In a game that was intense and balanced for a long time, the German national ice hockey team narrowly lost 3:4 in overtime against Switzerland on Saturday. The last performance follows on Sunday (14.30 p.m. | Yayla Arena). DEB-Selection. The opponent is Slovakia. Tickets are available at deb-online.de.
Personnel: Colin Ugbekile and Alexander Oblinger made their debut in the senior national team. Marco Nowak was captain again. Niklas Treutle was in goal, and Kevin Reich, another debutant, was back-up.
In front of the great backdrop of 6.217 spectators DEB-Selection initially continues where it left off against Russia. From the start, national coach Toni Söderholm's team acted with commitment and set the first example early on. With the advantage, Frederik Tiffels (4th minute of the game) took the early lead for Germany with a well-placed shot. Afterwards, an entertaining and quite physical exchange of blows developed - as is usual when the two long-term rivals and neighboring countries meet.
In the second half, the Swiss got into the game better and had their first good chances to score. In the power play, Noah Rod (33') scored with a follow-up shot to equalize after goalkeeper Niklas Treutle had made two strong saves. Shortly before the break they built DEB-Put a lot of pressure on the selection in a situation with a majority. However, the score remained 1-1 at the second break.
At the beginning of the final third, the Swiss celebrated first Fan-Block. Pius Suter (42nd) had put his team in the lead. The German national team then tried to equalize. But the Swiss initially managed to narrow the defensive zone. But only Daniel Pietta (48th) and shortly afterwards Daniel Fischbuch (51st) turned the game in their favor DEB-Selection. However, Switzerland responded in the person of Luca Fazzini (53').
With a performance-based 3:3 draw, the game went into extra time. There Pius Suter once again scored Switzerland's winning goal a fraction before the end of the game.
The German team's last appearance follows on Sunday (14.30 p.m.). The opponent in the Yayla Arena is Slovakia.
“We were challenged a lot today. Both teams went at a high pace. In the final third we had good opportunities to win the game. “We are basically satisfied with the performance we put in today, even if it wasn’t enough to win in the end,” said national coach Toni Söderholm after the game.