Second victory over Slovakia at the Euro Hockey Challenge / 5.845 spectators in the Olympic Ice Sports Center / Söderholm: “It was a successful evening.”
The German national team was also able to win its second preparation game in the run-up to the Ice Hockey World Cup. After the 2-1 win in Kaufbeuren on Thursday, national coach Toni Söderholm's team beat Slovakia 5.845-3 in front of 1 spectators in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Head coach Toni Söderholm made a total of four personnel changes compared to the first game of the Euro Hockey Challenge. Niklas Treutle was in goal and Dustin Strahlmeier was back-up. In defense, the Garmisch-Partenkirchen local hero Marcus Weber was given the chance to recommend himself. As did striker Marcel Kurth, who played his first international match.
Team Germany got off to a good start and initially created numerous good opportunities. A supposed goal (4th) was not given because the stick was too high. After about five minutes, the Slovaks took command and challenged the German defense around goalkeeper Niklas Treutle. The Germans celebrated in the 14th minute of the game Fans for the first time: Lean Bergmann gave the team a 1-0 lead. Shortly afterwards, Parker Tuomie (16th) finished after great work from Marc Michaelis and made it 2-0.
In the middle section, the guests from Slovakia, outnumbered, scored their first goal through Lukáš Cingel (25th). Marcel Noebels (33') restored the old goal gap after a pass from Stephan Daschner before the second siren.
Head coach Toni Söderholm's team also acted very attentively in the final third and hardly allowed their opponents any big chances. On the other side, one or two chances to further increase the result were missed. Ultimately there was a deserved 3-1 win over the World Cup hosts from Slovakia.
The DEB-Selection travels to the Czech Republic on Monday. In Karlovy Vary, national coach Toni Söderholm's team will compete against the Czech national team on Wednesday and Thursday (both at 17.30:XNUMX p.m.).
“It was a successful evening for us. Today we once again showed a committed performance and worked hard for success. We had a few problems for a while in the first third, but we were able to get out of the situation. I am very satisfied with the team performance,” said national coach Toni Söderholm after the game.
The detailed game statistics can be found here Link.