For the first time since 2015, the national ice hockey team has won the Deutschland Cup again.
On Sunday, the selection of the German Ice Hockey Federation in Krefeld also won the third game in the traditional four-nation tournament.
The decisive 4: 1 (2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) success against ex-world champion Slovakia were Leo Pföderl (1st minute), Tobias Rieder (6th / 56th).
Krefeld -) and Dominik Bittner (39th) successful for Germany.
For the Slovaks, who had also won twice before, only Samuel Bucek scored (26th).
Germany had previously defeated Russia 4: 3 and Switzerland 3: 0.
Again, the number of spectators was disappointing.
Only 2309 people came to the arena on Sunday.
This means that significantly fewer ice hockey fans came on all three match days than in 2019, when before the coronavirus pandemic, spectators were last admitted to the national team's home appearances.
dpa