{"id":12440,"date":"2011-12-08T15:41:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T23:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/seattle-thunderbirds-marcel-noebels-to-play-for-team-germany\/"},"modified":"2016-10-23T13:30:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T20:30:31","slug":"seattle-thunderbirds-marcel-noebels-to-play-for-team-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/seattle-thunderbirds-marcel-noebels-to-play-for-team-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Thunderbirds Marcel Noebels to play for Team Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seattle Thunderbirds<\/a> left wing Marcel Noebels has joined Team Germany for the 2012 World Junior Championship and will miss five games with the Kent-based team.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The round-robin tournament for the International Ice Hockey Federation U-20 teams runs from Dec. 11-17 in Germany. T-Birds general manager Russ Farwell announced the move Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Germany will play in Division 1 Group A at the tournament against Austria, Belarus, Great Britain, Norway and Slovenia. The team that wins Division 1 Group A earns a spot in the Top Division for the 2013 World Junior Championship.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Noebels is Seattle’s second-leading scorer this season with nine goals and 11 assists in 25 games. Burke Gallimore leads the team with 14 goals and seven assists.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The T-Birds (11-14-0-1 record) play the Prince George Cougars (10-19-0-2) at 7:35 p.m. Friday at the ShoWare Center and are home again at 7:05 p.m. Saturday against the Victoria Royals (12-18-1-1).<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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