The German U16 national team won the first game at the 4-nation tournament in Zell am See (Austria). The team of U16 national coach Thomas Schädler defeated Switzerland 6:3 (2:0, 1:2, 3:1).
The DEB-Selection gained a two-goal lead in the first third. Roman Kechter (11th minute) and Matthias Pischoff (18th) scored for the U16 national team. Julian Lutz extended this lead to 26-3 in the 0th minute after preparatory work by Kevin Adam and Roman Kechter. The German team was extremely effective in front of the opponent's goal and took advantage of their own chances to score. Nevertheless, the team of U16 national coach Thomas Schädler had to accept two goals in the middle section: Noah Greuter (33rd) and Mattheo Reinhard (39th) reduced the score to 2:3 from the Swiss perspective.
In the final section, Veit Oswald brought it DEB-Selection again with two goals in front with a goal in the 50th minute. The Swiss responded promptly and came within striking distance thanks to Thierry Schild's goal in the 51st minute. Three minutes before the end, the Swiss goalie Jari Stacher left his goal and an additional field player strengthened the team on the ice, but the DEB-Selection should use this in the person of Kevin Adam (59th) to score the empty net. Maksim Anton increased the final score to 6:3 with the final siren.
After the opening success, the U16 national team will continue with the second game of the tournament tomorrow, Thursday. From 13.45 p.m. the team of U16 national coach Thomas Schädler will face Belarus.
Thomas Schädler, U16 national coach: “It was a very difficult and close game today in which we handled our scoring opportunities extremely effectively. Goalie Simon Maximilian Wolf took almost 50 shots at the goal, which helped us through his Parawho kept him in the game. We have to work on this in the coming games. I really liked the team's effort today. After just three training sessions, we are improving step by step and are heading in the right direction - this is also shown by today's result.”
You can find all the statistics for the game HERE.