Ainakin von Arx lopetti maajoukkuepelit kuin seinään 2002 ja jatkoi uraansa kumminkin vielä yli vuosikymmenen. Saatoit osua nappiin!
"Only once was Krueger's job jeopardized. Switzerland flew off with high hopes to the 2002 Olympic tournament in Salt Lake City. But Krueger overestimated the offensive abilities of his team and lost versus France and Ukraine. The Swiss team did not reach the final round. So the media started a campaign against Krueger.
But Krueger, ever wise, returned home as a hero. He singled out two players, Reto von Arx and Marcel Jenni, stating the pair did not respect the rules of the team and were out at night, partying and drinking.
Krueger was never really able to prove how these two players could get out of the Olympic Village and find a party in Salt Lake City, the capital of the abstemious Mormons. And Jenni's roommate, future NHL goalie Martin Gerber, always said that Jenni was in the room when he went to bed and that Jenni was still there when he woke up in the morning.
But the media and the chief of the Swiss Olympic delegation favoured Krueger's account, and von Arx and Jenni were sent home from the Olympics in shame.
The media was happy, and had some banner headlines. Krueger was not under fire anymore. But Reto von Arx and Marcel Jenni, still among the best two-way Swiss forwards, are now lifelong enemies of Krueger, and will never return to the national team.
Since 2002, everybody knows that Krueger is untouchable. He runs the show. And after all, it's for the best of Swiss hockey."
