Clear 7-1 over France in the international premiere in Wolfsburg / Höfflin scores his first goal in the national jersey / Bernhard Ebner scores a brace
Done! The German national ice hockey team celebrated its first home win in 2018. In the third game in front of their own audience as part of the Euro Hockey Challenge, national coach Marco Sturm's team beat France 4.403-7 on Thursday evening in front of 1 spectators in the Wolfsburger Eis Arena, primarily thanks to a high-scoring opening third and were also strong in other respects improved. It's coming out on Saturday BerlinHe “Welli” made his second comparison with the co-host of the 2017 World Cup.
Sebastian Ylonen's working day had only just begun and was over after 13 minutes and 40 seconds. The French goalkeeper had just conceded the fourth goal by Marcel Müller. Dave Henderson, the visitors' coach, took pity on the powerless Ylonen and substituted Florian Hardy. In addition to Müller, Daniel Pietta, Mirko Höfflin with his first international goal and Bernhard Ebner had also scored. Hardy, however, was greeted shortly after being substituted by Matthias Plachta's 5-0 goal.
The home team continued to push through with their offensive efforts in the second half and were clearly the team that set the tone. Marc Michaelis took advantage of another power play with a dry shot under the crossbar to make it 6-0 to frenetic cheers from the Germans Fans. This is the youngster's third goal in his sixth appearance. “We stick to our line and don’t let up,” said Oliver Mebus: “It starts with the goalkeeper and goes through the defenders to the strikers. Our power play worked well.”
In the final section, the hosts slowed down a bit but still continued to control the game. Sacha Treille scored the first goal for the French in the power play around ten minutes before the end. However, the final point once again belonged to a German: Bernhard Ebner scored two minutes before the end to make the final score 7-1 and thus put together his brace.
Germany: Pielmeier (Niederberger) – Krupp, Brückner; Krämmer, Pietta, Müller – Mebus, Mo. Müller; Tiffels, Höfflin, Michaelis – Wagner, Nowak; Kammerer, Loibl, Plachta – Zerressen, Ebner; Uvira, Danner, harbor judge
Gates: 1:0 Daniel Pietta (3:41), 2:0 Mirko Höfflin (7:28), 3:0 Bernhard Ebner (8:20), 4:0 Marcel Müller (13:40), 5:0 Matthias Plachta ( 18:21), 6:0 Marc Michaelis (31:45), 6:1 Sacha Treille (49:49), 7:1 Bernhard Ebner (57:29)
Viewers: 4.403 (sold out)
You can find detailed statistics about the game HERE.