U18 national team defeats Karlovy Vary / U17 team narrowly loses to Slovakia / Women have to admit defeat to strong Finns
The U18 national team wins 3:2 (0:1; 2:0; 1:1) against HC Energie Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) and thus takes third place at the DEL Junior Cup 2017.
National coach Marco Sturm: "With a combative display of strength, the team more than earned the bronze medal in the fifth game within five days. As coaches, we are very satisfied with the commitment and morale of each individual player. Everyone was able to improve over the course of the week and once again gave it their all today. We can build on that for the next tasks."
Gates: 0:1 (16:51) D.Holub (O.Sik, R.Prosek); 1:1 (28:19 / PP1) D.Lobach (D.Wirt, E.Mik); 2:1 (38:24 / PP1) E.Schitz (E.Mik); 2:2 (44:08 / PP2) O.Sik (D.Canakov, D.Holub); 3:2 (58:42) G.Saakyan (L.Schinko, T.Jentzsch)
Penalty minutes: Germany 12 – HC Energie Karlovy Vary 14
Best player on the side DEB-Selection was Dennis Lobach.
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The U17 national team had to admit defeat to Slovakia 5:1 (3:0; 1:0; 1:1) in the last game of the 1-nation tournament in Ostrava (Czech Republic).
U17 national coach Uli Liebsch: “The team gave it their all once again, but unfortunately they weren’t able to take advantage of the opportunities they had, especially when they had the majority. Overall, we saw that the gap to the top teams was large and it was particularly difficult for us to assert ourselves offensively. Nevertheless, there were opportunities for a win against Switzerland and Slovakia.”
Gates: 0:1 (06:00) D.Sojka (M.Mrazik); 0:2 (29:51) P.Lobodowski (D.Duris, J.Hascak); 1:2 (43:43) M.Alberg (S.Gnyp); 1:3 (59:34) M.Ilencik
Penalty minutes: Germany 0 – Slovakia 8
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The Women's national team Finland lost 0:7 (0:2; 0:2; 0:3) in the last game of the Euro Hockey Challenge in Sweden.
Women's national coach Benjamin Hinterstocker: "Finland was the tough opponent we expected and is one of the best nations in the world. We worked intensively for 60 minutes today and were able to confirm our performance from yesterday's game against Russia. The teams from Sweden, Russia and Finland are preparing for the Winter Olympics, while our priority is on the one hand to promote the U18 women's national team and on the other hand to prepare for the 2019 World Cup. At this point we would like to thank the Swedish association for the well-organized tournament."
Tore: 0:1 (03:28) T.Niskanen (V.Hovi); 0:2 (07:23) S.Säkkinen (V.Tanskanen, R.Lindstedt); 0:3 (25:08 / PP1) R.Lindstedt (M.Karvinen, R.Välilä); 0:4 (35:44 / PP1) J.Hiirikoski (M.Karvinen, R.Väiliä); 0:5 (47:18 / PP1) M.Karvinen (R.Lindstedt, P.Nieminen); 0:6 (51:40) S.Saari (M.Jalosuo); 0:7 (55:30) S.Tapani
Penalty minutes: Germany 10 – Finland 6
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