Grubauer for ice hockey

He stands in frequent contact with national coach Toni Söderholm, said the goalkeeper. "We have many games now, and you have to stay healthy, but if I'm fit, I'm on 10 or 11 May - or when it starts in Finland - when he invites me," said Grubauer of the German Press Agency after 6: 1 of his Seattle Kraken against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday evening (local time).

If you can not be there at Olympia, whatever you have, then you want to be with the World Cup of course.

Philipp Grubauer

The 30-year-old Rosenheimer was already at the 2014 World Championships, 2017 and 2019 in the gate of the German national team. He is one of the strongest goalkeepers in the best ice hockey league in the world and won 2018 with the Washington Capitals the Stanley Cup. After three years at the Colorado Avalanche he moved to the Seattle Kraken last summer. In the first NHL season for the new team, there are no more opportunities for a play-off participation. The Kraken have their last major running game at the end of April, the World Cup in Finland will take place from 13 to 29 May.

"It is always an honor to play for Germany. This is now the first year in which I miss the play-offs. Normally I was always in the play-offs, and you often have the chance that you have his country Represented, "Grubauer said. "If you can not be there at Olympia, whatever you want to be with the World Cup, it would be a great honor." Because of the Corona pandemic, no professionals had participated from the NHL to the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.