Austria's ice hockey national team: Young stars start the World Cup preparation!

Austria's ice hockey national team: Young stars start the World Cup preparation!

Wien, Österreich - The Austrian ice hockey team started preparing for the upcoming World Cup in Sweden on March 25, 2025. This intensive five weeks of preparation starts with test games against Latvia on April 4 and 5 in Vienna. Team boss Roger Bader has put together a young team in which four debutants will be on the ice.

The newcomers include the two goalkeepers Jakob Brandner (23) and Patrick Müller (19). The goalkeeper trio is supplemented by Nicolas Wieser, who has already played an international match. In addition to the goalkeepers, Maximilian Kirchebner (19) and Oskar Maier (23) also celebrate their debut in the national team. Experienced players such as Dominique Heinrich, Nico Brunner, Paul Huber and Dominic Zwerger will lead the team.

goals of preparation

As part of the preparations, Bader emphasizes the important mix of experiences and talents. The goal is to give young players the opportunity to prove their skills and to secure a place in the team to the World Cup. Lukas Haudum will initially be missing due to an injury and Manuel Ganahl for private reasons, but are in the later team camps.

This strategy should enable the team to measure themselves against stronger nations and to prepare for the World Cup. The team will collect additional game practice at a four -nation tournament in Oslo, where, among other things, plays against France. The tournament will take place from February 3 to 9, 2025, and here too numerous emerging players will get their chance.

World Cup overview

The World Cup 2025 takes place from May 9 to 25 in Stockholm (SWE) and Herning (den). Divided into groups, Austria meets strong opponents such as Canada, Finland and Sweden. The individual games are crucial in order to be able to exist in the competition:

The opinions about the team are mixed, but there are also positive memories of the last World Cup when Austria surprisingly won against Finland. Benjamin Baumgartner made his goal 0.2 seconds before the final whistle for the sensational victory. In view of the upcoming challenge, this success could serve as a motivation to repeat the corresponding services.

With a focus on the development of young talents and the support of experienced players, the Austrian ice hockey players hope to further expand their reading and play skills and cause a sensation in the World Cup. [LAOLA1] reports that this is an exciting time for the team, while [ice hockey.at] outlining the highlights of the upcoming games. [Sport1] reminds of past successes that are supposed to bring a positive mood into the team.