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New bitter for German ice hockey: Coach Marco Sturm is new badistant coach at the Los Angeles Kings. After the Cup of Germany should apparently be completed.
As a national coach, Marco Sturm led the German national team to his greatest success. At the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, the selection won a sensational victory. But this chapter is apparently close to the end: as was known Sunday, surprisingly, storm leaves the German Ice Hockey Federation and badumes the position of badistant coach of the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL.
Californians announced the engagement on Sunday. The Sturms change, which has been active, among other things, at the Kings, is the result of the separation of head coach John Stevens, he replaced Willie Desjardins. Sturm succeeds Don Nachbaur, Stevens' badistant. Sturm is busy briefing the German team at the German Cup from Thursday to Sunday in Krefeld. There, his team meets Russia, Slovakia and Switzerland.
Marco Sturm has already played for the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL
In his active career, Sturm had also played one season (2010/2011) for the Los Angeles Kings. In 17 games, he scored four goals and gave five badists. He then joined the Washington Capitals for which he scored one goal and six badists in 18 games. After another season in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks and Florida Panthers, Sturm ended his career with five games for the Cologne Sharks in the 2012/2013 season.
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Previously, he had already made a detour to the German Ice Hockey League (LED). During the NHL lockout in the 2004/2005 season, Sturm returned to Germany and played in Upper Bavaria at ERC Ingolstadt. When the entire NHL season was a victim of professional wrestling, Sturm stayed in the ERCI for the entire season and crowned it by winning the cup competition that was still there.
As a coach, he has been working since 2015 as a national coach at the German Ice Hockey Federation. His contract was extended from February 2018 to 2022.
Due to Silver's success in Pyeongchang, hockey in Germany is recovering. Sturm himself received a shower of honors and was named honorary citizen of his hometown, Dingolfing. The local ice rink has been renamed Marco-Sturm-Halle.
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