Published: 05/05/2024 17:33 | Updated: 05/05/2024 17:45
Ice hockey profile Alexander Reichenberg (31) has died, Lillehammer IK reports on its website.
It is with great sadness that Lillehammer Ice Hockey Club has today received the message about Alexander Reichenberg’s passing, it says. The news is published in consultation with the next of kin.
– Rest in peace, no. 61. You will always be remembered as an artist, says the message from the Lillehammer club.
Alexander has been one of Lillehammer’s biggest profiles throughout history, with a great international career as a professional in the Czech Republic, Sweden and Austria. He also has international matches for Norway from U18 to the A national team and represented Norway during the Olympics in Pyeongchang in 2018, writes Lillehammer IK.
Reichenberg has played for clubs such as Sparta Praha and Färjestad in his career.
He returned to parent club Lillehammer in autumn 2021 after spending time in foreign and Norwegian elite clubs.
Reichenberg recorded a total of 44 points in the Norwegian regular season this season.
– After the good season, which has just ended, Alexander received well-deserved attention from several big clubs in Norway and abroad. Of course, there was also an offer from the parent club on the table, and he wanted to spend time evaluating a new professional offer abroad against a good life with work, club games and belonging to friends and colleagues at Lillehammer, the club says on its website.
