Pietta and Raedeke score for Germany / Sturm: “Stopped playing after 25 minutes” / Tomorrow against Slovakia / SPORT1 broadcasts live
Nothing to get: The German national ice hockey team had to win in their opening match at this year's Deutschland Cup suffer a defeat. In the duel with record world champions Russia, national coach Marco Sturm's team was clearly defeated 2:8 (1:1, 1:4, 0:3) in Augsburg's Curt Frenzel Stadium on Friday evening, but already lost on Saturday (16 p.m.). , live on SPORT1) against defending champions Slovakia the chance to get their first win.
With Stefan Loibl (Straubing Tigers) and Andreas Eder (EHC Red Bull München) Sturm had put his trust in two newcomers. The duo formed an attack line together with Maximilian Kammerer from Düsseldorf, who is also only 21 years old.
As expected, the game got off to a lively start and Dennis Endras in the national team box had numerous opportunities to excel, especially in the first ten minutes. In some cases, the current Mannheimer and former Augsburg resident saved spectacularly. However, he was powerless when the guests lost 0-1. It was up to Krefeld's Daniel Pietta to equalize with a margin shot. That gave the home team the momentum they needed.
In the second third they experienced Fans another rollercoaster of emotions. This time it went the other way around. First it was Brent Raedeke who deservedly put the German colors ahead 2-1 as the game progressed. But with a double strike within a minute, the “Sbornaja” turned the match in their favor again. Timo Pielmeier (ERC Ingolstadt) into the goal, who was powerless to concede the fourth and fifth goals when he was outnumbered a little later.
In the final section the hosts rebelled again, but the guests were simply smarter and more hardened than the German selection that evening. Three more goals were scored for Sbornaja before the final siren, making the final score 2:8.
In the first duel of the day, defending champions Slovakia prevailed 2-1 after a great fight against the star ensemble and the supposed tournament favorites USA 2-1. The DEB-Selection will meet the Americans on Sunday (16.45:1 p.m., live on SPORTXNUMX).
Germany: Endras (Pielmeier) – Abeltshauser, Krueger; Mauer, Kahun, Macek – Seidenberg, J. Müller; Holzmann, Raedeke, Plachta; tearing, Akdag; Kink, Pietta, Ma. Müller – Mo. Müller, Krueger; Kammerer, Loibl, Eder.
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national coach Marco Sturm: “We stopped playing after 25 minutes. I hope there were some things there that we learned from and that’s why it’s nice that things continue tomorrow.”
Stefan Loibl: “It's a nice experience to be able to play your first international game in front of your own audience. However, in the end you are of course disappointed if you remember the premiere like that. For me personally it was a great experience, I felt good and once you get used to the pace, you can get used to it quickly.”