Tölzer Löwen present team for the 2021/22 season

Bad Tölz - 100 fans at the team presentation of the Tölzer Löwen for the 2021/22 season.

The Tölzer Löwen fans are currently experiencing everywhere that all beginnings are difficult.

The ice hockey restart with spectators has its pitfalls overall.

The fact that, from a purely sporting point of view, the engine is not yet running at full speed is most understandable with a fairly newly composed team.

For other corona-related construction sites, managing director Jürgen Rumrich apologized at the official team presentation 2021/22 last Saturday: "We are working hard to make the process of ticket sales and admission a little less complicated in the near future."

The almost 100 fans who had come to the presentation were less excusable, however, with a slip that had been made by stadium announcer Sebastian Giglberger as a moderator.

"There are so many new faces with us, it would have been nice if he had also given the players' individual surnames," annoyed some of the spectators.

Young and old

In return, the fans learned additional details about one or the other actor.

For example, defender Niklas Hörmann, who has just turned 18, will be the youngest lion on the ice.

And the oldest, 38-year-old Lubor Dibelka, revealed with a wink: "I'll play ice hockey until I'm 50."

They also found out from the Starnberg-born Nico Kolb, who is currently running a try-out contract in the Löwendress, that he “would like to stay and play in the squad”.

Or head coach Kevin Gaudet emphasized: “It is not right that I like to play with three rows, I rather play with what I have.

I've also achieved great success with four rows. "

In any case, the coach explained that “the support of the spectators will be incredibly important this year.” Lion captain Philipp Schlager could only agree with the latter: “It's really great that so many fans are in the stadium again.

It's a completely different feeling, ”he emphasized.

Sedlmayr's sporting future is uncertain

The fans were particularly interested in the current state of health of Johannes Sedlmayr, who is still suffering from the long-term effects of his corona infection: “I have a medical interview this week.

It will then be decided whether I can go back on the ice soon or even have to give up my sporting career.