The men's national team completes their World Cup preparations with a victory. In the sold-out Weißwasser ice arena, national coach Harold Kreis' team defeated France 4-3 after extra time. The 2.975 saw this Fans an intense and fast-paced game by the German team. Tomorrow, Tuesday, the national team will travel to Ostrava, the World Cup venue in Group B. Next Friday, May 10, 2024, the German team will start the World Cup tournament against Slovakia. The game starts at 16:20 p.m.
As in the first meeting between the two teams on Saturday, this initially took place DEBteam takes the reins. Mathias Niederberger started in goal today. After about nine minutes she sat down DEB-Selection was fixed over a long phase in the attacking third and the guests were unable to free themselves, even when they thought they had the puck safe. JJ Peterka recovered the puck at that moment. A pass from Dominik Kahun went to the blue line to Lukas Kälble, who shot straight away. Freddie Tiffels deflected his shot to give the team a 1-0 lead DEBteam off (10th minute). The first power play brought the guests into the German third for a longer period of time for the first time. But the aggressive penalty killing left the guests little room to develop. Again with five players, the German team continued to play on the French goal. But they also couldn't take advantage of the high-quality opportunities in the last minutes of the first third. In the German power play just under two minutes before the break, the French had their best chance to date when Kevin Bozon single-handedly charged at Mathias Niederberger, but shot wide.
A long pass from Kai Wissmann across two thirds of the ice to JJ Peterka created the first huge chance for the German team in the second period. Peterka ran alone towards the French goal, but Sébastian Ylönen remained the winner in this direct duel. As on Saturday, Harold Kreis changed hands after around 30 minutes Goalies. Philipp Grubauer came on for Niederberger, but was caught cold by the French just a few seconds later. Anthony Rech scored to make it 1-1 (31st), which suddenly gave the guests the upper hand. But they scored the goal DEB-Men: Leo Pföderl deflected Kai Wissmann's shot to take the lead again (34'). But France also reacted promptly: Valentin Claireaux equalized again from close range (35th). Almost two minutes later it was that again DEBteam that intercepted the puck at their own blue line and quickly went on the attack. Yasin Ehliz served Leo Pföderl with a flip pass across the slot. Pföderl didn't take long to make it 3-2 (37').
The French got off to a happier start in the final third. Anthony Rech intercepted a pass in the German third just a few seconds after the break and scored his second goal of the evening to make it 3-3 (41st). Towards the middle of the third the German game became more intense again. Team Germany was able to establish itself in the attacking third for a long time and the French had no access to the puck. But during this printing phase, nothing quantifiable emerged. As a result, Dominik Kahun, Yasin Ehliz and Daniel Fischbuch each single-handedly scored the fourth German goal. Even in the power play shortly before the end of the game, the guests kept the German attacking efforts in check. The French power play also failed to score, meaning the score remained 3-3. In extra time, Kai Wissmann played a remarkable pass to Dominik Kahun, who was standing directly in front of Ylönen and scored the game winner (63').
Kai Wissmann became the best German player.