Lienzer Turtles start the ice hockey season with full optimism!

Lienzer Turtles start the ice hockey season with full optimism!

Lienz, Österreich - The new Lienz turtles, known as the Eh Turtles, enter the ice hockey season with a lot of optimism. On December 6, the new club was presented in the converted signal box at Lienzer Bahnhof, in which President Daniel Mair, chairman Charly Kashofer and coach Lukas Bernsteiner were present. "Our goal is clear: we want to go to the final," said Bernsteiner, who will coach the fighting team in the Carinthian Unterliga West in the future. Here the Turtles compete against well -known opponents such as the farm teams of pregrats and virgen, as well as against strong opponents such as Oberdrauburg, who sees Bernsteiner as one of the greatest challenges, as dolomitenstadt.at reported.

season start and first challenges

The season begins on December 14th with an away game at the EC ÖAV Obergailtal, followed by a big party in the Lienzer Disco Joy, where the Turtles can hopefully celebrate their first victory. The association, which was originally founded as a hobby club, has now professionalized itself and would like to actively help shape the ice hockey scene in East Tyrol. "Now we are a real club and play in the lower division," says Mair, as well as tt.com reported.

Despite the success, there are challenges: The ice rink on Tiroler Straße leaves a lot to be desired as far as the use of over a hundred children who want ice skating concerns. The Turtles have invested around 18,000 euros in equipment in recent years to integrate children into sports. It remains to be seen whether the planned new ice rink will become a reality after the city has acquired a property for construction. "We don't need a hall, one roof would be enough," says Kashofer to improve the training conditions.