Roster Changes

Yannick Hamri was the "Player of the Game" in Châlons. Photo by Seppo Hinkula



08 October 2013

The new season has successfully started, and for those of you that haven't noticed our few player changes, here's a list of changes on our roster:



NEW PLAYERS

+ Yannick Hamri (Metz)

+ Frédéric Davidson (Puckers)

+ Vesa Hirvonen (Not active, Finland 4)

+ Alexander Håkansson (Lidingö Vikings)

+ Bob Linster (Huskies)

+ Clement Waltener (Huskies)

+ Julien Dequidt (Tornado, missed season due to injury)



LEAVING

- François Schons (IHCBE)

- Rafael Springer (Puckers)

- Pit Sinner (University)

- Philippe Bechthold (University)



UNCERTAIN

- Steven Minden (University)

- Mathieu Moise (Injury)



A few comments:

We are very happy to announce that the core players of the Tornado squad remain with the team. Only François Schons, who has been with the Tornados for over 10 years, demanded a transfer to archrival IHC Beaufort 1 for personal reasons. Furthermore, another defender and club icon, Rafael Springer decided to step back for personal reasons and will continue playing for the Puckers Luxembourg. We wish both of them best of luck with their new challenges! A few very interesting new additions have been made. Yannick Hamri, who used to be a thorn in our team's flesh for a long time during his years in Metz and Amneville, has joined our forces and has already started the season on good terms, scoring 10 points in only 2 Div3 games. Vesa Hirvonen from Finland will enforce the team in the defending zone, but has missed the first two games due to illness. He was unactive during the last years, but played in the highest junior league in Finland before that. Alexander Hakansson will also join the team temporarily, but will make limited appearances due to his work. He played in the highest junior league in Sweden, before making one appearance in Sweden's Elite league (now SHL) and spending a few years in the Swedish third tier. Frédéric Davidson got called up from the second team and joined our squad during the offseason. He proved himself by scoring one goal and making one assist during his first 2 games with the team. Youngsters Bob Linster and Clément Waltener will get more and more appearances with the team. Linster, a defender with a similar playing style than his older brother and former Tornado Kai Linster, scored a goal during the last game in Chalons.



You can have a look at the full roster here on the website by clicking on the tab "The Team -> Roster". As you know, the roster is not necessarily final, because many changes are usually made during the season.