Stefan Loibl scores only goal in 1:3 / On Thursday against Latvia
Good team performance not crowned with success: The U20 national team suffered its first defeat in the third game of the 2016 IIHF U20 Ice Hockey World Championship Division I. In the prestigious duel against hosts Austria, the team of BundesYoung talent coach Christian Künast narrowly lost 1:3 (0:1, 1:0, 0:2) on Wednesday evening.
From the first minute, the game between the two neighboring countries in front of 2.246 spectators was physical and hard-fought. Both teams created good chances. The Austrians took advantage of one of their opportunities to take a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes.
But the DEBselection was not deterred by this and acted decisively and aggressively in the second half of the game. Stefan Loibl rewarded this commitment: The Straubing Tigers Playing striker deflected a shot from Simon Schütz to make it 1-1.
At the beginning of the final period, the national team had a great chance to increase the score to 2-1 when they had the advantage, but with one man less on the ice, the home team scored the second goal with a shorthander. The DEBThe team tried everything but couldn't find a way past the Austrian keeper and had to accept an empty-net goal just a few seconds before the end.
There's hardly any time to take a breather: The U20 national team continues the game against Latvia on Thursday (16.30:1 p.m., live on LAOLAXNUMX.tv).
Marco Sturm, General Manager: “We were the better team today, but Austria understood better how to exploit their chances. And in the end you win the fewest games with one goal.”
Maximilian Kammerer (Düsseldorfer EG): “We played really well today and in my opinion we were the better team. Unfortunately, we weren’t cold-blooded enough in the end.”
Germany: Fießinger (Franzreb) – Rogl, Wissmann; Mayenschein, Loibl, A.Eder – Quaas, Haase; Koziol, Wiederer, Kammerer – Gläßl, Trinkberger; Napravnik, T.Eder, Edfelder – Veister, Schütz; Matthäs, Drews, Körner
Goals: 0:1 (16:28) D.Zwerger (M.Huber); 1:1 (28:18) S.Loibl (J.Mayenschein, S.Schütz); 1:2 (40:37 / SH1) F.Baltram (M.Huber); 1:3 (59:51 / EN) D.Zwerger (F.Baltram)
Penalty minutes: Germany 2 – Austria 4