Luxembourg at the 2006 World Championship Division III
The 2005 Division III World Championship is played in Reykjavik,
Iceland from April 24th until 29th, 2006. Participating countries
are Armenia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Iceland and Turkey.
Again Head coach Hakan GRÖNLUND will guide the Luxembourg
National team. Alain Schneider is his assitant. The team started
it's campaign in January, with practices in Beaufort on mondays
and in Dillingen (Germany) on wednesdays.
From the junior ranks Huskies (and Tornado) players François
Schons, Serge Milano, Philippe Lepage, Yannick Back and Eric Wambach
are selected for the team roster.
On Saturday evening March 11th, 2006 the National Team encountered
the All Stars of the IHC Beaufort Tournament.
Brothers Joël Holtzem and Thierry Holtzem were unavailable
because of university duties in resp. Germany and France. All
together a major loss for the team. Before the start of the World
Championship the FLHG named a 20-man squad. Beaufort's Kevin Krecke,
Daniel Houdremont and Alain Breuskin and Tornado's Yannick Back
debuted at this World Championship. Yves Barthels, after spending
some time in Canada and not having played much hockey, rejoined
the national squad.
Line up:
|
No |
Name |
Pos |
Date of Birth | Club
Club |
Country |
|
1 |
WELTER Michel |
GK |
05 FEB 1983 |
Vermuntilan Tempo |
FIN |
|
3 |
MILANO Serge |
D |
07 JAN 1985 |
Tornado Luxembourg |
LUX |
|
4 |
THIRY Christophe |
D |
26 NOV 1981 |
Alpe d'Huez |
F |
|
5 |
SCHEIER Georges |
F |
14 NOV 1983 |
Tornado Luxembourg |
LUX |
|
6 |
MEYER Jeff |
F |
13 MAR 1985 |
Tornado Luxembourg |
LUX |
|
7 |
HOUDREMONT Daniel |
D |
10 JUL 1986 |
IHC Beaufort |
LUX |
|
8 |
HOUDREMONT Ben |
F |
13 Jan 1983 |
IHC Beaufort |
LUX |
|
9 |
KRAUS David |
F |
10 AUG 1982 |
Tornado Luxembourg |
LUX |
|
10 |
WELTER Benny |
F |
05 APR 1981 |
EHC Troisdorf |
GER |
|
11 |
BERAN Robert |
F |
15 NOV 1969 |
Tornado Luxembourg |
LUX |
|
12 |
SCHONS Francois |
D |
17 JAN 1984 |
Tornado Luxembourg |
LUX |
|
13 |
BREUSKIN Alain |
F |
22 NOV 1987 |
IHC Beaufort |
LUX |
|
14 |
SCHEIER Ronny |
D |
23 OCT 1981 |
Tornado Luxembourg |
LUX |
|
15 |
SCHON Patrick |
F |
11 JUL 1978 |
Tornado Luxembourg |
LUX |
|
17 |
WAMBACH Eric |
F |
27 MAY 1985 |
Tornado Luxembourg |
LUX |
|
19 |
BARTHELS Yves |
F |
10 OCT 1973 |
Remich Pirates |
LUX |
|
20 |
LEPAGE Philippe |
GK |
21 DEC 1986 |
Tornado Luxembourg |
LUX |
|
21 |
KRECKE Kevin |
F |
21 JUN 1989 |
IHC Beaufort |
LUX |
|
22 |
DESSOUROUX Yves |
F |
03 JAN 1979 |
Tornado Luxembourg |
LUX |
|
23 |
BACK Yannick |
F |
26 FEB 1988 |
Tornado Luxembourg |
LUX |
Click the team photo for an enlargement:
Round up of the matches
24-04-2006 Iceland - Luxembourg 5-2 - Robert Beran opened
the scoring in the second period. And at the end of that period
Francois Schons managed to put in the 2-2. Michel Welter kept
Luxembourg in the game as stated by the president of the Irish
Ice Hockey Association Cliff Saunders. But still Luxembourg lost
5-2. MVP Luxembourg: Michel Welter #1.
26-04-2006 Turkey - Luxembourg 8-2 - No chance for the team
from the Grand-Duchy. Markers by Robert Beran at the beginning
and Yves Dessouroux at the end of the third period. MVP Luxembourg:
Patrick Schon #15.
28-04-2006 Armenia - Luxembourg 10-6 - A crazy match. Robert
Beran and Benny Welter both scored twice in the opening period,
1-4. Within ten minutes in the second period Armenia scored four
times. Hakan Gronlund pulled his goalie Michel Welter for youngster
Philippe Lepage at 31.00, 5-5. Only 30 seconds later it was 6-5.
At 58.07 Benny Welter settled the score at 10-6. Ben Houdremont's
first match this World Championship.
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