Hockey
Teammates baited the NHL star for the wrong origin. And is he still a “Nazi”?
Philipp Grubauer / Photo: © Marc Sanchez / Icon Sportswire / imago sportfotodienst / Global Look Press
The goalkeeper spoke about his nickname in the team only ten years later.
Hockey is a very brutal sport. And while the North American leagues do their best to look progressive, there is room for stern conservatism there too. Many players, for example, face real bullying at different stages of their career overseas. But they remain silent, afraid to wash dirty linen in public.
Fortunately, the situation has begun to change in recent years. Hockey players began to talk about their problems, and management and coaches began to fight bullying and discrimination in their teams.
Recently, the famous goalkeeper, with whom Alexander Ovechkin won the Stanley Cup, also spoke about his story.
The future NHL star was insulted by the whole team!
“They called me a Nazi”
Seattle Kraken goaltender Philip Grubauer has a rich history in the NHL. Behind him are more than ten seasons in the overseas league and one Stanley Cup won with Alexander Ovechkin. He was also nominated for the Vezina Trophy best goalkeeper award, entering the top three of the strongest goalkeepers of the 2020/21 season.
But all these victories might not have happened if, in the early stages of his career, the player could not withstand the psychological pressure from teammates. From 2009 to 2011, the athlete played in the Canadian Hockey League. It was during this interval that the real trouble happened to the hockey player.
Only at the age of 30, when Grubauer played many seasons in the NHL and became popular on both sides of the ocean, did he talk about the persecution he faced at home:
They spoke the “N” word. They called me a Nazi and no one could stand up for me. A lot of the players who wanted to help me were just scared because, like 20 other guys, they thought it was normal. The offenders constantly called me that, and I did not know what to do in this situation. If someone opposed this, then 20 other guys could choose this person as a target for harassment, – shared Philip.
Explaining the actions of teammates is easy. Philip, as you might guess by his last name, was born and raised in Germany. But at a fairly young age, he moved to North America, where he began to play in the junior teams of the Canadian Hockey League.
Grubauer admits, however, that today the atmosphere in hockey teams has become healthier. Players often gather in a friendly atmosphere and do not hesitate to express their own opinion on a particular account. And the attitude towards all sorts of discriminatory statements has also changed a lot: now such antics are not hushed up, but eradicated.
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Hockey
Junior World Hockey Championship. The first participant in the fight for survival has been announced
The matches on the fourth day of the U-20 World Junior Hockey Championship have started.
In a brutal match, Switzerland beat Germany 4-0, sending their opponents into a survival game that will pit the Germans against the last team in Group B.
Germany finished without points and advanced to the knockout stages along with Switzerland, Sweden, the USA and Slovakia, although their final group positions will be determined by subsequent matches.
Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. Group A
Switzerland – Germany 4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0)
Discs: 11:42 Korbler (Meyer, Blessing) – 1:0, 13:10 Reber (Mudjli, Steiner) – 2:0, 21:08 Korbler – 3:0, 26:10 Johnson (Sansonnes, Mottard) – 4:0
Goalkeepers: Kirsch – Neisse
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Storm hockey club announced its decision to suspend participation in the Ukrainian Championship. The Odessa team had not come to the Krizhinka match before.
At the same time, Storm denied that the issue was related to financial problems and expressed distrust of the Ukrainian Hockey Federation.
Statement from HC Storm
“Due to systematic violation of the principles of equality and justice in competitions, Shtor hockey club expressed its distrust in the leadership of the Ukrainian Hockey Federation and decided to suspend its participation in the Ukrainian Championship.”
There was already a situation this season when Krizhinka suspended its participation in the championship due to referee problems.
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At the end of game day of the NHL regular season, Carolina defeated the New York Rangers to become the sole leader in the East and sit two points ahead of Detroit with 7 wins in 10 games.
Among other results, we also note Buffalo’s improbable 9 straight wins. Blades, St. It defeated St. Louis and snapped such a long winning streak for the first time since 2018. There are only two points in the top 3 of the league.
Florida won an important victory. The champions were stronger than Washington and were slowly rising to the top of the Atlantic Division.
In the West, Edmonton handed Winnipeg its sixth straight loss, and Oilers goaltender Calvin Picard made 41 saves. Connor McDavid extended his point streak to 13 games.
In the California derby, San Jose beat Anaheim 5:4 and forward McClean Celebrini scored three points to extend their streak of points to eight matches.
Regular season in NHL
Ottawa – columbus 1:4
Florida -Washington 5:3
Caroline – New York Rangers 3:2 in overtime
winnipeg – Edmonton 1:3
St.Louis – buffalo 2:4
colorado -Los Angeles 5:2
Utah – Nashville 3:4
calgary – Boston 2:1 in overtime
Vegas- Minnesota 2:5
Anaheim- San José 4:5
Seattle – vancouver 2:3 in shootouts
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