The Jade Sharks from Sande play two difficult games within 48 hours against Timmendorf and Harsefeld in the North Ice Hockey Regional League. Meanwhile, the wait for a new addition continues.
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Sande – After the ECW Sande ice hockey players were slowed down by the winter chaos last week when the planned home game against Adendorfer EC had to be canceled last Friday, the Jadehaie will be challenged twice in the Regionalliga Nord next weekend. On Friday evening, Nick Hurbanek‘s team will host the fourth-placed Beach Devils Timmendorf in the ice rink on Weserstrasse at 7:30 p.m. Exactly 48 hours later, the sixth-placed side will play away at the fifth-placed Harsefeld Tigers on Sunday evening.
The personnel requirements on the double game weekend are likely to be anything but rosy for ECW. While Simon Tambosi (lumbago) and Corey Schultheis are missing, the appearances of Ilya Silkou (shoulder problems) as well as the ill Jakub Ruzicka and Yauhen Asmolski are – as of Wednesday afternoon – very questionable, at least for Friday.
“If things go badly, we can probably only muster two lines. But the remaining boys are ready – even if they are also dissatisfied with the unsatisfactory situation that has been going on for weeks,” says Hurbanek with a mixture of defiance and annoyance.
Especially since the new addition of a defender, which the coach has been longing for for a long time, is still a long time coming, while the trade deadline (January 31st) is getting closer and closer. The Jade Sharks only had eleven players in training at the beginning of the week. “That’s of course unsatisfactory because you can’t train a power play, for example,” says Hurbanek.
The Beach Devils Timmendorf, against whom the Sander have already lost twice in the current main round away from home – with 3:7 and 3:6 – have a completely different personnel structure. “They have a great, well-balanced squad, with even the third row being well-staffed thanks to more experienced players like Patrick Saggau and Norman Martens,” says Hurbanek. There are also two strong goalkeepers.
The Jadehaie’s season record against the Tigers from Harsefeld looks better, namely balanced. In mid-October there was a 2-1 win after extra time in Sande, while at the beginning of November they lost 4-6 away.
As befits a Finnish coach, TuS coach Sami Vire attaches great importance to a strong defense. “Harsefeld has a strong defensive bulwark and good counterattack play,” Hurbanek warned his men.
ECW Sande currently has several personnel problems: Long-time defender Vladislavs Balakuns unexpectedly left the club, meaning the team lacks valuable defensive experience. There is still a deficit in attack, as several top scorers such as top scorer Artjoms Tretjakovs and former DEL striker Björn Bombis are no longer part of the squad for various reasons; In addition, the originally announced entry of Vitalij Fediukin has fallen through. At the start of the season, the squad is thin overall and integrating new, young players is a challenge, especially in view of the lack of routine and team condition.
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The Jadehaie’s previous games of the season against the Beach Devils Timmendorf were initially mixed: In the main round, Sande lost two of the three matches against Timmendorf, but was able to prevail in the first playoff semi-final game with a 6-3 away win, with Marian Dejdar scoring four goals. Against the Harsefeld Tigers, the Jadehaie were already over in the first round of the playoffs last season, after a 4:7 home defeat and a 2:3 in overtime of the second game. This time the ECW Sande team is looking for revenge against Harsefeld for last year’s elimination.
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