The German national ice hockey team missed the quarter-finals at the World Cup in Herning. In a real thriller against host Denmark, we went to the penalty shootout.
Germany lost on Tuesday evening (May 20th) in the final group game 1: 2 after penalty shooting (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0) and divided with it. Even before the encounter kicked off, it was stated that only the winner would reach the round of the last eight as fourth.
In the quarter -finals, the Danes are now going against Canada on Thursday, which the other group won by winning Sweden. After four preliminary round defeats, it has been the first missed World Cup quarter-finals since 2018.
“The players gave everything, invested everything”said national coach Harold Kreis at Magentasport. NHL star Tim Stützle, who played a disappointing World Cup tournament, was more critical. “Very frustrating. You can’t win a game without a goal”said the striker of Ottawa Senators, who stayed without a goal in four missions and lost every game.
Grubauer prevents German deficit several times
The Danes caught the better start to the game and showed the Germans, especially near the gang, early on that it would be a painful walk for the DEB team. Goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer had to save in the 3rd minute in the highest need and was always in the spotlight afterwards because his forefighters made mistakes in the build -up game.
Harold Kreis’s team was lucky to have such a strong goalkeeper between the posts, the 33-year-old was by far the best German player in the first third and with 14 parades from which it was 0-0. “Grubi kept us in the game in the first third“, also said circle after the game at” Pro7 “.” Grubis “to Frederik Dichow had only had to actively intervene five times, it was really dangerous for him only shortly before the first break when Frederik Tiffels pulled hard from the left.
Germany is correct in the second third – and meets
In the second third, the German team started directly with a punishment against Tim Stützle, but survived it unscathed – after 25 minutes on the left, it was precisely a good chance of Steilpass from Moritz Seider, and the shoulder prevented the German leadership. The Deb offensive was now significantly better in the game and increasingly appeared with quick counterattacks in the Danish third. This was also noticeable in the atmosphere in the hall in Herning, which in the second round clearly dull.
After 37 minutes, the district team first had to cope with a setback: Seider apparently injured himself on the bar and remained on the ice with a face that was distorted with pain. The NHL player of Detroit Red Wings had been one of the team’s most important supports in this game.
Shortly before the third break, the Deb team finally rewarded itself for the great effort she had done: Korbinian Geibel took heart from the blue line, the view was blocked and the disc slipped over the line under the arm of the keeper (39.). When Seider also returned to the ice, the Germans actually seemed to turn on the winning road.
NHL player Ehlers escapes the German defense and compensates for
As expected, the hosts started the final third and ran again and again, but many big opportunities did not arise because the German players were present in the duels and closely closed the rooms that the Danes tried to earn themselves. After exactly 50 minutes played, however, the Nikolaj Ehlers, who had traveled directly after the NHL playoff-Aus of the Winnipeg Jets on the left Danish attack side, got the pass from Oscar Moelgaard perfectly under control and nailed the disc past the without a chance to compensate.
The DEB team had actually kept the Danes away from the goal with a disciplined defense work, but now had to gain aggressively again. This was only partially possible – consequently it went into overtime in an overall balanced game.
Denmark in penalty shooting much better
The German team was able to thank Grubauer early on, who parried brilliantly against the freely breaking Ehlers, among other things. Ultimately, the Danes had a slight increase in opportunities on their side in extra time, but a goal didn’t want to fall – it went into the penalty shootout.
Nick Olesen first met there for the Danes, Justin Schütz failed, then Joachim Bichfeld increased for Denmark, Leonhard Pföderl, just like afterwards, awarded Ehlers, Stützle and Nicklas Jensen. Dominik Kahun should have met to maintain the chance for the Deb, but Dichow became a hero, also parried the fourth penalty and the rest was red and white cheers.
| Game day | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|
1 | Hungary | 6: 1 |
2 | Kazakhstan | 4: 1 |
3 | Norway | 5: 2 |
4 | Switzerland | 1: 5 |
5 | USA | 3: 6 |
6 | Czech Republic | 0: 5 |
7 | Denmark | 1: 2 (NP) |