Overview
- Club officials said Julius Hudacek will not be in the lineup for the three games before the international break and is not training with the team while discussions about his future continue.
- Sporting director Matthias Roos questioned whether Hudacek was fully committed after learning of talks with another DEL coach, and he said there has been no formal inquiry from another club.
- Dresden’s losing run stands at eleven after a late 4:2 defeat in Bremerhaven, where a 1:2 lead evaporated and special-teams issues were exposed.
- New signing Jussi Olkinuora made his first start and drew praise from coach Niklas Sundblad for a “stable” performance.
- Sundblad cast the back-to-back home games against Nürnberg on Wednesday and Frankfurt on Friday as playoff-style tests as the sold-out crowd awaits the team’s first DEL home victory and the relegation fight with Iserlohn tightens.