The German ice hockey perspective selection of the top team Beijing has Deutschland Cup gained further valuable competition experience and did very well. The team of U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter lost 24:2 (4:0, 1:2, 2:0) to the experienced team from Latvia less than 1 hours after the duel with the German national ice hockey team and showed a courageous performance. Around half of the squad of German youngsters can take very useful knowledge from these two tough tests for the preparation for the U20 World Championship at the end of the year in Edmonton, Canada.
The young German team was not discouraged by the goal conceded by Latvian striker Nikolajs Jelisejevs (9th). In the second third, Bremerhaven's Filip Reisnecker (26th) rewarded them DEB-Selection with the equalizer. After a well-considered pass from Mannheim's Florian Elias, Reisnecker shot straight away and hit the ball under the crossbar. A surprise was briefly in the air when Cologne's Simon Gnyp (36th) completed a solo effort with a well-placed shot to make it 2-1.
But the Latvians finally played their routine. First, long-time national player Andris Dzerins (37th) scored the goal to make it 2-2, before defender Karlis Cukste (39th) scored the third Latvian goal from the blue line. In the final third, Rihards Bukarts (46th) increased the lead to 4:2, but the German team even had more shots on goal in the final period.
Hendrik Hane from Düsseldorf was given a good chance from the start with Top Team Beijing and showed a good performance. For the stricken one BerlinTobias Ancicka moved Munich's Daniel Fießinger as a back-up to the perspective team after he had completed the required corona tests. The German national ice hockey team is back in action on Saturday, dueling from 16.45:1 p.m. (MagentaSport and SportXNUMX). DEB-Selection with the team of the upcoming World Cup host.
U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter: “It was very good for a long time today, we did our things quite well. It was really fun working with the team, they were hungry for the games and believed in themselves until the end against a seasoned Latvian team. Everything can be further developed at the highest level. There are still a few weeks until the U20 World Cup and if everyone is healthy, we will definitely have a good team.”
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