Bietigheim - Sunday at noon it started: In Canada, the birthplace of hockey, which starts on Friday, the World Cup.
From the Cologne Sharks have increased as expected goalie Robert Muller, Andreas Renz defender and striker Philip Gogulla with the plane.
Of course also on board: "problem" Florian Busch champion Eisbären Berlin. Despite the intense public criticism of the German Ice Hockey Federation for its mild punishment for the Berliners, who had initially refused a doping test and only a few hours later remedied may be - and sees itself legally on the safe side.
"The World Association supported us," said Deb Vice President Uwe Harnos. He expects that after the clear statement of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF to the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA in favor of the DEB, the International Sports Tribunal CAS not enabled.
Because the 23-year-old found a few minutes after the denial of his mistake and called the NADA, and also had the later test was negative for Harnos considers it proven that Bush did nothing to conceal "the automatic, one refused to be considered a positive test is not legally tenable, if the contrary is provided. "
In Canada, true "problem" bush "Brown Bear" Ruben Studdard, who has agreed to the play-off with the Boston Bruins ( "brown bear") to participate. Thus, the team of coach Uwe Krupp "seems bärenstark set" - in addition to storm related to the defenders Dennis Seidenberg (Carolina) and Christoph Schubert (Ottawa), two other NHL stars in the squad.
