The U20 national team celebrated an important success on the way to the home World Cup in the Essen-West ice rink. In the evening, the team of U20 national coach Christian Künast defeated the Oberliga team Wohnbau Moskitos Essen with 5:2 (2:0; 2:1; 1:1).
The U20 national team got off to a good start and were able to celebrate for the first time in the sixth minute: After preparatory work by Tim Stützle and Tim Brunnhuber, Tom-Eric Bappert scored the lead for them DEB-Selection. A minute and a half later, two Essen players, René Marc Behrens and Maximilian Jung, took a seat in the penalty box, thereby providing more room for combinations for the German selection. Mannheim's Moritz Seider used this space to make it 2-0 in the third.
In the middle period, Andre Gerartz shocked the German defense after just 54 seconds with a goal to make it 2-1. But the U20 national team had two answers ready: Tim Brunnhuber (25th) and Marco Baßler (36th) extended the lead to two and three goals respectively. As with the first two German goals, Tim Stützle was also directly involved in these two goals. The 16-year-old top scorer from the DNL U20 thus earned four points against the top league team. In the last 20 minutes of the match, the German team left nothing to chance. Mike Fischer increased the lead to 52-5 in the 1nd minute in favor of the DEB-Selection. Andre Gerartz scored his second goal of the day 58 seconds before the end, but it was only a cosmetic result. The U20 national team celebrated an important 5-2 win on the way to the home World Cup (December 9th to 15th, 2018) in Füssen.
Christian Künast, U20 national coach: “I am pleased with the clear improvement in my team’s performance – especially compared to the game in Regensburg. However, we still have a lot of work to do on the way to the World Cup. I would like to expressly thank you Moskitos Essen “Thank you for making this game a reality.”
Germany: Ancicka, Hane - Sander, Möller, Koziol, Hüttl, Seider, Bappert, Heinzinger - Stützle, Palka, Preto, Baßler, Cornett, Brunnhuber, Wohlgemuth, Fischer, Ehl, Reichel, Klos, Knobloch
Gates: 0:1 Tom-Eric Bappert (05:54 / Tim Stützle, Tim Brunnhuber), 0:2 Moritz Seider (08:02 - PP2 / Tim Wohlgemuth, Tim Stützle), 1:2 Andre Gerartz (20:54 / Aaron McLeod , Julian Airich), 1:3 Tim Brunnhuber (24:26 / Tim Stützle, Marco Baßler), 1:4 Marco Baßler (35:04 / Tim Stützle, Tim Brunnhuber), 1:5 Mike Fischer (51:54 / Robin Palka, Tim Wohlgemuth), 2:5 Andre Gerartz (59:02 / Aaron McLeod)
Penalty minutes: Residential Building Moskitos Essen 38 – Germany 6
You can find detailed statistics about the game HERE.