Hinterstocker: “The team showed great willingness right up to the final whistle” / Friday against Switzerland
Sweden too calm: The women's national team lost to Sweden 2018:0 (3:0; 1:0; 1:0) in the first game of the 1 Nations Cup at the Federal Training Center in Füssen.
Sweden started the game fast and powerful and was rewarded with a 10-1 lead in the 0th minute of the game. Fanny Rask used a shot from Olivia Carlsson to score. The DEBThe German women's team had a hard time getting into the game. Even when they had a numerical advantage, the German women were unable to catch up. Jenny Harß in particular, in goal for the German team, had to prove her skills time and again and amazed the 250 spectators with a brilliant save shortly before the first break.
In the middle period, the Tre Kronor were able to increase their lead to 1-06 with a quick goal after just 2:0 minutes of play. Emmy Alasalmi shot from the blue line and Anna Borgquist deflected the puck into the German goal. Just halfway through the game, the German women found their way into the game and increasingly gained possession of the puck in the opposing third. Nina Kamenik and Kelsey Soccio failed with their shots, Franziska Feldmeier and Nicola Eisenschmid made a clear statement with their counterattack attempts, but they still went into the second break two goals behind.
The German women were also able to keep up the pressure in the final period and proved this in two power play situations. In the 49th minute of the game, however, the somewhat unexpected goal was conceded: Sweden came into the German third with momentum and Johanna Fällman had plenty of time to convert with a slap shot. This brought the DEBselection was a bit thrown off track. The women, led by coach Benjamin Hinterstocker, tried everything until the very end, but could not find a way past a strong Swedish defense.
In the next tournament game, the German women's national team will face Switzerland on Friday, January 05.01.2018th, 18.30 at XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.
Benjamin Hinterstocker, women's national coach: “Today we didn't manage to play the ice hockey we had planned for over 60 minutes. Nevertheless, the team showed a high level of willingness until the final whistle. Tomorrow we will use the day off to be able to show a more effective performance against Switzerland on Friday. Above all, we have to find a way to score goals.”