From Blick.ch’s Carlo Steiner and Christian Muller:
Ex-soccer goalie comes to Zurich for Fiala’s benefit game
Kevin Fiala will host a renowned player for his charity game in Zurich. Ex-soccer goalie Petr Cech will be present at the Swiss Life Arena.
On the 8th of August, a special game will take place at the Swiss Life Arena in Zurich. A team of international NHL stars will compete against the ZSC Lions for good cause. The charity game is organized by NHL star Kevin Fiala, 28. The proceeds of the event will go to the children’s hospital in St. Gallen, as well as to the youth departments of the ice hockey clubs ZSC Lions and EHC Uzwil, Fiala’s youth team.
The NHL selections are now showing significant growth. Petr Cech, 43, who won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2012, will serve the goal in the charity game. The Czech ended his soccer career in 2019 and changed his sport. From the 2019-20 season, he played in the third, then in the second-highest British ice hockey league. In his last season before the second career ended, he even made an attempt to play for the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League, the top league of Great Britain.
In addition to Cech, Andres Ambühl is coming for a mini comeback. The famous international player has finished his career after winning the World Championship medal in May.
Also included are Nico Hischier, Timo Meier, Jonas Siegenthaler (all New Jersey Devils), Nino Niederreiter (Winnipeg Jets), Pius Suter (St. Louis Blues), Janis Moser (Tampa Bay Lightning), Mats Zuccarello, Marco Rossi (both Minnesota Wild), Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider (both Detroit Red Wings) and Tim Stützle (Ottawa Senators). Other participants will follow.
