The German U18 national junior team suffered a painful 2-6 defeat against Slovakia last night. After Lola Liang's 1-0 lead, it was the Slovakians' turn, scoring five goals in a row and only allowing Celine Mayer to make it 2-5. Katharina Häckelsmiller (ECDC Memmingen) was named the best player.
Detailed statistics: IIHF – Home 2022 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Starting this evening (16 p.m. local time/23 p.m. CEST) it's available for the DEB-Selection now in the relegation games in the “best-of-3” format against Switzerland for 7th place and against relegation. The remaining games will take place on Sunday and, if necessary, Monday. The games will be on www.hockeytv.com streamed live.
U18 national coach Franziska Busch: “Our performance today wasn’t enough to win the game or get the one point we needed. It's tough at the moment, but the focus has to be on the next game. With Switzerland a strong opponent awaits in the relegation.”