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Düsseldorf to miss two players for months due to injuries

For DEL side Düsseldorfer EG the preseason is not going well. Newly signed German forward Christoph Gawlik had an ACL rupture in his right knee during a test match against Swiss club EHC Olten and will be out for at least 6 months which means the 28 year old will miss most of the regular season.

Out for an uncertain period of time is fellow team mate Jakub Ficenec. The 38 year old Czech suffered a knee injury aswell,

Transfer news from Germany

DEL side Kölner Haie signed 34 year old forward Jason Williams who played almost 500 NHL games and won the 2002 Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings. Meanwhile goalie Mathias Niederberger returns to Düsseldorfer EG on a one-year loan from DEL record champions Eisbären Berlin.

DEG announce new GM

German DEL club Düsseldorfer EG announced signing a contract with a prominent new General Manager - Jochen A. Rotthaus. The 47 year old who holds a degree in business administration previously earned himself a name as football executive. He was responsable for the marketing of Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart before he was the GM of 1899 Hoffenheim from 2006 to 2013, a club he led form 4th thier Regionalliga to 1. Bundesliga, the highest German football competition. He will start his new job 1 May 2014 and will subsitute the duo Jörn Klocke (sponsoring) and Paul Specht (finances) who were only in office since summer and who will return to their old jobs with DEG.

Ridderwall top scorer of DEL

Carl Ridderwall was today the first Swedish player ever to win the German DEL top scoring title. In 51 games Ridderwall, who plays for last placed Düsseldorfer EG, scored 22 goals and 36 assists.