Munich, April 03, 2018 – The U16 national team defeated the hosts Norway 6:10 (8:2; 3:5; 3:3) in the first match of the international 2-nation tournament. Eight different goal scorers scored for Stefan Mayer’s team: Lucas Reichel (2), John Peterka (2), Florian Elias, Daniel Schwaiger, Maksymilian Szuber, Sebastian Zimmermann, Samuel Dube and Josef Eham. In a crazy game, the German U16 team quickly took a two-goal lead, and by the end of the first period Norway had scored three goals – one while they were shorthanded, and one after a penalty. In the middle period, the score changed every minute. The German U16 national team was very effective in power play and was able to score three goals while they were numerically superior. In the last third, Norway initially equalized before John Peterka scored the preliminary goal while shorthanded. Tomorrow, the youngest DEB-Selection team in the second group game at 19.30 p.m. against Italy. After the end of the preliminary round, the first two teams in the groups play crosswise for a place in the final, while the two third-placed teams in the groups compete against each other in two games.
U16 assistant coach Norbert Weber: “After the early lead, it was a strange game. Unfortunately, as good as we played offensively, we defended just as poorly. Too many individual mistakes and too little willingness to really defend intensively made life difficult for us for two thirds. Thanks to great morale, we managed to win the game, but we have to get back to international level very quickly. We will definitely improve as the tournament progresses. The last 10 minutes have already shown that today.”
You can find detailed statistics here: https://www.hockey.no/live/Live/Match/6775854?date=19.03.2018&tournamentid=381617&teamid=0
Penalties in minutes:
Norway – 20
Germany – 16
Shots on goal:
Norway: 23
Germany: 43