German selection held up well for a long time, had to But in the end we were beaten 2:7 / next World Cup highlight on Monday
A pity! The German national ice hockey team suffered its first defeat in the young tournament just 24 hours after its successful start to the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship against Team USA (2:1). The German selection ultimately lost to Sweden on Saturday in the once again sold-out LANXESS arena with a score of 2:7 (1:1, 1:3, 0:3). On Monday (16.15:1 p.m., live on SPORTXNUMX) the next big thing is on the program: Russia.
Sturm sent exactly the same line-up into the race against “Tre Kronor” as in the 2-1 win against Team USA the day before. Those of many Fans Accompanied guests dominated the first third, in which Thomas Greiss once again had to show all his skills right from the start. However, the keeper was powerless against Oliver Ekman-Larsson's deflected shot to make it 0-1. Patrick Hager responded humorlessly with a shot into the far corner. The score was 1:1 at halftime.
The Swedes' renewed lead in the power play through Victor Rask after just 23 seconds in the second period was equalized by another local hero a little later: Philip Gogulla was in the right position to make it 2-2. Linus Omark restored the old distance. Bitter: Jonas Bodin made it 2:4 from a German perspective 2,5 seconds before the end of the third.
Germany tried to get close again in the final half, but the Swedes made everything clear with three more goals within two minutes and 17 seconds from Gabriel Landeskoog (2) and William Nylander. Despite the defeat, the Germans accompanied Fans her team into the dressing room with applause.
After the two games within 24 hours against Team USA and Sweden, the national team can enjoy a day off on Sunday before facing top World Cup favorite and record world champion Russia on Monday (16.15:1 p.m., live on SPORTXNUMX).
Germany: Greiss (from 51:59 Danny Aus den Birken) – Müller, D. Seidenberg ; Ehliz, Tiffels, Reimer – Krueger, Abeltshauser; Macek, Kahun, Rieder – Reul, Hördler; Schütz, Hager, Gogulla – Kink, Fauser, Seidenberg – Plachta.
Tore: 0:1 Oliver Ekman-Larsson (6:56), 1:1 Patrick Hager (16:14), 1:2 Victor Rask (20:23), 2:2 Philip Gogulla (25:26), 2:3 Linus Omark (35:14), 2:4 Jonas Brodin (39:57), 2:5 Gabriel Landeskoog (49:42), 2:6 William Nylander (50:40), 2:7 Gabriel Landeskoog (51:59 )
Penalty minutes: Germany 10 – Sweden 10
spectator: 18.673 (sold out)