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11:22
Andres Ambühl
Goal for Switzerland, 0:1 by Andres Ambühl
After a target win in their own zone, the Confederates quickly switch. Andres Ambühl leads the puck in the neutral zone, plays to the right to Enzo Corvi. Ambühl gets the disc back from him immediately and uses a slap shot on the right face-off circle. Philipp Grubauer does not have a completely clear view. Therefore, his catch hand comes too late and cannot prevent the impact at the top of the near corner.
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11:20
Linus Öhlund from Sweden and Peter Stano from Slovakia will ensure order on the ice. At hand for the two referees against the linespersons Josef Špůr from the Czech Republic and Emil Yletyinen from Sweden.
11:19
Philipp Grubauer on the German side and Reto Berra on the Swiss side start between the posts today. These are two NHL-experienced goalies. In addition, Toni Söderholm will be without one of his players from the best league in the world for the rest of the tournament. Tim Stützle doesn’t want to mess with his Ottawa Senators and doesn’t take any risks after the knee injury.
11:17
With Andres Ambühl, the Swiss have the World Cup record player in their ranks. The striker has now made 121 World Cup appearances and overtook former German international Udo Kießling (119) during the tournament. No other player in history can boast that the 38-year-old has played 17 World Cups.
11:14
There is no question that Switzerland has played a very strong tournament so far and has become one of the favourites. Patrick Fischer’s team won all games within regular time. It all started with a 5-2 win against Italy. Denmark (6-0), Kazakhstan (3-2) and Slovakia (5-3) were also left behind. And the Confederates put even the Canadians in their place (6:3). Most recently, France was defeated 5-2.
11:06
The Swiss perform particularly well when outnumbered, only conceded one goal and are number 2 in the tournament – as well as when outnumbered. With seven goals and 33.33 percent, the Swiss are hard on the heels of the Germans. And scoring goals works really well too. The national team netted 30 times – more than any other team at this World Cup. And the efficiency is also right at 13.95 percent (3rd).
10:58
In some categories, the Germans are even the measure of all things at this World Cup. The DEB cracks have the scoring touch that is so often invoked and are leaders in terms of shooting efficiency (16.2 percent). In addition, the power play works with seven hits and 36.84 percent – that’s great too. In addition, they are by far the fairest team – with only 14 two-minute penalties. Since the rather moderate penalty killing can get over.
10:50
The Germans lost 5-3 at the start of the tournament against the maple leaves. After that, however, Toni Söderholm’s boys didn’t show any weakness at all, settled all games within 60 minutes and conceded Slovakia (2:1), France (3:2), Denmark (1:0), Italy (9:4 ) and Kazakhstan (5:4) out of the way.
10:41
Surprisingly, it’s about winning the group. There are three points between the second-placed Germans and the Swiss leader. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison is used first. If the DEB selection wins within 60 minutes, they would win the group for the first time ever at a World Cup. One point is enough for the Swiss to claim their place in the sun. It can’t be worse than second place for the national team. Germany, on the other hand, could still slide down to third place – if they lose in regular time and the Canadians win a three-pointer against France at the same time.
10:31
Welcome to the Ice Hockey World Championship in Finland! Today in Helsinki and Tampere the preliminary round comes to an end with the final group matches. At 11:20 a.m. CEST, Germany and Switzerland, two already established quarter-finalists, will meet.