Ready to hand over the reigns

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The Adelaide Adrenaline appear ready to hand the reigns over to the future. 

While the club is expected to sign an import goaltender, the Adrenaline have two very promising young goalies back and training with the team. 

Jeremy Friederich turned 16 last week and is considered one of the top prospects in the country. He is off with the Under-18 National Team at the World Championships and is one of the youngest members of the squad.

Glen Forbes-White, more on him in a couple weeks, is a 19-year-old goalie who had a taste of the AIHL last season. He spent the summer training in Sweden.

Both goalies will get starts in the 2018 Festival of Hockey Pre-Season Tournament in Melbourne on April 14 and 15. The import goalie will be coming here to run clinics, camps and to help coach and mould our goalies for the future.

The plan is to have a local goalie ready to rock, roll and start the 2019 season and beyond.

For now, let's catch up with rising star Jeremy Friederich. He is coming off an amazing AJIHL season where he led the competition in goals against average, back-stopping the Generals to a minor premiership. He won the goalie of the tournament.

 

1) You just won goalie of the season of the AJIHL. What was playing on the generals as a starter like for you?
It was definetly a huge jump in my playing career to step up and become the starter for the generals. Having just started my senior hockey last year playing such a high level sure had its challenges. I think playing with the generals really helped me improve not only as a goalie but also as an athlete. It was a huge achievement to be named the best goalie for the AJIHL but with that comes room for more imporovement and I am sure it will be very tough to defend my title next year with some of the other young goalies around the country. Playing with the likes of Zach Boyle, Ryan Foll, Jordan Geyer and Ted Fabijan gave me access to some of the best and most experienced players at the AJIHL level and potentially gave me a chance to play with some future teammates in the AIHL. Playing alongside fellow rookies Nathaniel Benson and Brad Chenoweth was also a huge honour with both having racked up spectacular numbers while playing huge minutes every night. I think being the starter really helped improve my confidence and gave me exposure to some of the countries best up and coming AIHL players. The AJIHL also gave me the possibility to face new signing Corey Stringer which joins the group of huge young talent we have this season at the Adrenaline. 


2) What have you learned over the last few months on the generals?
Playing on the Generals taught me many new things. I think the biggest thing I learnt throughout the season was the aspect of professionalism and responsibility in sport. Unlike state tournaments we were treated like adults and could do anything we wanted. This really allowed me to look up to some of the more mature players on the team in order to make the right choices. It was important to be professional in what we ate as well as when we went to sleep. I think having such a good group of leaders really helped me develop some of these decision making skills. I think the two say road trips also taught me a lot about potentially what the Adrenaline roadies might be like. 


3) Are you looking forward to training and possibly getting a start with the Adrenaline this season?
The next step in my career is definitely to get my first start in the AIHL. I am really excited to train with the team and so far it has been a great experience. Training alongside players like Joey and Ales who have played professional hockey has really helped me mature as an athlete as well as improve as a goalie. Facing some of the fastest shots I've ever come across has definitely had a positive effect on my goaltending. Hopefully I will be able to get a start before I hit 16 and 7 months so that I can beat Jake Riley's record of AIHL's youngest player but honestly I am just really excited to be in contention for the future starting role in the club. It will be an amazing season regardless of results and my impact on games.  

 

4) What are you doing with national team? Tell us about that experience. 
So basically this year I was selected for the Under 18 National Team which will compete in the IIHF Youth World Championships Division IIA. This will be my first ever IIHF tournament and I hope to impress at the training camp in Tranas, Sweden prior to travelling to Tallinn, Estonia for the competition. It will be a great experience and I will be training alongside two insane young goalies in James Downie of the Melbourne Ice and Jakob Dornboss of the Canberra Jr Brave. I will also reunite with Jake Riley who was an amazing player to watch last year.  I think overall the training camp will provide me with exposure to great goalie coaching as well as some great shooters.  

 

5) Describe your goalie style 
My goaltending style has changed and been developed over time. Having gone to Europe in the most recent school holidays and having trained with some of Europe's most prestigious goalies and goalie coaches has had a tremendous effect on my goal tending style. I think I am a very hybrid goalie as I don't have a preferred save style. I tend to adapt more to the play rather than to be constantly down or standing. I also frequently play the puck and am not scared to leave my crease. I constantly work in my passing and shooting in order to be an asset to the plays and potentially give my teammates another passing option. 


QUICK SHOTS
Favourite Food: Pre Game Pasta with Chicken
Favourite NHL Team: Vancouver Canucks
Favourite Player: Brock Boeser 
Favourite Pre-Game Music: Seven Nation Army, The White Stripes or Hall of Fame, will.i.am
How did you get in to ice hockey?: Basically when I was born being Swiss. 
Profession: Year 12 Student at Adelaide High School