Ice hockey - ice hockey professional takes out Schutz time: the year of rest on Lake Garda

Salo (AP) — Ice hockey national Felix Schutz has taken an unusual break from his career and moved to Lake Garda with his family for a while.

“I want to regain my strength,” said the 33-year-old striker of the specialist magazine “Ishokie News”: “Now I have gone to Italy and will probably be there this year.”

Accordingly, Schutz, who played for Adler Mannheim in the German Ice Hockey League last season, has yet to decide how things should turn out in the future. The 2018 Olympic sprinter said, “Maybe in a year I can officially say that I will stop and play the farewell game in Erding. But it may also be that I will play another one to four years, if then in Bavaria.” ” -Up, who has been active in Canada, USA, Russia and Sweden in addition to DEL stations throughout his career.

The decision to take a break was taken during his wife’s pregnancy. Their son had already been born in Italy. Schutz and his wife already have two daughters going to kindergarten. “You already speak a little Italian,” said Schutz. “We live near Salo with a view of the lake. The weather is wonderful.”