"Blickwechsel" on ServusTV: Feature on ÖEHV referee Julia Kainberger
On Thursday, 28 March 2024, ServusTV's programme "BLICKWECHSEL. Das Nachrichtenmagazin" featured a report on Austrian ice hockey referee Julia Kainberger entitled "Professional Ice Hockey Referee". Now available to watch again in the media library!
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The time had come on Saturday, 30 December 2023:ÖEHV referee Julia Kainberger became the first female head referee to officiate a win2day ICE Hockey League match, between HK SZ Olimpija Ljubljana and Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey. She had previously already overseen several Alps Hockey League games as the lead referee.
Among others, she also officiated the highly emotional regular-season clash between EC-KAC and HC Innsbruck on 26 January 2024.
The AHS teacher, who represented Austria at four World Championships as a national team player, is also a sought-after referee internationally. She has already worked as a head referee at IIHF World Championships and was also a lineswoman at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2022. On ServusTV, Julia Kainberger provides an insight into her demanding work on the ice in the world's fastest team sport, where decisions are made in fractions of a second.
Programme note:
BLICKWECHSEL. Das Nachrichtenmagazin.
Thursday, 28 March 2024, on ServusTV >> Watch the feature now in the media library!
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