Thursday morning, PostFinance Arena. The place seems deserted. The SCB stars can enjoy a day off. Nevertheless, there are two players on the ice: Yannick Hänggi (25), who has now been loaned to Ajoie, and Joshua Fahrni (18).
The striker attended business school, completed an internship at the FDFA and was absent the day before. “It was clear to me that I was going on the ice,” says Fahrni. “Even if the training courses are voluntary, I’m there.” It fits the Bernese Oberland.
Fahrni hardly went on vacation in the summer. «I wanted to stay fit and not lie on the beach. Now I’ve made the biggest step in my career. ” The 18-year-old, who is even used in the power play by coach Johan Lundskog, amazes. “I was surprised at how far he was,” says Nati-Back Ramon Untersander. “Josh has a great future ahead of him. He reminds me of Martin Plüss. “
Players had to sit on the floor
Last winter, ex-SCB coach Mario Kogler threw him into the deep end because others were under quarantine. “I was absolutely delighted,” says Fahrni. «As a child I went to SCB games, dreamed of running up here. Players like Tristan Scherwey were my role models. Now I’m sitting in a booth with them and Scherwey speaks as if we’d known each other for a long time. “
The Nati striker raves: “Jöshu is a horny ‘Güggu’ and puts me up with his smile.” Scherwey is part of the captain’s team. He says you want the boys to feel good. This is the only way they can perform. «It used to be harder for boys. There were players who had to sit on the floor in the bus because there was no space. “
It took Scherwey himself to find the connection to Beat Gerber (39). “He was always the first in the cloakroom until I came. When I said hello, there was suddenly no more reaction. ” Today Gerber and Scherwey are buddies.
“Doesn’t want to be a passenger”
The fact that Fahrni trumps in Bern is also due to Ulrich von Arx, father of the HCD legends Reto and Jan. The striker attended hockey school with him when he was four. “My parents almost had to drag me off the ice.”
It’s not much different today. Kogler, Fahrni’s former U20 coach, says: “70 percent of all players only consume what the organization and the coach give away. Josh, however, relies on his own initiative and always wanted to know what he can do better. “
A matter of course for Fahrni. “I want to live the dream as a professional, develop myself and not be a passenger.” He won’t be in Friborg today either.