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Eisbären Berlin get Khodorenko: rescue in an attack emergency?
The Eisbären Berlin are signing striker Patrick Khodorenko until the end of the season to compensate for staff shortages.
Eisbären Berlin get Khodorenko: rescue in an attack emergency?
The Eisbären Berlin have signed 26-year-old striker Patrick Khodorenko due to a tense personnel situation. The player signed a contract until the end of the current season in order to defuse the tense situation on offense. Loud rbb24 Eisbären sports director Stéphane Richer said that it was difficult to find a player of Khodorenko's quality.
In previous matches in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL), the Eisbären suffered defeats, including a bitter 1:5 defeat against the Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven and a 1:7 defeat against the Adler Mannheim. The pressure on the team is growing as the missing list now includes six players, including key players such as Yannick Veilleux, Marcel Noebels and Blaine Byron. Ty Ronning, a former teammate of Khodorenko in Hartford, is also out, which further exacerbates the situation. This information was also provided by kicker confirmed.
The player's commitment
Khodorenko comes from the Finnish club Lukko Rauma, where he scored 40 points in 71 league games last season. He will receive the Eisbären's ninth of eleven possible foreign licenses this season. His debut will take place next weekend against the Straubing Tigers and the Schwenninger Wild Wings. The polar bears can use him particularly well to break the current negative trend.
The DEL, founded in 1994, is the highest ice hockey league in Germany. It replaced the Ice Hockey Bundesliga and is organized by an operating company, while the clubs operate as corporations. The Eisbären Berlin are the most successful club in the history of the DEL with a total of 8 championship titles, followed by the Adler Mannheim with 7 titles. Most recently, the Eisbären won their 100th German Ice Hockey Championship title in 2021, which underlines the importance and outstanding status of the club, as shown on eishockey-statistics.de can be read.
Amid the challenges, the signing of Khodorenko can be seen as a strategically smart move, both to bring player experience into the team and to make the current season more successful.