With 18 positive tests at EHC Red Bull Munich, there is a massive corona problem in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL). The three-time German champions announced on Monday that 14 players and four members of the supervisory and coaching staff were affected. Of these, 16 people were completely vaccinated and two were simply vaccinated, it was said when asked. As a consequence, after the cancellation of the Munich home game last Sunday against Nuremberg, the top game against title rivals Adler Mannheim on Wednesday will also be canceled. The DEL Club did not provide any information about how the corona outbreak could occur.

The top game against the Adler should now be rescheduled on December 2nd.

Munich manager Christian Winkler described the fact that the Mannheimers agreed to the relocation as “great fairness”.

Five injured players create additional personnel problems.

“The pandemic shows us again and again how uncontrollable it is.

With strict hygiene concepts and precautionary measures, we can minimize the risk, but never exclude it, "said Adler manager Jan-Axel Alavaara and said:" Duels between the Adler and the Red Bulls deserve that both teams compete on equal terms. "

The game plan is bursting at the seams

According to the DEL, a decision should be made at short notice about the scheduled games of the EHC on Friday with promoted Bietigheim and on Sunday against Master Berlin.

For vaccinated players, the quarantine could end after negative tests.

In order to be able to play, a team needs ten field players and a goalkeeper who are ready to play.

Should further games have to be postponed, however, the scheduling problems in the DEL would increase with an already very tight schedule, the Germany Cup break in November and the Olympic Games in February.

In addition to the DEL, the team of coach Don Jackson is also represented in the Champions Hockey League and last week made it into the last sixteen with an away game at the Swiss ice hockey champions EV Zug.

The Munich team had already reported some corona cases in the team on Saturday, after which the duel with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers scheduled for Sunday was canceled.

It was the first corona-related game loss in this DEL season, which had started on September 9th.

It is not yet clear when this duel will take place.