Opening game at the U18 World Cup is lost / defeat against France 4:2 (1:2, 1:0, 2:0)
Munich, April 07.04.2017th, 18 – The U2017 national team played the opening game at the 18 IIHF U4 Ice Hockey World Championship Div. IA lost. In Bled, Slovenia, coach Steffen Ziesche's team lost to the French selection 2:1 (2:1, 0:2, 0:XNUMX). The DEB-Team started the game well and created a few chances. Three early penalties threw the German young talent back and destroyed the first promising approaches. France used this phase to take the lead. The German team then came back in the majority and got the deserved equalizer through Tom Knobloch. Just five minutes later and still in the first third, Nicolas Appendino - again in the majority - turned the encounter to 2-1. With this result we went into the break. The game became a little more disjointed in the middle third, but France equalized midway through the game. Even in the final period, the German U18 national team was unable to match the pace and accuracy in passing from the first third. The French's early lead in the final period was the deciding factor, and shortly before the end the Western Europeans scored to make it 4-2. The second preliminary round game is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday April 08th. The game continues against Norway at 13 p.m.
Gates:
1:0 (8:14) FRA Sarlieve-Fonfraid (Rousseau)
1:1 (13:49) GER Tom Knobloch (Mike Fischer) PP1
1:2 (18:23) GER Nicolas Appendino (Cedric Schiemenz) PP1
2:2 (33:37) FRA Teemu Loizeau (Adel Koudri)
3:2 (44:20) FRA Jules Gallet (Louis Olive, Alexandre Texier)
4:2 (54:38) FRA Louis Olive (Alexandre Texier)
Punish:
GER: 14 minutes
FRA: 12 minutes
Viewers: 140
Steffen Ziesche, national coach of the U18 national team: “We lost a very close game today. At this level, little things make a difference and France was ahead in the important duels. We can be satisfied with our outnumbered and overnumbered game. At five-on-five we have to create more chances and use them better.”
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All information about the 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship can be found at http://wm18ia2017.iihf.com/en/.
U16 national team is in the final in Denmark / great comeback against Switzerland 4:3 (0:2, 3:1, 1:0)
The U16 national team won the playoff game against Switzerland 4:3 (0:2, 3:1, 1:0). After a courageous performance, Ulrich Liebsch's team managed to turn the game around and win despite being 0-3 down. This is the youngest one DEB-Selection at the tournament in Frederikshavn (Denmark) in the final and meets Norway or the hosts there. The last tournament game is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday at 16.30:XNUMX p.m.
Uli Liebsch, national coach of the U16 national team: “We performed very poorly in the first third and deservedly fell behind. But my disappointment is not as great as my pride in the reaction shown. The team came back really well and now deserves to be in the final.”
| 00:54 | 1 – 0 SUI [EQ]. #18 Guillaume Duffey (#17 Mika Burkhalter) |
| 13:30 | 2 – 0 SUI [SH1]. #7 Silian Gyger |
| 26:06 | 3 – 0 SUI [EQ]. #10 Sadin Basic (#15 Dean Schwenninger) |
| 29:27 | 3 – 1 GER [PP1] #19 Kevin Slezak (#6 Niklas Heyer, #12 Manuel Alberg) |
| 30:42 | 3 – 2 GER [EQ]. #23 Jan Nijenhuis (#16 Tim Detig) |
| 38:48 | 3 – 3 GER [EQ]. #19 Kevin Slezak (#14 Nino Kinder) |
| 43:29 | 3 – 4 GER [EQ]. #15 Elias Lindner |
Punish:
GER: 6 minutes
SUI: 10 minutes
Viewers:
70
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http://www.hockeyligaen.dk/livedetails.aspx?GameId=41819