Vienna Capitals: Squad for 2025/26 strengthened with new contracts!
Vienna Capitals: Squad for 2025/26 strengthened with new contracts!
The Vienna Capitals are currently intensively busy planning their squad for the 2025/26 season of the Win2day Ice Hockey League. Significant personnel decisions were announced on Tuesday, which will significantly influence the future course of the team. Felix Koschek was bound to the Capitals for two more seasons, while Maximilian Theirich signed a contract for the coming season with an option for an additional season. Aljaz Predan, on the other hand, leaves the Capitals; His contract was terminated after only one year and he changes to the Black Wings Linz.
Christian Dolezal, the sporting director, confirmed the progress in the plans for the new season and emphasized that many important building blocks have already been set for the upcoming team. Further obligations in attack and defense are in prospect. Dolezal praised Koschek and Theirich's achievements last season, while the Capitals say goodbye to Predan and wish him all the best for the future.
successful victory against Asiago
At the weekend, the Spusu Vienna Capitals were able to record an important 4-2 victory against Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey in the Steffl Arena. The match was shaped by intensive moments: Carter Turnbull ensured an early tour for Asiago in the 2nd minute. But the capitals quickly countered; Jérémy Grégoire and Leon Widhalm turned the game in the 4. Minute.
Although Matteo Gennaro equalized in the power play shortly before the end of the first third, the Capitals managed to win back their lead. Armin Preiser scored the next goal in the 26th minute, followed by Mathias Böhm, who set the decisive goal in the 53rd minute. Maximilian Theirich celebrated with his first two scorer points in the league, while Felix Koschek had his first point. Overall, the capitals showed a strong performance by reaching 41 shots and a catch rate of 92% by Sebastian Wraneschitz.
A look at the DEL
In the further context of ice hockey sports, the German ice hockey league (DEL) is important, which is the highest ice hockey play in Germany. This league was founded in 1994 and replaced the Ice Hockey Bundesliga. The first German champion of the DEL were the Cologne Haie in 1995, followed by several other teams such as the Eisbären Berlin, who are record champions with 8 championship titles, and the Adler Mannheim, who won 7 titles. DEL's game operations are carried out as a operating company, while the clubs act as corporations. This development has significantly shaped ice hockey in Germany and contributed to the professionalization of sport.The next challenges for the Capitals have already been determined, the next game will take place against EC-KAC on Sunday. With the current personnel decisions and a positive trend from the last game, the Vienna Capitals seem to be well equipped for the upcoming games.
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