3:4 after extra time against favorite Russia Deutschland Cup-Start / Great atmosphere at the premiere in Krefeld's KönigPALAST / Double pack from Nuremberg's Leo Pföderl / Saturday against Switzerland
The German national ice hockey team has its opening game at this year's Deutschland Cup lost after extra time. At the premiere of the traditional tournament in Krefeld's KönigPALAST, the Olympic champion beat Germany 61:4 (3:1, 0:1, 3:1, 0:1) after a hard-fought 0 minutes. After a day's break, the selection of the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund eV (DEB) on Saturday against Switzerland, which in turn won 3-2 against Slovakia at lunchtime.
The national coach had put his trust in all three new players against “Sbornaja”. Fabio Pfohl (Kölner Haie), Lean Bergmann (Iserlohn Roosters) and Phil Hungerecker (Adler Mannheim) celebrated their premiere in national dress. Düsseldorf's Mathias Niederberger also looked after the box. Moritz Müller, on the other hand, had to miss the Russia match at short notice due to a foot injury.
The game started with a lot of pace and both teams showed from the first second that they absolutely wanted to win. Nikolay Demidov overcame Niederberger just when Germany had the majority. The DEG keeper had no chance on a counterattack. With this result we went into the first break.
The home team got off to a perfect start in the second half. Leo Pföderl was spot on in the further power play and scored the 1-1 in the margin. Russia countered through Dmitry Yudin and took the front again. Not long. Pföderl's 2:2 was almost an image of his first goal. Once again the national team had one more man on the ice. The pace then increased further. 22 seconds before the second siren, Frank Mauer single-handedly took the first lead for the much celebrated 3-2 lead.
So there was excitement for the last third. Fans Both camps loudly support their favorites on the ice. Andrej Chibisov equalized after 50 minutes. It stayed that way after 60 minutes. So extra time had to decide, with Russia ultimately coming out on top thanks to Igor Bobkov's goal.
Marco Sturm's team has no games tomorrow, Friday - from 14.45:XNUMX p.m Fans However, they have been invited to a public training session. The second game against Switzerland will take place on Saturday. Leon Niederberger, who was nominated today, could make his debut here.
Germany: Niederberger (Treutle) – Abeltshauser, Boyle; Sezemsky, Ebner; Akdag, Reul; Krupp – miner, post, wall; Wolf, Loibl, Plachta; Noebels, Pietta, Pföderl; Kink, Höfflin, Hungerecker.
Gates: 0:1 Nikolay Demidov (16:08), 1:1 Leo Pföderl (20:53), 1:2 Dmitry Yudin (23:50), 2:2 Leo Pföderl (28:05), 3:2 Frank Mauer ( 39:38), 3:3 Andrei Chibsov (50:17), 3:4 Igor Bobkov (60:22)
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