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After a preparatory duel, his defense partner Romain Loeffel recently said about Lian Bichsel: “I let him go for the duels in the corners, he is strong there.” Exactly one scene in the corner was the downfall of the six-foot-tall defender.
It happened in the 9th minute in a duel against Sweden on the Euro Hockey Tour: after a check on Isac Brännström, Bichsel dueled Linus Johansson for the puck. The Swede puts the 18-year-old’s leg in the process. Bichsel slides into the gang with Johansson on his knees and the striker of “Tre Kronor” falls on his lower left leg.
The great defensive talent had to be taken off the ice and taken to the hospital in Göteborg (South) for further examination. The fateful diagnosis came just an hour after the last siren. Bichsel broke his left ankle and needs surgery. The World Cup dream shattered, the teenager is out for about six to eight weeks.
Still there on the house just before the World Cup
It is a bitter turning point in a story that could have ended so well for Bichsel. As a reminder, after an argument, he was removed from the squad for the U20 World Cup in the summer of 2022. After that, there was an ice age between the association and the first round draft (2022, by Dallas). Then the atonement for the U20 World Cup between Christmas and New Year. In a conversation the differences were cleared up and he was back in Halifax (Ka).
There, Bichsel trumped so much that he was called up for the first time in February for the Euro Hockey Tour by national coach Patrick Fischer. “He is an extremely talented defender with a very good personality,” Fischer said at the time, also thinking Solothurn could take part in the World Cup.
Bichsel, who was playing his second season for Leksands in Sweden, promptly moved to the national camp to prepare for the World Cup and was still there in the fourth and final week before the World Cup. With a good chance to get into the selection for Riga. But instead Bichsel, whose future is still open, is doomed to watch.
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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.
