The German U20 national team has the decisive game of the relegation against Kazakhstan gewonnen. The team of U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter won in the Ostravar Arena with 6:0 (1:0, 4:0, 1:0). Thus secures it DEB-Selection stays in the league and competes at the upcoming 2021 IIHF U20 Ice Hockey World Championships in Edmonton and Red Deer (Canada).
The German team started the game improved, showed good body language in the first half and created chances to score: In the fourth minute, Lukas Reichel appeared free-standing in front of the Kazakh goalie, but was denied by the goalkeeper. Dominik Bokk did better in the 13th minute when he gave Germany the lead after work from Taro Jentzsch and Moritz Seider. On the other side was goalie Hendrik Digit with an important save on the spot, as Andrei Buyalski brought the disc in front of the goal and Maxim Musorov sought closure. In the 15th minute, Lukas Reichel had a two-goal lead - but was again denied by Vladislav Nurek in the Kazakh goal.
At the beginning of the middle period there were penalties on both sides. Initially the Kazakhs were outnumbered for two minutes, then Nino Kinder, Louis Brune and Justin Schütz took their places in the penalty box one after the other. However, the Kazakhs did not take advantage of the six-minute power play. The DEBThe selection then went on a scoring spree with full team strength. Dominik scored within four minutes Bokk (31st minute), Tim Fleischer (32nd), Lukas Reichel (34th) and Niklas Heinzinger (35th) and made it 5-0 in the third. In the final section she scored DEB-Selection by Eric Mik, so that U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter's team was able to celebrate a 6-0 win and the associated relegation.
Tobias Abstreiter, U20 national coach: "We have achieved our goal of staying in the league. It was a difficult task for the boys. We are very proud of our players for how they ultimately mastered this task. I am very happy that we will continue to play in the top division. We have seen what is necessary at this level in order to keep up and survive against the other nations. We must continue to be diligent in the future. "
Franz Reindl, DEB-President: “Congratulations and thanks to the entire team on staying in the league in 2020 after promotion in 2019! It is a pioneering success that makes you proud!”
Stefan Schaidnagel, DEB-Sports Director: “We have finally achieved our goal of staying in the league. For us in the future it is about maintaining this level sustainably. A first conclusion from this World Cup can only be to continue to invest heavily in young talent and give them match practice. Today we have developed the opportunity for the next few years to ensure first-class quality for the following generations of young talent.”