TORNADO LUXEMBOURG, 2006-2007: Roster

Roster changes

In: Marian Gallo, goaltender Marc Renard and Zlatko Zinoviev (Moselle Amnéville Hockey Club, Division 1, France) and Pierre Marie Hutter (Moselle Amnéville Hockey Club 2, France), Timo Pyöriä (a veteran player formerly with Old Puckers Luxembourg; with experience in the Finnish Third Division) and goaltender Marc Mayer. Goaltender Marc Mayer was lured out of retirement by Patrick Schon. Marc, then junior goalie (U20) quit hockey after the 1998-1999 season, after some starts with the senior Tornado side and the U20 Huskies side. From the Huskies U20 team Misha Iampolski joined the senior squad. Timo Pyöriä will not be able to play all the away games, but will help out as much as he can. And finally a Frenchman, Florent Zingraff, who works at the Kirchberg hospital in Luxembourg joins the team, after having played for the Epinal Dauphins 2 (Division 3) team a few seasons ago. Jeff Meyer left the team halfway through the season to join the Huskies U20 squad.

Out: Goaltender Philippe Lepage (ESC Trier; Regionalliga NRW, Germany), Yves Barthels (Puckers Luxembourg), Yves Dessouroux (back to Canada), Bohumil Kostohryz and veterans David Jozek, Alain Vaillancourt and Peter Krause (all to Puckers Luxembourg).

Roster:

Position	Lic.	No.	Name	Birthday	Nationality
G	A818	39	Marc Renard	27-06-1978	France
G	A441	29	Marc Mayer	13-09-1980	Luxembourg
D	A121	3	Serge Milano	07-01-1985	Luxembourg
D	A301	12	François Schons	17-01-1984	Luxembourg
D	A044	14	Ronny Scheier	23-10-1981	Luxembourg
D	A819	19	Marian Gallo	25-01-1967	Slovakia (Czechoslovakia)
D	A381	23	Håkan Grönlund	04-06-1959	Sweden
	A477		Joakim Eriksson	13-01-1964	Sweden
	A816		Florent Zingraff	16-06-1981	France
F	A815	8	Pierre Marie Hutter	17-04-1976	France
F	A817	16	Timo Pyöriä	07-08-1969	Finland
F	A534	17	Jeff Meyer	13-03-1985	Luxembourg
F	A506		Eric Wambach	27-05-1985	Luxembourg
F	A194	9	David Kraus	10-08-1982	Luxembourg
F	A190	15	Patrick Schon	11-07-1978	Luxembourg
F	A372		Jani Seligson	29-12-1980	Finland
F	A728	4	Yannick Back	26-02-1988	Luxembourg
F	A820	6	Zlatko Zinoviev	27-12-1965	Bulgaria
F	A692	25	Misha Iampolski	08-07-1988	Russia
F	A306	24	Alain Schneider	14-03-1962	Luxembourg
(F	A045	5	Georges Scheier	14-11-1983	Luxembourg)
Head Coach	A381		Håkan Grönlund		Sweden
Team Manager	A036		Alain Schneider	14-03-1962	Luxembourg

Tornado Luxembourg

Back row (f. l. to r.): Robert Beran; David Kraus; Ronny Scheier; Yannick Back; Marian Gallo; Pierre Hutter; Alain Schneider; Håkan Grönlund.
Front row (f. l. to r.): Marc Renard; Misha Iampolski; Jeff Meyer; Marc Mayer; Zlatko Zinoviev; François Schons.

The Ex-Tornado´s Jöl Holtzem - still studying in Heidelberg - was elected captain of his EBW League team Maddogs Mannheim by his teammates. After being an assistant last season. Thierry Holtzem is still studying in Montpellier, France. And is on the roster for French Division 3 team Montpellier Vipers II. He injured his hand in the very first practice and did not play a regular season match unitl now. Goaltender Michel Welter is for the second season with Vermuntilan Tempo Hockey Team. This season in the Finnish Thrid Division Also in Finland is Georges Scheier. But he did not join a team. He studies sport management on a IIHF grant in Finland. And coaches Kiekkoreipas Lahti C2 Juniors beside. Forward Benny Welter is again a mainstay with EHC Troisdorf Dynamites of the NRW-League, Germany. Christophe Thiry moved from Grenoble to Lyon. He left his team Yetis Alpe d'Huez and does not play ice hockey in France any more. Goaltender Philippe Lepage transferred to ESC Trier of the NRW-League, Germany. "I was surpised by the level of play in this Division", he stated. "It is even better than I thought. And it is good to share the goaltending duties on a rotating basis with a German netminder. For we play up to four games a week!"

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