The men's national team has in the second game of 2024 IIHF World Cup in the Czech Republic suffered a defeat. In the sold out Ostrava Arena (9.400 spectators), the team of national ice hockey coach Harold Kreis lost 1:6 to the USA. The American team, full of NHL stars, broke away after just 20 minutes in an intense game and was able to secure an easy victory. The DEBThe team was on equal footing for a long time, but was unable to set much of an offensive tone in the final third. Best player of the DEBteam was Yasin Ehliz.
It took a moment for that to happen DEB-Team came into play, which the Americans initially took over and Mathias Niederberger tested in the German goal. After the first power break, Wojciech overcame Stachowiak the NHL goalie Alex Lyon in the Americans' goal, but only hit the post (7th minute of the game). With the advantage, Maxi Kastner had Germany's greatest opportunity in the tenth minute when he met the cross pass from JJ Peter couldn't make the necessary change of direction in the Americans' goal area. But the USA played more uncompromisingly: Michel Kesselring fired from the blue line at the German goal, US Captain Brady Tkachuk tapped the shot into the goal to make it 1-0 and let it go Niederberger so no chance of another one Save (13). As a result, the US boys came closer to the second goal than they were DEB-Men the balance. In the 18th minute, Michael Kesselring made it 2-0 after the Americans were able to initiate a 2-on-1 counterattack thanks to a quick break.
The middle third remained goalless for a long time, although both teams were always close. The Americans in particular continued to apply a lot of pressure as the game progressed DEB-Gate that the DEB-Team defended with joint forces. A shot from the crossbar by Jonas Müller almost made it 2-1 for Team Germany (24'). Injured in this action US goalie Alex Lyons. 19-year-old Trey Augustine came into play to replace him. Stormed after 33 minutes JJ Peter alone at Augustine, but was prevented from shooting at the last second by the US defender. Shortly afterwards Colin had to Ugbekile after being tripped in the penalty box. The US power play only needed 23 seconds for Johnny to score the third goal Gaudreau, who was able to shoot in freely at the far post (33'). A minute and a half later it worked DEB-Team the disc over the line: Yasin Ehliz was credited with the goal in which the puck slipped just a few centimeters over the line to make it 3-1 (35th). Luke scored three seconds before the second break Hughes after a pass from Cole Caufield the score at halftime was 4:1 (40th).
In the final third, the Americans continued to fire on the German goal. After just ten minutes, the number of US shot attempts was in double digits, while the DEB-Team only managed three attempts and had little access to the game. But it wasn't until the 51st minute that the next goal came: Trevor Zegras scored in the majority to make it 5:1. Two minutes later, Michael increased Eyssimont to the final score of 6:1 when the puck was released after a shot by Luke Get it remained free in front of the goal and Eyssimont just had to push it into the goal.
On Monday stands for the DEB-Select the next World Cup game. The opponent is Sweden, the game starts at 20:20 p.m.
National coach Harold Kreis: “It wasn't due to a lack of will today, but the Americans did very well. Our team is better than it appeared tonight and we know that too. We made things a little difficult for ourselves today by spending a lot of energy on forechecking, which we weren't able to do. Today’s game gave us a lot of insights that we want to implement in the game against Sweden on Monday.”
Striker Parker Tuomie: “The Americans were very quick and used their chances efficiently. If we had scored a goal in the first period, the game might have been different. We held up well at the start of the game, but then the Americans increased their tempo again. We now have to quickly put the game behind us and look forward. We’ll have another good training session and then we’ll play against Sweden on Monday.”
Defender Kai Wissmann: “We expected that against a team like the USA, you would spend a little more time in the defensive zone. We had a really good first third and also had a few good chances. We played a very solid game until the end of the second period. The Americans were dominant in the final third and finished well with their experience. A game like today definitely has a good learning effect for us.”