Germany meets Kazakhstan at the Ice Hockey World Cup, and the DEB team wants to continue its dream start.
We accompany the game in the live ticker.
Ice Hockey World Cup: Kazakhstan - Germany -: - (-: -, -: -, - :-), Wednesday, 3:15 p.m.
After the historic victory against Canada, Kazakhstan is waiting for the compulsory task.
The DEB team can take the fourth victory in a row at the start of the World Cup.
The game in the live ticker.
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Update from May 26th, 1:20 p.m.:
In just under two hours, the German ice hockey cracks will be back on the ice.
After three victories at the beginning of the World Cup and the historic 3-1 against Canada most recently, Germany can already make the quarter-finals clear.
But with opponents Kazakhstan an uncomfortable opponent is waiting.
The underdog surprised with a win against hosts Latvia and embarrassed defending champions Finland.
The Kazakhs achieved both victories after a shootout.
In game three on Tuesday, however, the first defeat followed with the 3-0 defeat against the USA.
Ice hockey World Cup: Germany against Kazakhstan in the live ticker - euphoria in the DEB team
Preliminary report from May 25th:
Riga - Germany's national ice hockey team wants to continue its winning streak at the ice hockey world championship against Kazakhstan. After the historic World Cup victory against Canada, the intensity of which was reminiscent of the game of the century in the 2018 Olympic semifinals in Pyeongchang, the German ice hockey cracks are still on cloud nine at the World Cup in Riga.
"This team lives from the passion and love for one another," said captain Moritz Müller happily after the 3-1 win against Canada on Monday evening - the first World Cup victory against the 26-time world champion in 25 years.
With the fourth win in the fourth game, the promising World Cup kick-off on Wednesday against Kazakhstan (3:15 p.m. / Sport1) should continue.
The team firmly believes in a coup like three years ago, when the selection of the German Ice Hockey Association sensationally won silver after the 4: 3 in the Olympic semifinals against Canada.
Ice hockey World Cup: Germany against Kazakhstan in the live ticker - dream of the World Cup title
Unlike a good three years ago in South Korea, there are NHL players at the World Cup, but the really big stars are missing so far - also due to the special circumstances of the tournament in a bubble in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Several top nations have surprisingly lost games. The motherland of ice hockey, consisting almost exclusively of NHL players, suffered its third defeat against Germany in the third game. There had never been anything like it in the history of the World Cup.
“It used to be clear that one of the top six nations would ultimately become world champion.
It's different now, ”said DEB President Franz Reindl.
“You now have a lot of teams.” One of them - besides Switzerland and Slovakia - is Germany.
“The start was definitely great, but we still have a little bit of plans,” said long-time NHL defender Korbinian Holzer on the morning after the win against Canada.
Ice hockey World Cup: Germany against Kazakhstan in the live ticker - do NHL stars travel to?
For the 33-year-old veteran Holzer, who has played for the DEB team for 13 years, the team feels special this year.
Holzer was also at the first World Cup in 2019 under national coach Toni Söderholm, when he achieved four opening wins and the best World Cup preliminary round so far before the quarter-final against the Czech Republic.
That could be topped this time, although two years ago world-class player Leon Draisaitl was there from the start in Slovakia and NHL top goalie Philipp Grubauer joined them. After the playoffs of the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL, Draisaitl and Dominik Kahun could still come, but only play in the coming week. The next opponent Kazakhstan surprised in the first two games with two wins after penalty shootouts against Latvia and Finland.
(ck / dpa)
