Red Bull Salzburg relies on strong goalkeeper duo for a new season!

Red Bull Salzburg relies on strong goalkeeper duo for a new season!

The EC Red Bull Salzburg has made important personnel decisions for the coming season and continues to relate to the proven goalkeeper duo Atte Tolvanen and David Kickert. The contract extension of Tolvanen was announced on Tuesday morning, while the confirmation of Kickert, who dates 31 and from Vienna, followed in the early afternoon. Kickert, who can already look back on a three -year club history in Salzburg, has an ongoing contract and will go into his fourth season.

In the past season, Kickert played in 16 basic passes and was able to come up with a catch rate of 88.1 percent. His three missions in the Champions Hockey League were particularly impressive, where he was able to book a save percentage of 93.6 and three wins. Kickert is currently in training with the ÖEHV team and is preparing for the upcoming World Cup in Stockholm.

history of the EC Red Bull Salzburg

The EC Red Bull Salzburg was founded in 1995 by the merger of the clubs EC Morzg and EC Tiefenbach. The EC Morzg came about in 1988 after the Salzburg EC went bankrupt and served as a collecting pool for youth players. In 1995 the Kaindl company appeared as the first main sponsor, which changed the club name in EC Kaindl Salzburg. With the entry of Red Bull as a sponsor in 2000, the club received the name EC the Red Bulls Salzburg before being renamed EC Red Bull Salzburg in 2007 to create a unit with the FC Red Bull Salzburg football club.

The club has played continuously in the highest Austrian ice hockey league, the first bank ice hockey league (EBEL) since 2004. The first years were challenging and the first season came to an end with only 12 wins from 48 games. However, the team stabilized through significant increases in budgets and well -known commitments such as Dieter Kalt and André Lakos during the summer break in 2005 and reached the final in the following season.

success and challenges

Over the years, Salzburg celebrated several championship titles in the EBEL, including the first championship title in 2007 and other title winnings 2014, 2015 and 2022. In recent years, Salzburg has been able to adhere to his successes through a consistent expansion of his team and the constant strategic development among new trainers such as Oliver David. This continuity in the club management has led to the association won the third championship title in a row in the 2023/24 season.

Overall, the EC Red Bull Salzburg shows that the club has large ambitions in both the past and in the presence, and the goalkeeper duo Tolvanen and Kickert will play a crucial role in this.