Last week, at the World Floorball Championships in Turku, Finland, I had the great pleasure of meeting their star forward- Marc Oliver Gerber, tournament all-star goalie- Pascal Meier, and renowned coach- Thomas Berger for the U19 National Floorball Swiss Team.
Former BC Floorball swiss players, Adrian Zimmerman and Stefan Siegenthaler had told me to make sure that I go meet these guys while at the World Championships, so after the bronze medal press conference in the Media Hall, I approached them with some questions and greetings from our Vancouver Floorball community.
Mostly, i wanted to know how they felt after beating Team Czech and finishing third overall. It seems that Sweden and Finland are always battling for first and second, while Switzerland and Czech battle for third. Sweden usually beats Finland, and Switzerland usually beats the Czech team.
They were disappointed, but still remained friendly and satisfied with their Bronze medal. Of course, they had nothing but good words to say about our Floorball friends Stefan and Adrian, and I even got some inside information on where they were going to be playing next season. I will post about that later…
I told them that if they came to Vancouver and Whistler to train before the next worlds, that we could help them get in to the winning form that will propel them into the Gold Medal Game. They said sure, as long as we would sponsor their airfare!!
Needless to say, they would love to come here, and we would be honored to learn from them. Well BC Floorballers, I guess it’s time to get to work!
Thomas Berger questions a call…
Marc Oliver Gerber from Langnau Tigers Floorball was the best player for Switzerland
Pascal Meier made some saves that were other-worldly. This is the most acrobatic goaltender that I have ever seen, in any variety of Hockey.