been doing well and keeps winning.
The HCD started the week before Christmas with a 4:5 home defeat after extra time against Ambri on December 19. Two days later, the Graubünden team also got on the wrong track in the home match against Biel and was faced with a 3-1 deficit. Just before the Spengler Cup, a series of bankruptcies threatened, which would have enormously increased the pressure for the home tournament, where the HCD is in the center of all of Switzerland. And would probably have led to questions about the choice of coach.
Stransky stirs things up in the locker room
During the second half of the match against Biel, there was a rumbling in the HCD dressing room. Star striker Matej Stransky (30) took the floor, became loud and sometimes said that he was tired of the nonsense that was constantly being played. “Matej’s action had a major impact,” says sports director Jan Alston (54). The team from Davos then returned to the ice, turned the game against Biel with a 4:3 victory after a penalty shootout, two days later swept the SCRJ Lakers from their stadium with a 5:1 and defeated Frölunda one after another at the Spengler Cup (4:1), Team Canada (4:3), Frölunda again in the semi-finals (4:3 nV) and are in the final of their home tournament for the first time since 2012. On Sunday afternoon, the team from Graubünden will look for their 16th Spengler Cup victory against Pardubice of Team Canada – their first since 2011.
In Davos you can talk to anyone you want. You get almost identical statements from everyone. That they had already done many things just before these five wins in a row, but had not found the consistency in the new system. “The last piece of the puzzle was still missing. I’m glad it’s starting to bear fruit now. The goal is that we can keep this up until the end of the season,” says goalkeeper Sandro Aeschlimann (29).
Never doubt Holden
Doubts about Josh Holden and the philosophy he brought to the HCD never arose internally anyway. On the contrary: with his ideas, his style and his social skills, he is exactly the right man at the right time for everyone in the club. Rarely has a coach who has actually achieved nothing been as praised as Josh Holden. But like any other coach, he also needs victories so that the unrest does not at some point spread to the HCD, which currently seems to be a protected workplace.
«I am happy that the boys are now rewarded for their hard work. Because if this doesn’t happen in the long term, there is a risk that frustration will arise – and we want to keep that away from us,” says Holden about the change. During the HCD development process, the group of leaders on the team also changed. “It is no longer just Andres Ambühl and Marc Wieser who have something to say, but others have also joined in,” says Alston. Like Stranski. Or Joakim Nordström (31), who is increasingly growing into the role that Magnus Nygren (33) previously fulfilled for years as a character-strong alpha male.
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team
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SP
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T.D
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PT
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1
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 HC Davos
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2
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4
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6
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2
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 Team Canada
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2
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3
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3
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3
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 Frölunda HC
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2
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-7
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0
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team
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SP
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T.D
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PT
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1
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 HC Pardubice
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2
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2
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5
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2
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 HC Ambri-Piotta
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2
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1
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4
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|
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3
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 KalPa hockey
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2
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-3
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0
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Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
