The U18 national team also won the second match of the 2019 IIHF U18 Ice Hockey World Championship in Grenoble. The team of U18 national coach Frank Fischöder defeated the Norwegian selection on Monday after a great fight 6:4 (2:1, 1:3, 3:0).
The Norwegians had lost their opening game against Denmark 1-2 the day before, but the German team went into the encounter with a win the day before. Like the day before, U18 national coach Frank Fischöder's team scored their opening goal against the Norwegians: Filip Varejcka deflected a shot from Simon Gnyp out of the air in the 11th minute to make it 1-0. Five minutes later, Jan-Luca Schumacher appeared completely free in front of Tobias Breivold, but was denied by the Norwegian goalie. The other side took revenge a few moments later: Andre Bjelland Strandborg equalized in the 17th minute. However, a goal from Lukas Reichel restored the German lead six seconds before the third break. They lost in the middle section DEB-Selection took control of the game after a penalty from Elias Lindner. The Norwegians took advantage of this with a double strike within 23 seconds: Adrian Ellingsen and Lucas Loob Trygg turned the game around in the 29th and 30th minutes. Niklas Heyer was able to equalize the game in the 35th minute, but Lucas Loob Trygg gave the Norwegians a 4-3 third lead with his second goal of the day. In the final section, the German team showed morale: Tim Stützle, Maximilian Glötzl and Jan-Luca Schumacher (Empty Net) scored their goals DEB-Selection for the 6:4 success. After Tim Stützle's goal, goal scorer Filip Varejcka awarded a penalty.
The German U18 national team has no games tomorrow and will face the Danes, who are tied on points, on Wednesday at 16.00 p.m.
Frank Fischöder, U18 national coach: We started the game very dominant and created good opportunities. After the Norwegians equalized, it was a very close game with some ups and downs until the end. In the last third, the team showed character and stayed cool. We found a way to turn the game around and win in the end. Now it's time to recover well and prepare for Denmark."
All statistics about the game: http://bit.ly/U18WC_2019
German lead after 20 minutes! Filip Varejcka deflected the disc to score the opening goal in the 11th minute. After the Norwegian equalizer, a goal from Lukas Reichel takes the lead again.
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20′ | #U18WC | 🇩🇪 2:1 🇳🇴
(I.e. @FanseatCom | https://t.co/lE4p9ATgOa pic.twitter.com/WvShShXbH3— Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (@deb_teams) April 15, 2019
There's a lot going on #Grenoble! The Norwegians take the lead 4:3. Lucas Loob Trygg with a brace in the second third. Niklas Heyer had provided the interim equalizer.
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40′ | #U18WC | 🇩🇪 3:4 🇳🇴
(I.e. @FanseatCom | https://t.co/lE4p9ATgOa pic.twitter.com/YrHJauLV6C— Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (@deb_teams) April 15, 2019
Here are the three goals from the furious final section of ours #U18. Tim Stützle, Maximilian Glötzl and Jan-Luca Schumacher turned the game around with their goals. 💪
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60′ | #U18WC | 🇩🇪 6:4 🇳🇴
🖥️ @FanseatCom | https://t.co/lE4p9ATgOa pic.twitter.com/tueT6jbsqT— Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (@deb_teams) April 15, 2019