15:35
The hall was cleared half an hour before the start of the game. The players had to leave their cabins head over heels and are now partly in their equipment outside and awaiting what is to come.
15:27
Soccer as a distraction
Holding the ball up on skates is popular as a distraction for the DEB stars.
15:26
Impressions from the outside of the stadium
15:20
Because of a fire alarm, the game between Germany and Denmark will not start at the scheduled time. In fact, there is said to have been a small fire in the Helsinki ice rink, which was responded to by the evacuation of the arena. The fire has now been extinguished and the scene of the fire is secured. It looks like the game will take place today. But it is still completely unclear when the first puck will fall on the ice.
15:19
Lassi Heikkinen from Finland and Peter Stano from Slovakia should keep order on the ice. The two referees are the linespersons Jake Davis from the USA and Hannu Sormunen from Finland.
15:17
A duel at eye level is to be expected today. Not only the current world ranking positions of Germany (9th) and Denmark (10th) suggest this. In many respects, the current tournament is also at a similar level. The Danish power play, the third-best of this World Cup, is not so much behind (5th). In penalty-killing, both teams are equally weak, but are in the top half when it comes to shooting efficiency. In addition, today’s opponents proved to be surprisingly fair and received the fewest penalties. The DEB selection caught only eight two-minute penalties.
15:13
On the German side, Lukas Reichel and Leon Gawanke traveled to Finland after their elimination in the AHL playoffs. Reichel, who made his NHL debut this season (11 games), has already been officially announced. This is not yet the case with Gawanke, but it should only be a matter of form. Neither are used today anyway. This also applies to Tim Stützle, who injured his knee. Instead, Alexander Karachun is celebrating his World Cup debut. The striker, like goalie Dustin Strahlmeier, was also nominated today. With Gawanke, the 25-strong German World Cup squad would ultimately be complete.
15:03
Since the day of the latter game (Tuesday), Heinz Ehlers has gathered a squad of 21 field players and three goalkeepers after a number of late nominations. One spot in the squad is still free. Defender Oliver Lauridsen is no longer available. The former NHL professional is injured. So the Danish head coach only had to sort out the third goalkeeper Mathias Seldrup for today’s game in order to have two goalies, seven defenders, four complete offensive lines and an additional attacker available for the game.
14:53
Germany started the World Cup last Friday with a 3-5 defeat against Canada, followed by narrow victories against Slovakia (2-1) and on Monday against France (3-2). Denmark have so far met the rest of the group, beating Kazakhstan 9-1, losing 6-0 to Switzerland and beating Italy 2-1.
14:43
Looking at the Group A table, fourth meets third here. Both teams are level on points, have won two games and lost one. In the fight for a place in the top four and the associated achievement of the quarter-finals, today’s encounter should point the way.
14:33
Welcome to the 2022 Ice Hockey World Championships in Finland! For the German team, the fourth preliminary round game is scheduled for today. At 15:20 CEST Toni Söderholm’s selection meets Denmark in Helsinki.