KAC forward Peeters

Slept in mom’s car for the ice hockey dream

KAC striker Senna Peeters already feels right at home at Lake Wörthersee.(Bild: Florian Pessentheiner)

In the "Welcome to Carinthia" series, the "Krone" once again introduces the new legionnaires of the Carinthian ice hockey clubs. New KAC striker Senna Peeters had to commute to Germany as a teenager and became an Austrian in 2019. Corona was one of the reasons why he was not drafted in the NHL draft.

A Belgian professional ice hockey player is actually like snow in the desert - there's hardly any! But after Mike Pellegrims (as a player and coach), Senna Peeters is the second crack from Belgium to set up camp in Klagenfurt. And of course the two know each other. "My dad Gert was an ice hockey player himself and is the same age as Mike - our ice hockey community isn't that big," grins Senna, whose dad even played in two C-World Championships with Pellegrims.