From the start, the German team lived up to its role as favorite against the newly promoted team and scored after just two minutes in its first power play through Leo Pföderl to the first dangerous goal-scoring opportunity. Even in 5-on-5 situations, Philipp Grubauer, who guarded the German goal today, was offensive and set the tone. eleventh minute schloss direction a 2-on-0 counterattack after a cross pass from Justin Schütz to 1:0 Shortly before the break, Samansky with his first World Cup goal after some impressive preparatory work by Lukas Reichel on 2:0 (17th). With this lead we went into the first break.
After the break, the Hungarian national team came out of the locker room better, improving their shot statistics and testing several times GrubauerIn the 27th minute, Yasin Ehliz The third German goal was scored in the majority, but Coach's Challenge was withdrawn due to goalkeeper interference. Thanks to a penalty against the German team, the Hungarians were now significantly more offensive than in the first period. It was precisely during this phase that Lukas Calves the approximately 700 German Fanswho met together before the game in a Fanmarch to the arena, cheering once again: Maxi Kastner blocked a shot at his own blue line and initiated the counterattack. Calves built after Kastner's Pass the lead to 3:0 from (35.). 16 seconds before the second break Tiffels the 4-0 halftime score (40th).
The final third began without any notable scenes. With five minutes already on the clock, Ehl after a pass from Patrick Hager a counterattack to 5:0 (46th)The Hungarian team then succeeded in 49nd minute the first goal of the tournament by Jargon Ambrose, who was free to shoot in the slot. Around six minutes before the end, the DEB-Team once again had the advantage, but despite good opportunities, could not restore the old lead. 50 seconds before the end, it was again direction, the the 6-1 final score worried.
The tournament continues for the German team tomorrow, Sunday, when they face Kazakhstan at 16:20 p.m.
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Voices about the game:
National coach Harold Kreis: "It was an important game. The win is a good start to the tournament. We played very, very well in the first period. In the second period, the Hungarians turned things up, and we played more complicated than in the first period. In the final period, we found our strengths again. We have players who use their speed to move the puck quickly. We scored two goals at the far post. It doesn't matter who scores the goals – the main thing is that they score. The plan is always to play the full 60 minutes. At times, we weren't consistent enough in short bursts."
Striker Lukas Reichel: "We definitely had fun today. We didn't get off to a good start in the first period. After the two goals, we felt better. But the Hungarians came into the game better. Then we turned it around. We can be satisfied. Josh played his first World Cup game, and he played brutally. He knows where we stand. Freddie is so fast, it's so easy." with to play with him. We had to win the game. It wasn't easy. We need to gain confidence. We have a lot of young, new players who are still learning the system. This was a good start for that. We have to play solidly for 60 minutes."