ATP Cologne 2: Ice hockey star Leon Draisaitl visits Zverev and Co.
Before the start of the second ATP Tour 250 tournament, the most valuable player of the past NHL season, Leon Draisaitl, showed his skills on the center court together with Alexander Zverev and Félix Auger-Aliassime .
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Oct 20, 2020, 11:43 am
If Alexander Zverev hadn't become a successful tennis player, the second sporting option of the German number one would have been basketball. With Félix Auger-Aliassime, the Canadian, that is not the case. Because in Canada, ice hockey is still the largest national sport. Despite the notorious failure of the Canadian teams in the most important ice hockey league in the world, the National Hockey League. The last triumph of the maple leaves dates back to 1993, when the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup. before that there was the last Canadian dynasty with the Edmonton Oilers.
And Leon Draisaitl has been employed by these Oilers for a few years. It wasn't enough to win a team trophy, but a few weeks ago the German was named the most valuable player of the season (MVP). On Monday, Draisaitl visited the Lanxess Arena, where the Kölner Haie usually play their home games in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL).
The ice hockey star was modest: Zverev and Auger. Aliasime are absolute world leaders, that is not his level at all. The two finalists on Sunday were happy to meet a star from another discipline. And Félix stated that he likes to use his ice hockey stick every now and then in winter.