EHC Red Bull München: Kurtis Foster von den Arizona Coyotes zu Besuch

Thursday, 10. November 2022 | EHC Red Bull München: Kurtis Foster von den Arizona Coyotes zu Besuch

Youngster duo gets a visit from the NHL// AKTUELLESFrom the desert to the Bavarian capital. Kurtis Foster of the Arizona Coyotes recently paid a one-week visit to our Red Bulls.

The former NHL and PENNY DEL player and current development coach saw for himself the progress of Maksymilian Szuber and Julian Lutz. The Coyotes drafted our two talents four months ago and thus secured the rights to the youngsters. They see in the duo, trained in the Red Bull Eishockey Akademie, players with potential for the best hockey league in the world.

Kurtis Foster, Development Coach der Arizona Coyotes, bei den Red Bulls

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"He watches all the games"

"Kurtis is mainly responsible for the defenders," Szuber explains. Already at the rookie and the training camp with the Coyotes, both had contact. The connection was never broken, the 20-year-old reports: "He watches all of our games and then gives me pointers on what I can do better, for example, when I should go harder one-on-one. These are game-based little things, but they're very helpful. He also flies to Europe every now and then to check out his players on the ground."

Mentor with sound advice

At Olympia-Eisstadion, Foster, wearing a Coyotes tracksuit, worked with Maksy for a week in special workouts. "They were well-balanced sessions and they were a lot of fun," Szuber said. The tone on the Munich ice was relaxed, but directional. Szuber perceives the ex-star as a mentor. A mentor with first-hand NHL and DEL tips. Szuber now wants to stick with it, heed Foster's advice and continue to give his best for the Red Bulls. That automatically opens doors for him: "The Coyotes want Julian and me to make it to the NHL. And we want that as well."

Foster and Ehliz - players with a shared past

Where our two youngsters want to go, Foster has skated over 400 times for teams like the Minnesota Wild or Edmonton Oilers. The end of his playing career took him to Germany, where he won the championship with Mannheim in 2015. He then spent his last professional year in Nuremberg, where Foster shared the ice with our current forward Yasin Ehliz.

"I remember how much energy Yasin always went into the games with and did all the hard work. Now when I saw him live again, I could tell: He hasn't changed, he's still one of the hardest workers on the ice," Foster reports about his former teammate.

In the meantime, Foster has returned to North America with many positive impressions. And of course continues to be in contact with Szuber and Lutz there.