The German women's national team also won her second game at the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship. The team of Women's national coach Jeff MacLeod defeated Japan 4:1 (0:0, 2:0, 2:1). The goals for them DEBJule Schiefer, Bernadette Karpf, Luisa Welcke and Nicola Eisenschmid were selected.
Compared to the opening game against Denmark DEB-Selection remains unchanged. All row compositions remained the same. Sandra Abstreiter started again in goal - Daria Gleißner, Ronja Hark, Nicola Eisenschmid, Emily Nix and Laura Kluge completed the starting six.
There were only a few scoring opportunities in the first ten minutes of the game. Lilli Welcke had a breakaway opportunity, but failed to put the puck into Riko Kawaguchi's goal. A short time later, Bernadette Karpf also failed because of the Japanese goalkeeper. After 20 minutes, the video cube in the Adirondack Bank Center showed a balanced shooting ratio of 6:6, but a scoreless third period. In the second period, Jule Schiefer broke the goalkeeper's spell (36th) with her second goal of this World Cup. Just three minutes later, Bernadette Karpf deflected a shot from Carina Strobel on her own power play to make it 2-0. It was the 27-year-old's first goal at a World Cup.
In the final period, the Japanese had periods of offensive pressure thanks to three power plays - 17 of their 30 shots came in the last few minutes. In particular, Akane Shiga, Sandra Abstreiter's teammate in Ottawa, was tried to be upstaged by her Japanese teammates. But the German goalkeeper distinguished herself by making several saves in this pressure phase and did not allow a goal for a long time. In the last two minutes of the game, the 1.831 spectators heard the goal siren three times. The Japanese took their goalkeeper off the ice and Luisa Welcke made it 3-0 (59'). On the other hand, Akane Shiga reduced the score to 3:1. The Japanese took a timeout and again took their goalkeeper off the ice. Then Nicola Eisenschmid brought the final decision 54 seconds before the end with the second empty net goal of the game.
For the DEB-Selection it was the second victory in the second game at the current World Cup. On Monday, April 8, 2024, the DEB-Selection to Sweden in their third game at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Utica (USA) at 11 a.m. local time (17 p.m. German time). All German World Cup games will be broadcast live and free of charge on MagentaSport.
Women's national coach Jeff MacLeod: “We saw a team with character on the ice again today. This positive attitude is important to be successful. Every win we can record takes us one step further. We expect a good and, above all, fast game against Sweden. We have prepared accordingly and are therefore going into the game on Monday with a positive attitude.”
Striker Bernadette Karpf: “My first World Cup goal actually felt like any other goal. The important thing was that I was able to contribute something to the victory. We worked really well together as a team again today and supported each other very well. We communicated a lot with each other, had a very good bond and I think that’s what made us win today.”
World Cup schedule for the German women’s national team:
04.04.2024/15/00 | 21:00 p.m. (German time XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.) | Denmark - Germany 1:5 (0:1, 0:1, 1:3)
06.04.2024/15/00 | 21:00 p.m. (German time XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.) | Japan – Germany 1:4 (0:0, 0:2, 1:2)
April 08.04.2024, 11 | 00:17 (German time 00:XNUMX p.m.) | Germany - Sweden
April 09.04.2024, 11 | 00:17 (German time 00:XNUMX p.m.) | Germany - China