With the second victory in a row, the German ice hockey players made the early move into the quarter -finals at the World Cup.
The selection of national coach Jeff Macleod won the game against Hungary 4: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 3: 0) and could meet one of the top nations like Canada or USA in the next round. In the last group game, the German team will first meet Japan on Tuesday (3 p.m.).
After a goalless first third with a longer 3: 5 outnumber, the German team came to the 1-0 lead by Nicola Hadraschek in the 28th minute, but still had to accept the equalization by Emma Kreisz (37.) in the middle third.
Olympic ticket already safe
In the final third, Katarina Jobst-Smith (46.), Laura Kluge (49th) and again Hadraschek (59.) for the selection of DEB selection against the Hungarians supervised by the former German men’s coach Pat Cortina.
The German team has already qualified for the Olympic Winter Games in Milan in the coming year. So far, the German players only reached the semi -finals and fourth place at the 2017 World Cup.