Euro Ice Hockey Challenge

Hallo There,

Did any of you guys had the chance to see some action of the EURO ICE HOCKEY CHALLENGE?
Which games did you see?
Do you have any comments about ...
- TEAMS
- PLAYERS
- TOURNAMENT LEVEL
- ORGANIZATION
...

I'm looking forward to receive your reply!

Best Regards,
Lex1900

i saw AUSTRIA - ITALY on TV.

austria with a better U20 Team ( average 21,8 years ). austria played 2 periods very well. but in the last period, the italien guys get beeter an better. a few mins bevor the end they made the 2:2 and then in the overtime the 3:2....

the level was very low....

i think tha only 5 - 6 players will play at the championships in prag...

team austria:

er Kader von Team Austria:
Tor: Patrick Machreich (EC Graz99ers), Gert Prohaska (EC VSV)

Verteidiger:
Gerd Gruber (EC Graz99ers),
Florian Iberer (EC Graz99ers),
Sven Klimbacher (EHC Superfund BW Linz),
Philippe Lakos (EV Vienna Capitals),
Herbert Ratz (EC KAC),
Johannes Reichel (EC KAC),
Florian Schwitzer (HC TWK Innsbruck),
Gerhard Unterluggauer (DEG Metro Stars (DEL/GER))

Stürmer:
Harald Ofner (EC KAC),
Martin Grabher Meier (EC Supergau Feldkirch),
Christoph Harand (EV Vienna Capitals),
Stefan Herzog (EC VSV),
Philippe Horsky (EC KAC),
Thomas Koch (EC KAC),
Andreas Judex (EHC Superfund BW Linz),
Roland Kaspitz (EC VSV),
Wolfgang Kromp (EC VSV),
Gilbert Kühn (EC Graz99ers),
Günther Lanzinger (EC VSV),
Marco Pewal (EC VSV),
Oliver Setzinger (HPK Hämmenlinna (FIN)),
Matthias Trattnig (Kassel Huskies (DEL/GER)),
Daniel Welser (EC KAC)

i see that you are from germany, so i think you can speak german.

look at this link:

http://www.eishockeyforum.com/ikonboard.cgi?s=4028c5e46a87ffff;act=ST;f=10;t=258 8;st=0

so, you can read everything about the austrian team ....