Third double match day for the German national team! On Wednesday she was enthusiastic DEBselection with a last-minute victory against Slovakia all ice hockey Germany and leads Group A. After two days without a game, the team of national coach Toni Söderholm now faces two of the tournament favorites. On Saturday the national team will face Canada, the following day the DEB-Choosing the USA over.
Both games take place at 16.15:1 p.m. and will be broadcast live on SPORTXNUMX. Most recently he had DEBMedia partner achieved the best reach for live broadcasts in a year. A peak of 2,03 million viewers watched the game between Germany and Slovakia. Top odds are also expected for the weekend matches.
National coach Toni Söderholm: “For us, the last two days without games were a kind of restart. Now our journey at the World Cup continues. There are now several ways to beat even the big nations. We are preparing for it and analyzing what the keys are.”
Saturday against Canada
Three wins, one defeat – that’s the Canadians’ record before the duel with the German team. Right from the start, the maple leaves lost 1-3 to Finland. This was followed by victories against Great Britain (8:0), Slovakia (6:5) and France (5:2). The Canadians are currently in third place in Group A.
The Maple Leafs' highly decorated squad includes Darnell Nurse (Edmonton Oilers) and Dylan Strome (Chicago Blackhawks), a teammate of Leon Draisaitl and Dominik Kahun. The Canadians' best scorer is Anthony Mantha. The 24-year-old striker has scored five goals and four assists so far, placing him in third place on the overall scorers list at the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
In 140 duels, the Canadians had the upper hand 105 times, the game against Germany ended in a draw nine times and they were able to win 26 times DEB-Selection celebrate a victory. Most recently, both teams faced each other in the semi-finals of the Olympic tournament in PyeongChang - as we know, they succeeded back then DEB-Selection a 4:3 success and a place in the final.
Reunion with the USA
The USA surprisingly started the tournament with a 1:4 defeat against hosts Slovakia. Head coach Jeff Blashill's team then secured a 7-1 win against France, beat Finland 3-2 after extra time and gave Great Britain no chance in a 6-3 win. The Americans are currently in fourth place in Group A.
The team is led by superstar Patrick Kane, who - like Alex De Brincat - is also Dominik Kahun's teammate at the Chicago Blackhawks. Both players are also the top scorers in the USA: Kane with two goals and 4 assists, De Brincat with four goals and one assist. Striking: The Americans have the second best power play of all World Cup participants. They scored a goal in four of nine power-play situations.
In the history of international matches, the German national team has met the USA 103 times. There are 31 wins, 9 draws and 63 defeats. The last time the two nations met was ten days ago in the SAP Arena in Mannheim. The USA ultimately won this duel 5-2.