“Nuremberg double strike” by Reimer and Ehliz / Friday against Denmark
The German national ice hockey team won its fourth game at the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in its own country in front of 17.644 spectators in the LANXESS arena in Cologne with a score of 3:2 (0:1; 2:1; 0:0; 0:0; 1: 0) won after a penalty shootout against Slovakia. On Friday the opponent is Denmark (20.15 p.m., live on SPORT1).
For the first time, Sturm had to make significant changes to his squad during the tournament. David Wolf was nominated this morning to replace the suspended Patrick Hager and the injured Tobias Rieder. The man from Mannheim joined Matthias Plachta and Gerrit Fauser.
The national team set the pace, but the visitors scored the goal. As if out of nowhere, Tomas Matousek volleyed the ball past keeper Thomas Greiss and into the net. Danny aus den Birken then moved into the German goal, but had to accept the unfortunate 0-2 lead after around two minutes in the middle section.
Germany responded with furious attacks and was rewarded: Patrick Reimer and Yasin Ehliz provided a “Nuremberg double strike” within just 27 seconds. The Fans The home team now whipped forward, but neither in the final third nor in the following overtime were there to be another goal. Germany had the luckier hand in the penalty shootout. Dominik Kahun scored accurately with his backhand while Danny aus den Birken parried all three shots.
After a free game day on Thursday, the next game against Denmark is on the program on Friday (20.15:1 p.m., live on SPORTXNUMX). Patrick Hager will only be able to play again a day later against Italy.
Germany: Greiss (from 9:23 from the Birken) – Seidenberg, Müller; Reimer, Ehliz, Tiffels – Reul, Ehrhoff; Macek, Seidenberg, Kahun – Abeltshauser, Hördler; Plachta, Fauser, Wolf – Krueger; Kink, Fauser, Wolf.
Tore: 0:1 Tomas Matousek (9:23), 0:2 Libor Hudacek (21:58), 1:2 Patrick Reimer (36:11), 2:2 Yasin Ehliz (36:38)
Penalty minutes: Germany 4 – Slovakia 4