Fiebich and Sabally in the WNBA finals against Minnesota
The opponent has been determined: Leonie Fiebich and Nyara Sabally will play with New York Liberty against Minnesota Lynx in the final of the US professional basketball league WNBA. In the decisive fifth game, the team from Minneapolis beat the Connecticut Sun 88:77 and booked their ticket to the finals. The Lynx’s outstanding player was Paris Olympic champion Napheesa Collier, who scored 27 points.
The final series begins on Friday night German time in New York, and Minnesota is aiming for its fifth title in the WNBA. This would make the team the sole record champion of the league. On the other hand, Liberty is still waiting for its first title; in the previous season, New York lost the final series against the Las Vegas Aces 1:3. Now the team from the Big Apple around the German national players Fiebich and Sabally defeated the defending champions in the semi-finals (best of five) with 3-1.
NHL defeat for Grubauer – Campbell makes history
National goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer got off to a bad start in the North American professional ice hockey league NHL with Seattle Kraken. The German keeper’s team lost their start to the new season 2-3 against the St. Louis Blues despite a two-goal lead, with Grubauer parrying 22 shots on goal.
In addition to the ice, a historic event occurred in Seattle. With Jessica Campbell, there was a woman on the boards for the first time in the NHL. She is supporting new Kraken coach Dan Bylsma this season. The 32-year-old, who was assistant to then national coach Toni Söderholm at the 2022 World Cup, was Bylsma’s assistant coach for the past two seasons with the Coachella Valley Firebirds from the American Hockey League (AHL), Seattle’s farm team.
The former Canada national player also worked as the first female coach in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) in 2021/22. At that time, head coach Tom Rowe brought her to the Nuremberg Ice Tigers.
Meanwhile, the Florida Panthers started the season with success. The defending champions, who beat Leon Draisaitl’s Edmonton Oilers in the fight for the Stanley Cup last season, defeated the Boston Bruins 6-4.
