In today’s home game against Ferencváros Budapest, the EC-KAC has to compete with significant personnel worries on the defensive. Head Coach Kirk Furey were only available to four defenders during the final training.
Jordan Murray trained in the yellow camisole, but continues to fail. In addition, David Maier injured himself in the 3-2 away win in Linz on the leg-the exact diagnosis should bring an MRI on Monday. The missions by Tobias Sablattnig, Maxi Preiml and striker Jan Mursak are also questionable.
In the midst of the tense personnel position, the great chance could open up for young people’s hopes Filip Simovic today. The 18-year-old was already convincing in the much-celebrated 3-2 win in the Champions Hockey League against the Eisbären Berlin and in a friendly against Rosenheim. Now he could collect ice age for the first time in the ICE Hockey League.
“Of course I’m excited, but it’s a great opportunity for me,” said Simovic, who was born in Canada. At the age of eight months, he moved to Vienna with his family, where his career over the Vienna Tigers and the Academy of Salzburg took off. After a detour to the Canadian junior league QMJHL, his path led him to Klagenfurt in December 2024 via player agent Peter Kasper.
The EISTAUSTER -STAUTE TALENT still has Canadian citizenship, but is about to become naturalized, as the “Kronen Zeitung” reports. The step could already be taken in November to pave the way to the national team. His commitment is planned at the U20 B World Cup in Bled, previously a test tournament in Norway is on the program in November. “I look forward to playing for Austria,” explains the youngster.
Until then, however, Simovic wants to have one thing above all: take his chance with the red jackets and show on the ICE parquet.
