“It was a similar situation as against Slovakia, against which we led 2: 1. Such matches have a charge. It’s more fun than when it’s 5: 0. They all made the right decisions. We got a power play and we played weakened incredibly. We were also great in the five-on-five game and we are taking the win, “Seattle goalkeeper Grubauer told the IIHF website.
After the stay in front of the stadium and the repeated warm-up, both teams focused in the opening third mainly on the attentive defense.
Patrick Bjorkstrand threatened German goalkeeper Grubauer in the 16th minute. In two minutes, Seider, whose shot ended up on the top post of Dahm’s goal, was able to open the scoring on the other side.
At the beginning of the second period, Grubauer hid Meyer’s shot in the trap, who solved the renumbering individually with a shot from the right circle.
A moment later, after a hard intervention by Jonas Müller, Meyer remained lying on the ice and then, shaken, headed for the cabin.
In the 24th minute, Kastner received a puck from Fischbuch on the left pole, so he could not finish successfully.
In Jakobsen’s punishment, Pföderl first had a chance, and then Noebels headed from the position between the rings to the upper bar.
On the other hand, Ehlers failed Grubauer in the 27th minute. The Danes then did not succeed in their first power play with the exclusion of Jonas Müller.
The Germans, who missed the injured striker Stützle from Ottawa in the match, prevailed in the time of 32:41, when after half a minute they punished the expulsion of the Northerners for a bad substitution.
Noebels from the right circle passed to Michaelis, who ran the puck behind Dahm. The Danes did not use their numerical advantage after Placht’s foul.
“The start was difficult, but after one or two rotations we were back. It was a very important match for the further development of the tournament,” Michaelis told the German television station Sport1.
In the 46th minute, they had opportunities to raise Ehl, Soramies or Pföderl. In the middle of the third period, Scheel got into a promising position to equalize, but he got out of the shooting position and failed even after embracing the goal.
“Sometimes it falls there, other times it doesn’t. That’s hockey. I think we gave a good performance. We did well in the first period, it went slightly down in the second, but we played well in the third. But we didn’t have much of a chance. We have to do more. walk in front of the goal, “said Danish defender Oliver Larsen.
He pushed Dahma Ehliz from the counterattack, but moved the goal and then sent the puck into it, so the goal did not pay.
The Danes defended themselves against Kristensen’s punishment, but by the end of the match they were unable to defend themselves against the Germans’ defense. The final power-play did not change the situation either.
“We were with the current events and a balanced course of the whole match as concentrated and ready as possible. Both teams are quite defensively tuned. But we had a chance and the opponent too, so the score could have been higher. that we kept him, “said German defender Maximilian Kastner.
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