Ice Hockey – Jurgen Rumrich on Canada’s victory and World Cup prospects

25 years ago, Jurgen Rumrich of Misbach himself was on the ice in his last win against Canada until recently. He can now enjoy the National Ice Hockey team’s games in the World Cup at home.

Miesbach / Bad Tolz – Jürgen Rümerich’s time as an active ice hockey player currently exists again, especially the year as a national player. And in particular the 1996 World Cup. At the time, 25 years ago, Germany and Rumrich celebrated their last victory against Canada on Monday. “To be honest: I had no idea it was so long ago. It’s even more beautiful there. Time has gone bad,” says the 53-year-old Missbaker. However, she was not contacted about the apparent paranormal incident. Was. “It was a long time ago and probably not so for many people.”

After three wins in the first four matches, he is strongly impressed by the German cracks performance in the current World Cup in Latvia. “It’s really fun to see the national team. Dedication, passion, solidarity, you imagine it,” he says. The fact is that the national coach Tony Soderholm’s team suffered the first defeat against Kazakhstan after three wins in the beginning. Had to do, is normal with “brutal program”. “Kazakhstan plays very strongly, very uncomfortably. We struggled against them in our time as well. “

This Saturday it is against defending champions Finland, followed by doubles with USA (Monday) and hosts Latvia (Tuesday). The German team should score in these games, the quarter-finals are yet to be decided. “I believe they can do that,” says Rumrich, who himself was on ice at six A World Championships and three Olympic Winter Games (1992/1998/2002).

The 53-year-old found time to watch the games despite his new position as managing director of Tolzer Löwen (we reported). With the sponsorship campaign “Aapka Naam, Hamara Ghar”, he has completed his first project: Sher will play in the field of RSS in future. “I can only thank everyone involved in this. This is what we expected,” says Rumrich about the sponsors’ participation in the campaign.