Jan. 8, 2023 — Vital preparation

At this time, the U.S. males’s indoor nationwide area hockey staff received a trophy. It wasn’t at a serious FIH world-level occasion, nevertheless it was a fairly vital event.

With a aim with 17 seconds exhibiting on the clock, the U.S. defeated the Austrian membership facet S.V. Arminen 3-2, giving the U.S. its first championship since an American cut up squad received the ladies’s championship in 2017. The People had been an ideal 6-0 within the event.

The title-winning aim was scored by veteran U.S. ahead Aki Kaeppeler, who scored his fourth aim of the event.

The U.S. was led by the scoring of Patrick Harris and Stuart Kentwell and the goalkeeping of Jonathan Klages. The event is preparation for the Stars and Stripes’ participation in subsequent month’s FIH Indoor World Cup in South Africa.

The Rohrmax championship pits invited senior and junior nationwide groups towards choose membership groups in a week-long competitors. Rivals this 12 months included the senior nationwide groups from Austria, Belgium, and Indonesia, the junior nationwide groups from Czechia and Switzerland, and membership sides S.V. Arminen (Austria) and HAHK Mladost (Croatia).