Saturday, December 10, 2011

Marcel Noebels To Play for Germany

Press Release

KENT, December 8, 2011 — Seattle Thunderbirds general manager Russ Farwell today announced left wing Marcel Noebels has joined Team Germany for the 2012 World Junior Championship.

Germany is playing in Division 1 Group A at the tournament and will compete against Austria, Belarus, Great Britain, Norway and Slovenia. The team that wins Division 1 Group A will earn a spot in the Top Division for the 2013 World Junior Championship.

The Division 1 Group A teams will play in a round robin tournament from December 11 to December 17. Noebels will miss five T-Birds games while with Team Germany.

Noebels represented Germany at the 2011 World Junior Championship when they played in the Top Division. He appeared in six games and had three points on a goal and two assists.

This season with the T-Birds, Noebels has appeared in 25 games and has nine goals and 11 assists.

(Nathan can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)

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