Outstanding Danny aus den Birken / local hero Holzmann with his first international goal
The German national ice hockey team has achieved a spectacular success over Team USA this year Deutschland Cup Farewell: Against the star ensemble from North America, the selection of the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund won their best tournament game on Sunday evening in Augsburg's Curt Frenzel Stadium with 5:1 (1:0; 3:1; 1:0) and thus ended the home tournament in third place ahead of the winless Americans.
The German selection was convincing as a collective. Keeper Danny aus den Birken also showed a brilliant performance. His Munich teammate Dominik Kahun was also pleased to receive the “MVP” award with three assists.
The home team not only kept up with their running against the favored US boys in the first third, but also set the pace straight away: Dominik Kahun captured the target behind the opponent's box and passed it to Maxi Kammerer, whose pass to the free-standing Frank Mauer completed the relay . The hosts were solid defensively, so the score went into the first break 1-0.
Germany kept the pace high in the second half - and rewarded themselves for it: Brent Raedeke, Brooks Macek and local hero Thomas Holzmann increased their lead to 4-0. Earned at this point. The strong Danny from the Birches in the national team box also kept his front men in the game with some brilliant deeds. Bitter: Due to a switching error DEB-Selection, the “Yanks” scored their first goal around two minutes before the end of the period. Three opponents had run towards Aus den Birken all alone.
In the last section, the national team threw everything into it again, Yannic Seidenberg increased the score to 5:1 and thus secured the victory before the celebrating ones Fans Perfect.
Germany: From the Birches (Pielmeier) – Jo. Müller, Seidenberg; Mauer, Kammerer, Kahun – Krupp, Ebner; Ehliz, Hager, Pföderl – Krueger, Akdag; Macek, Pietta, Holzmann – Zerressen, Boyle; Loibl, Eder, Raedeke.
You can find the complete statistics for the game here