The Swiss had to do without striker Tristan Scherwey, who broke his ankle on his right foot in Sunday’s match with France and the championship ended for him. The sovereign tournament took the lead after only 97 seconds of play. Corvi left the puck on the border of the right circle to Ambühl and the record holder of the world championships with 17 participations and 122 matches hit the closer pole of Grubauer’s goal.
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The Germans settled at Egli’s expulsion at 11:51. After throwing in, Wissmann got to the puck behind the left circle and overcame Berra with a hard shot on the rash. In the 16th minute, the selection of Finnish coach Toni Söderholm reversed the score. Seider’s shot from the blue line ran in front of Berra Loibl. Sail was close to the lead, Simion missed on the other side.
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(From left) German hockey player Alexander Karachun, Swiss Janis Moser, German Moritz Seider and Swiss Enzo Corvi in a Group A World Cup duel.Photo: Martin Meissner, CTK / AP
The Swiss achieved a settlement 86 seconds after the start of the second period. Simion failed before the German goalkeeper, but in the continuing pressure, after Malgin’s pass, he hit the position between the circles to the left pole of Suter. Coach Patrick Fischer’s team defended themselves against the disqualifications of Suter and Herzog, and during the punishment of Moritz Müller, the Swiss turned the situation around.
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Meier’s attempt ended on the left pole, but 89 seconds before the second break, Malgin hit from the left circle to the opposite pole. With 12 points for five goals and seven assists, he moved ahead of the Czech captain Roman Červenka in the championship’s productivity rankings.
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In the 48th minute, he took care of the equalizing of Plachta with a beautiful solo. He drove from his own defensive blue line, slipped between Kukan and Siegenthaler in the offensive zone, and knelt down in a backhand bluff. Then he fired dangerously at Riat’s expulsion.
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The Swiss had a chance to avert the overtime and, however, failed to make their first loss in the tournament. In the 55th minute, Meier hit the left post, Hischier, Riat and Herzog failed after Hischier’s pass in front of the exposed goal.
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The Germans, Ehliz and Michaelis had a chance in the setting, but they did not beat Berra. Only Hischier and Riat were successful in the shootout.
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| Hockey World Championship: |
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| Group A (Helsinki): |
| Germany – Switzerland 3: 4 after sam. raids (2: 1, 0: 2, 1: 0 – 0: 0) |
| Goals and recordings: 12. Wissmann (L. Reichel), 16. Loibl (Seider, M. Müller), 48. Plachta (Wissmann) – 2. Ambühl (Corvi, Herzog), 22. P. Suter (Malgin, Kukan) , 39. Malgin (Moser, Meier), decisive sam. Hischier raid. Judges: Öhlund (Sweden), Stano (SR) – Špůr (Czech Republic), Yletyinen (Sweden). Exclusion: 1: 4. Utilization: 1: 1. Attendance: 3862. |
| Německo: Grubauer – Seider, M. Müller, Holzer, J. Müller, Wissmann, Wagner, Gawanke – Plachta, Ehliz, Michaelis – L. Reichel, Pföderl, Noebels – Loibl, Fischbuch, Karachun – Kastner, Schmölz, Soramies – Ehl. Trener: Toni Söderholm. |
| Švýcarsko: Berra – Siegenthaler, Kukan, Moser, Fora, Egli, Geisser, Martiu – Meier, Hischier, Riat – P. Suter, Simion, Malgin – Ambühl, Herzog, Corvi – Kurashev, Thürkauf, Bertschy – Miranda. Trener: Patrick Fischer. |
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