The German women's national team lost their game against Finland at the start of the “Final 6 Tournament” of the Euro Women's Hockey Tour. Women's national coach Christian Künast's team lost 0:7 (0:1; 0:3; 0:3) to the Scandinavians in Dimitrov (Russia).
In the Dimitrov Arena, the hosts took the lead through Rosa Lindstedt (16th). The Finns were superior to the German team on the ice and put pressure on the German goal. The reward came in the second half of the game: There the women of the Finnish national team extended their lead to four goals. Linda Valimaki, Michelle Karvinen and Elisa Holopainen scored for the Scandinavians. Ultimately, Annina Rajahunta, Minnamari Tuominen and Viivi Vainikka increased the score to 7-0 and celebrated their first success in the tournament. The German team will play against the Czech Republic tomorrow at 12.30 p.m.
Christian Künast, women’s national coach: “Finland was superior to us in terms of running and technology, but the team still played very well at times and never gave up. Of course, many things were new for the players as we could only train for 30 minutes. But we are now optimistic about our task against the Czech Republic tomorrow.”
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The game of U16 national team against France as part of the U16 Four Nations Tournament in Deggendorf, the goal in the fourth minute of the game made it 1-0 for the German team. Simon Ellmaier converted the pass from Bennet Rossmy and Yannick Proske into the goal. This was followed by the first time penalty of the game for France, which, however, could not be used by Germany. In the eleventh minute, the three-man team led by goalscorer Connor Korte, Kevin Niedenz and Konstantin Bongers increased the score to 2-0.
In the second period, the team around head coach Stefan Maier continued its run and Thomas Heigl scored in the 26th minute to make it 3-0 after a pass from Sebastian Cimmerman and Nikolaus Heigl. Three minutes later, the first two penalty minutes followed on the German side, but the French team failed to capitalize on them. Shortly before the end of the middle period, Nikolaus Heigl increased the lead to 4-0 for the German team on the power play.
The final period also began with a penalty for the French, but this time there were no consequences. After ten equal minutes, Maxime Orlov, on a pass from Kaylian Leborgne for Team France, took ice-cold advantage of the power play in the 54th minute of the game and scored the 4-1 goal against German goalkeeper Nikita Quapp, who was outstanding with ten saves from eleven shots on goal. At the end of the game, Bennet Rossmy was given a 2+10 minute disciplinary penalty, but this had no influence on the clear 4-1 win for Germany.
Stefan Mayer, U16 national coach: “The team started very well and we clearly dominated the game – after two thirds it was 4-0. In the final third we no longer showed the necessary tension and concentration, so we still have to improve – otherwise the team showed a strong performance.”
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At the meeting of the U17 national team against Slovakia at the Four Nations Tournament in Füssen, the game started evenly on both sides until the seventh minute of the game, when Luca Münzenberger had to take the first two penalty minutes due to an illegal physical attack and helped Slovakia to their first power play, which was unsuccessful. In the second half of the first third of the game, Jakub Borzecki scored the opening goal to make it 17-1 in the 0th minute after a pass from Daniel Bruch and Oleg Leon Tschwanow.
Right at the beginning of the second third, Kevin Jendrol' scored the goal for Slovakia in the 22nd minute, when they were outnumbered, to make it 1-1 against the hopeless German goalkeeper Luca Mayer. Just two turns of the pointer later, Maximilian Glötzl received the next two-minute penalty, but the Slovaks were again unable to take advantage of this. Once again it was all in quick succession until Josef Eham finally scored in Oliver Nemec's goal on an assist from Korbinian Geibel and Maximilian Glötzl for a 2-1 lead. The next time penalty followed in the middle of the second third - this time for Adam Stránský from Slovakia. Six minutes later, another Slovakian, Ferdinand Tóth, had to go to the penalty box for holding. But the German team couldn't capitalize on this power play either, as well as the subsequent majority in the 38th minute of the game.
The final third began as the previous one had ended – with a penalty time. This time on the German side, Ludwig Danzer had to sit out for two minutes because of an unauthorized physical attack. However, this had no consequences for the score. In the 49th minute, Maximilian Miller increased the score to 3-1 after a pass from Fabian Herrmann and Markus Schweiger. Five minutes before the end of the game, Oliver Ketner scored the next goal for Slovakia, reducing the score to 3-2 for the opponent. In the exciting final period, Adam Stránský equalized to make it 3-3, before Jussi Petersen scored the 60-4 winning goal at the last second in the 3th minute after a pass from Jakub Borzecki and Oleg Leon Tschwanow.
U17 national coach Frank Fischöder: “We were leading 3-1 and had the game under control. After conceding unfortunate goals, we responded well. We built up pressure and ultimately forced the winning goal. I’m very proud of my team!”
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The U18 national team Meanwhile, lost in the first game of the Vlado Dzurilla Cup 3:6 (0:2; 2:1; 1:3) against the hosts from Slovakia. In front of 268 spectators, the hosts took the lead early on - Martin Chromiak scored the 1-0 lead in the second minute. After ten more minutes of the first third, the Slovaks increased the score to 2-0 through Simon Jellús. Finally, Elias Lindner from Team Germany received the first penalty of the game, which had no consequences.
In the late middle section things happened quickly. In the 36th minute of the game, Jan Nijenhuis scored on a pass from Nino Kinder and Elias Lindner to make it 2-1, followed by the 2-2 equalizer in the 38th minute by Jan-Luca Schumacher on an assist from Florian Elias. The Slovaks ended the middle period with another goal to make it 3-2.
In the final period, the Slovaks immediately came back into the game strongly with a 4-1 goal in the 42nd minute. Three minutes later, the Germans responded through John Peterka, who made it 4-3. In the same minute, the Slovakia team increased again to 5:3 through Michal Mrázik. In the last minute of the game, the Slovaks scored their final goal to make the final score 6:3.
Thomas Schädler, U18 national coach: “We created a number of good chances to score in an intense game today. Unfortunately, we didn't use the opportunities efficiently enough. In return, we allowed the Slovaks to score goals too easily. Especially the hits immediately after the 2-2 equalizer and the 3-4 goal hurt a lot.”
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