The U18 national team also won the last game at the 2019 IIHF U18 Ice Hockey World Championship in Grenoble. The team of U18 national coach Frank Fischöder won on Saturday evening against the hosts from France with 9:3 (3:1, 3:0, 3:2). So that remains DEB-Selection is undefeated in the tournament and secures the maximum result from five games with 15 points. The U18 national team had already secured promotion to the top division with a 13-1 win against Ukraine on Thursday.
The host got off to a better start in the game: Quentin Tomasino gave France the lead after just 109 seconds. But U18 national coach Frank Fischöder's team hit back in the 12th minute through Nino Kinder and equalized the game. Then she sat down DEB-Selection continued the pressure on the French goal and followed up with a double strike: First, Simon Gnyp scored in the 15th minute to make it 2-1, 18 seconds later Lukas Reichel went on a solo run, went around the French goalie and scored to make it 3: 1. In the middle period, the German team left no doubt about the winner of the game and extended the result to 6:1 with goals from Elias Lindner, Jakub Borzecki and Jan-Luca Schumacher. Pierrick Dube and Paulin Mainot allowed the French to get within three goals in the final period, but Germany struck three more times in the last 60 seconds: Manuel Alberg, John Peterka and Fabjon Kuqi scored to make the final score 9-3 for the German team . This was followed by scenes of celebration, the national anthem and a winning photo. With the victory, the U18 national team secured 15 out of a possible 15 points at the 2019 IIHF U20 Ice Hockey World Championship Div. IA in Grenoble (France) secured and promoted to the top division.
Frank Fischöder, U18 national coach: “We really wanted to achieve our fifth win and played a perfect tournament. I am very proud of the team and the entire staff who worked hard for success. It was an extremely important success for German ice hockey as part of POWERPLAY 26 that the U18 national team was first class again and at the same time a great end to a long season.”
All statistics about the game: http://bit.ly/U18WC_2019
The French hit early, but Nino children, @gnyp_simon and Lukas Reichel strike back! 👌 3:1 lead for them #U18-National team after the first third.
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20' | #U18WC | 🇩🇪 3:1 🇫🇷
(I.e. @FanseatCom pic.twitter.com/uevTuFyfAn— Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (@deb_teams) 20 April 2019
Emotions in 3… 2… 1… 💥💥💥 U18 PROMOTION!!! @IIHFHockey pic.twitter.com/5ftBdQ3vY3
— Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (@deb_teams) 20 April 2019
Moments to enjoy. 🖤❤️💛 Captain @gnyp_simon holds up the golden trophy. 🏆 This is followed by scenes of celebration, the national anthem and a winner's photo... THANK YOU for this incredibly great tournament, boys! TOP DIVISION!!! 💪 pic.twitter.com/dFddzyRxK9
— Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (@deb_teams) 20 April 2019