The German women’s ice hockey team made a successful start to the nations tournament in Landshut.
In the competition, which was held together with the men’s Germany Cup for the first time, national coach Jeff MacLeod’s team won 1-0 (0-0, 1-0, 0-0) against Denmark on Wednesday (November 8th, 2023). Jennifer Miller scored the winning goal in the 29th minute in front of 1,028 spectators. On Friday (7 p.m.) the second match is against Finland, which lost 2:4 to the Czech Republic, third in the World Cup.
For a long time, the Danes repeatedly despaired of the German goalkeeper Sandra Abstreiter. The 25-year-old was the first German in the women’s draft for the newly founded club in September Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) in North America from Ottawa pulled. In January 2024, six teams, the so-called Original Six out of Boston, new York and Minnesota (USA) as well Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal (Canada) compete in the PWHL.
Miller scores for Germany
Abstreiter is currently playing for the ECDC Memmingen Indians. With eight other players, the club from Bavaria represents the largest block in national coach MacLeod’s squad. However, striker Miller from Mad Dogs Mannheim was responsible for the goal. The 25-year-old gave Denmark’s goalkeeper Caroline Thomsen no chance to defend. Miller was only nominated for Lisa Heinz on Monday.
90 seconds before the end, the A-WM promoted team took the keeper out of the goal, but the DEB selection still managed to achieve their narrow success without any problems.
DEB men start on Thursday
There will be a repeat of the game against Denmark next year on April 4th at the World Cup in the USA. Then both teams meet in Utica, USA new York in Group B.
National coach Harold Kreis’ men’s national team starts the tournament against Denmark on Thursday (7:45 p.m.). Austria and Slovakia are the other opponents for the vice world champion.