Ice hockey - Ice hockey coach Walker extends his contract in Schwenningen until 2026
The DEL club Schwenninger Wild Wings are planning to continue with ice hockey coach Steve Walker for the next two seasons. The Canadian has extended his contract, which expires at the end of the season, until mid-2026, the sixth-placed team announced on Wednesday. Walker came to Schwenningen last summer from German champions EHC Red Bull Munich. In Munich, he had been assistant to the then head coach Don Jackson for four years.
"The collaboration with Steve Walker was incredibly good right from the start because it was goal- and solution-oriented," said Schwenningen's managing director Stefan Wagner. "Overall, we were able to create a good basis and have a clear idea of how we want to develop the team."
Club statement
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- Steve Walker, who joined Schwenningen's EHC Red Bull Munich last summer as head coach, previously served as an assistant to Don Jackson in Munich's German champions, EHC Red Bull Munich.
- Born in Canada, coach Walker led the Schwenninger Wild Wings, a team based in Baden-Württemberg, to a sixth-place finish in the German Elite League (DEL) this season.
- The Wild Wings announced that they have agreed to extend Walker's contract, which was set to expire at the end of the current season, by an additional two seasons, keeping him with the team until mid-2026.
- Competing against local rivals like Villingen-Schwenningen, derived from the city of Schwenningen, Munich's EHC Red Bull Munich was one of the German teams that Walker had seen competition with in ice hockey.
- Walker's success with the Schwenninger Wild Wings has rekindled the city's passion for ice hockey in Baden-Württemberg, drawing the attention of hockey enthusiasts across Germany.
Source: www.stern.de
