18
19:49
Pierre Luc Dubois
Goal for Canada, 0-2 by Pierre-Luc Dubois
However, the North Americans have the qualities to make a lot out of little – or to exploit mistakes. Again, the Germans do not clarify properly. On the right side of the blue line, Pierre-Luc Dubois catches the puck and then does it alone. From a central position, the striker fires his wrist shot into the top left corner of Philipp Grubauer’s stick hand, who can hardly see anything.
17
19:49
Now the Germans are increasingly looking for duels again, working on the opponent in his third. The DEB selection is certainly not lacking in commitment. The Canadians certainly don’t have it easy.
15
19:46
At this moment, Toni Söderholm’s boys are playing out a good opportunity. Marc Michaelis finally closes, but remains without countable success.
14
19:45
In this phase, the DEB cracks hold back better, now come to a conclusion much less often and are not nearly as dangerous. But of course it’s no surprise that the favored Canadians dominate here.
12
19:42
Now it’s getting really dangerous again. Cole Sillinger shoots, Adam Lowry follows. The puck slides parallel to the line through the goal area. Shortly thereafter, Josh Anderson does not linger long with preambles and fires promisingly again.
11
19:40
After winning a face-off, Josh Anderson doesn’t hesitate in the middle of the blue line and shoots immediately. Philipp Grubauer parries, but the disc jumps up, which is not without danger. The Germans can clarify.
11
19:38
Then the Germans shake off the shock of the goal. Kai Wissmann fires to the right of the blue line. With a clear view, Logan Thompson grabs the little black dress safely. A little later Matthias Plachta tried it. Now Toni Söderholm’s boys are also looking for a degree.
10
19:37
Now the defending champion knows where the opposing goal is. The North Americans try to follow up immediately. Then Philipp Grubauer fixes the pane.
9
19:34
Cole Sillinger
Goal for Canada, 0-1 by Cole Sillinger
Now the Germans can’t free themselves playfully, they can’t get the disc out over the gang. Adam Lowry captures the puck. After that, Josh Anderson has the overview and briefly returns to Cole Sillinger. From a slightly offset position to the left, he delivers a precise wrist shot. The puck hisses over Grubauer’s catch hand into the right corner of the goal.
8th
19:33
At best, there are degrees from a less dangerous position – now from Drake Batherson again from the right outside. Philipp Grubauer parried easily.
7
19:33
Goal completions remain rare. Both teams are doing their best. The Germans are always close to the Canadians and involve them in duels.
6
19:30
Travis Sanheim fires from the right outside. Philipp Grubauer sees the wrist shot coming in time and easily fishes the target away.
5
19:28
Ryan Graves brings the puck to goal from the blue line. There’s a lot of traffic there. The thing deflects and then jumps past the crate.
4
19:26
Then the maple leaves bring in speed. Noah Gregor marches over the left into the attacking third, then passes across. Morgan Geekie can’t do much under pressure. Philipp Grubauer puts the glove on the hard rubber.
3
19:25
Moritz Seider provided the first shot with a deflected shot. It’s not dangerous yet. Then the DEB selection pulls up its attacking game well, nesting in the attacking zone. Nothing jumps out yet.
2
19:24
Now the Germans are coming into their own and can also be seen in the opposing third. There are still no final actions. Daniel Fischbuch goes well after, conquers the disc and falls in the left face-off circle. But there is no early penalty.
1
19:22
Canada immediately shifts into forward gear. The defending champion becomes dangerous from the face-off. Dylan Cozens lays for Nicolas Roy, who fails from close range to Philipp Grubauer. Cozens comes to an end a little later, but can’t get past the German goalie either.
19:15
A motley team of referees should ensure order on the ice. The Latvian Andris Ansons from the KHL and Robin Šir from the Czech Republic are acting as referees. Linespersons Jake Davis from the USA and Josef Špůr from the Czech Republic are helping the two of them.
19:07
Due to the squad planning that has not yet been completed on both sides, all players are on the match report sheet today. That’s seven defenders and four complete forward lines. Philipp Grubauer starts between the posts on the German side and Logan Thompson on the Canadian side. By the way, it is a special tournament for national coach Toni Söderholm, for the Finn this is a home World Cup.
18:58
Team Canada also have two goalkeepers and 19 outfield players in their squad so far. These are all boys from the NHL. However, the absolute top stars are missing, head coach Claude Julien does not have the really big names with him. The best scorer of the past regular NHL season was Pierre-Luc Dubois from the Winnipeg Jets with 60 points. Incidentally, on the German side, rookie defender Moritz Seider scored a great 50 points.
18:48
Toni Söderholm has initially called up 21 players in the squad and thus kept four places free for possible replacements. Dustin Strahlmeier, Mario Zimmermann, Taro Jentzsch and Alexander Karachun, who are in Finland, will therefore have to be patient. The national coach is still hoping for reinforcements from North America (NHL, AHL). Leon Draisaitl, who could fail with his Edmonton Oilers in the upcoming game 7 of the first playoff round against the Los Angeles Kings, should not be an issue. So far, Tim Stützle (Ottawa), Philipp Grubauer (Seattle) and Moritz Seider (Detroit) have come over from the NHL – plus Marc Michaelis from the Toronto Marlies from the AHL.
18:38
The venue for the Group A games is the Helsingin jäähalli, i.e. the Helsinki ice rink. France and Slovakia faced each other here in the afternoon. The favored Olympic bronze medalist prevailed 4:2 against the French, who had moved up for the excluded Russians. In the two groups with eight teams each, the top four reach the quarter-finals, the last one is relegated directly without another playoff game.
18:28
Welcome to the Ice Hockey World Championship 2022 in Finland! On the very first day, the German national team gets involved and has to deal with the strongest opponents in Group A by name. At 19:20 CEST it’s time to prevail against Canada.