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Arno Del Curto (66). Six-time champion coach at Davos between 2002 and 2015. Harry Kreis (64). Champion coach with Lugano in 2006 and the ZSC Lions in 2008. In 2017 he came second with Zug. You have shaped Swiss ice hockey for years.
They worked together from 2002 to 2005 when the Bündner’s German-Canadian assistant was at HCD. After that, Kreis emancipated himself and was Del Curto’s opponent for 7 years with Lugano, ZSC and Zug. They fought many hot duels. Among other things, also in five exciting playoff series – Kreis won three, Del Curto two.
“Nice what I experience with the boys”
And now, as coaches over 60, they actually still meet at World Cup level. And not in just any game, but in Austria – Germany. Kreis took over the coaching job in Germany when Toni Söderholm walked out mid-season to join SC Bern. Del Curto joins his friend Roger Bader in his second year as the Austrians’ assistant coach.
“My mission is to help the boys. It’s just wonderful what I experience with them. Just hearing their slang or hearing their music and social media activities keeps me young,” Del Curto told Blick. He meets Harry Kreis every day here in Tampere, continues the HCD trainer icon, “we are already sit down and have a good chat.”
Redemption for Kreis
And now on Friday evening (7.20 pm, live on SRF 2) there will be a prestige duel with these two coaching legends. With great explosiveness. Because both countries got out of the World Cup starting blocks badly. Austria has lost its four games so far and has been very inconsistent so far. Germany lost their first three matches against Sweden, Finland and the USA by one goal. It wasn’t until Thursday evening that there was a redeeming first victory against Denmark (6:4). “That was good”, captain Moritz Müller said with relief afterwards on sport1.
Where Austria must be prepared for a nerve-racking relegation game against Hungary on Monday, Germany cannot afford to slip if it wants to reach the quarter-finals for the fourth time in a row. The greater pressure is on the qualitatively better positioned Germans. After all, Kloten jewel David Reinbacher (18) returns to Austria after recovering from an injury. One of those guys Del Curto enjoys so much.
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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.
