Audience favorite Oblinger leaves the Augsburg Panther
He would have loved to stay, but the planning of sports director Larry Mitchell look different. That is why Alexander Oblinger leaves the Augsburg Panther. The club from the German ice hockey league announced this. The 36-year-old does not receive a new contract.
This Development has been in the past few weeks Districted, because Larry Mitchell was able to do the much younger strikers like Tim Wohlgemuth from the Cologne sharks, Alexander Blank from relegated Düsseldorfer eG or Enrico Henriquez morals from ERC Ingolstadt significantly younger professionals in Augsburg. The attackers are also part of the extended circle of the German national ice hockey team.
Oblinger lived the Augsburg Panther with every fiber
With Oblinger, a professional leaves the panther who lived the club with every fiber. The Augsburg -born, who only found his way back to his private roots in the autumn of his career, did not avoid a duel and « rummaged » in the corners as well as in front of the generic goal. After two seasons in the jersey of his home club, the 36-year-old attacker Augsburg will leave.
In total Alexander Oblinger ran 103 times in the DEL for the Augsburg Panther. There are 18 goals and eleven assists in statistics for the 1.94 meter tall striker. In total, the right shooter has already played 769 games in the German ice hockey league in 16 years. In 2009, Oblinger became German champion for the first time as a young player with the Eisbären Berlin, and in 2014 he was winning his second title in the German Oberhaus with ERC Ingolstadt.
Alexander Oblinger is quoted in the press release of the AEV as follows: “After many years in professional ice hockey it was something very special for me to return to Augsburg and to be able to wear the panther jersey in the Curt-Frenzel stadium. This time was not only sporty, but also personally of great importance. To everyone who has accompanied and supported me in the past two years – on and off the ice on and off. ”
In the Panther squad, a position is now open to a German striker.
