The German women’s national ice hockey team lost to the USA in the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
The selection of the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) lost 0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1) to the two-time Olympic champion USA on Thursday (April 13, 2023) in Brampton, Canada. However, the DEB team showed a more than respectable performance against the big favorite. The sovereign quarter-final entry had already been a success.
US girls twice successful in power play
“We’ll just continue as before,” attacker Nicola Eisenschmid said before the match. And that’s what the DEB team did against the Americans, who had only lost to Olympic champions Canada (3:4 nP) in their preliminary round group. Despite the clear lead of 52 to 18 shots on goal, the US girls needed two power play situations (20th, 33rd) to take the lead against the bravely fighting DEB women. With the third goal (48th), the DEB women let themselves be duped in their own majority.
The team of national coach Thomas Schädler can still say goodbye to Canada with their heads held high. The German team, which is in the middle of a rebuild, had secured the goal of staying up in the league with three wins in the preliminary round and was rewarded as runners-up in the group with a cracking duel against the nine-time world champion.
World Cup conclusion from sports director Künast: “Absolutely positive”
DEB sports director Christian Künast had previously rated the World Cup as “absolutely positive”. “They not only won three games, they also played ice hockey very well,” said Künast at MagentaSport.