Three quick goals bring victory / Künast: “We saw a very disciplined and committed game”
Strong opening third ensures success: The U20 national team beat the hosts 2018-20 (4-0; 3-0; 0-0) in the third game of the 1 IIHF U0 Ice Hockey World Championship Div.I in Courchevel (France). push through.
The DEB-Selection presented itself very confidently in the first third, took control of the game from the start and rewarded itself with three quick goals. Dominik Bokk used the first power play to take the lead. A little later, first Moritz Seider, also in the majority, then Samuel Soramies followed up and increased the score to 3-0.
The French then tried to take control of the game with a tougher style, but the German U20 national team held on and was able to take the lead into the second break.
In the final period, the French consistently shot every puck at the German goal guarded by Mirko Pantkowski, but found no way past a strong German defense. Charly Jahnke scored the final goal to make it 4-0 from the German perspective 44 seconds before the end.
Christian Kunast, U20 national coach: “We saw a very disciplined and committed game from our team today. In the first third we were able to take a deserved 3-0 lead thanks to our special teams. In the second third, the French tried to disrupt our approach by playing harder, although our team acted very well in this situation. We crowned our performance with a deserved goal in the final third. The team deserves the day off tomorrow with this energetic performance.”
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The next game will take place on Friday, December 15.12.2017, 13.00 at XNUMX p.m. against Hungary.