Ice Hockey World Cup: Germany vs. Canada in the live ticker – DEB team is under direct pressure

Created: 05/13/2022, 16:53

By: Patrick Mayer

Star in the DEB team: NHL professional Moritz Seider.

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Germany starts against the defending champion and record world champion Canada in the Ice Hockey World Championship.

The DEB team needs points for the quarterfinals.

Follow the start tonight here in the live ticker.

Germany - Canada -:-, today, 7:20 p.m

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Munich/Tampere – The 2022 Olympics did not go well for the German national ice hockey team.

Tenth place was not enough for the DEB team after Olympic silver in 2018 and sixth and fourth place at the 2019 and 2020 World Championships. Have the German runner cracks reached the top of the world?

The 2022 Ice Hockey World Championships in Finland will provide an answer to this question.

But: Germany starts the tournament in Finland with big challenges.

Superstar Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers), one of the best players in the North American NHL, is missing, as is former NHL professional and Munich player (2014 to 2018) Dominik Kahun, when Friday evening (from 7.20 p.m.) the start against the defending champion and record world champion Canada is due .

Ice Hockey World Championship: Germany against Canada in the live ticker – Kahun, Tiffels and Hager are missing in Finland

During the dress rehearsal against Austria (3-1) on Sunday in Schwenningen, the 26-year-old was on the ice for national coach Toni Söderholm's selection.

“The doctors have tried everything in the last few weeks to get me fit again.

But we weren't able to recover from the injury," Kahun said afterwards.

He is injured for a short time.

Munich strikers Frederik Tiffels and Patrick Hager had also canceled after losing the DEL final for the 2022 Ice Hockey World Championships.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer, defender Moritz Seider and forward Tim Stützle are from the NHL.

The focus is primarily on the 21-year-old Seider.

The Detroit Red Wings defenseman was the top league freshman in North America with seven goals and 43 assists.

"Mo is a phenomenon for me," said Captain Moritz Müller before the start of the tournament: "He will help us enormously with his presence and quality." Seider himself says: "Every athlete wants to be among the best in the world.

I try to live up to that.”

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Follow the DEB team's World Cup opener against Canada this Friday evening from 7:20 p.m. here in the live ticker