The German national ice hockey team had to take a narrow defeat against Sweden at the start. © Kalle Parkkinen/imago
Germany and the reigning world champion Finland face each other on the second matchday of the Ice Hockey World Championship. The live ticker for the game.
- Ice Hockey World Cup: Germany vs. Finland, Saturday, 19:20 p.m. (on TV and stream)
- The DEB team narrowly lost the opening game at the Ice Hockey World Championships: Now it's against the hosts.
- Finland is the reigning world champion: The Fennoscandinavians also lost their first World Cup match.
- Can the team of national coach Harold Kreis score? This ticker will be updated continuously.
Tampere – On Friday evening, the German national ice hockey team started the World Cup tournament with a narrow defeat. With 0:1 (0:0, 0:0, 0:1) the team of the new national coach Harold Kreis had to admit defeat to the Swedish selection. Now comes the next difficult task for the DEB team: they face the co-host and last year's world champion Finland.
Ice Hockey World Championship 2023 in Latvia and Finland | |
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Place: | Arena Riga, Nokia Arena (Tampere) |
Date: | Friday 12 May 2023 – Sunday 28 May 2023 |
Defending champion: | Finland |
Record winners: | Canada (27 titles) |
Ice Hockey World Championships live today: Germany challenged after opening defeat against Finland
Despite losing the start, Kreis encouraged his protégés. "The team played on an equal footing with Sweden and that should continue tomorrow," said the national coach, summing up the narrow defeat. He lacked determination in front of goal, according to the German-Canadian. "That's certainly an insight that we want to take with us into tomorrow's game: more shots on goal, more traffic," said the coach.
Moritz Seider of the Detroit Red Wings was also satisfied with the first game. "That's a very, very good foundation that we've laid. We haven't trained together for that long. But it went incredibly well," said the 22-year-old, "we annoyed a very, very good team for a very long time."
Ice Hockey World Championships in the live ticker: DEB opponent Finland also lost its opening game
The Nokia arena in Tampere, Finland, will host all Group A matches. Not only the German team, but also the Finns were already on the ice on Friday. In front of more than 12,000 spectators, the Northern Europeans went down 1-0 (1-4, 1-0, 0-1) against the United States despite a 0-3 lead. In the final third, Finland conceded the decisive three goals.
In front of their home crowd, the Finns will do everything they can to win their second World Cup home game. Now it's up to the German national team, which can be the party crasher today. (ajr)