Germany's NHL forward John-Jason Peterka received a lesson from national coach Kreis at the Ice Hockey World Championships. © Pavel Golovkin/dpa
Germany will face Hungary at the Ice Hockey World Championships. The DEB team needs a win to keep their chance of reaching the quarterfinals. The game in the live ticker.
Tampere – Germany is doomed to win the Ice Hockey World Championships in order to achieve the minimum goal. In Group A, only fourth place is possible behind the favourites USA, Sweden and Finland, but this would still be enough to reach the quarter-finals. The prerequisite for this is a success of the DEB team in the penultimate group game, on Sunday at 15.20 CET, against Hungary. Recently, however, there was trouble with NHL star John-Jason Peterka.
Germany vs Hungary today in the live ticker: DEB team wants third win in a row
After two recent victories against Denmark (6-4) and Austria (4-2), Germany needs more points to reach the minimum goal of quarter-finals at the World Cup in Finland and Latvia. However, his team will have to be patient, said national coach Harold Kreis: "If you look at the Hungarians in the last few games, they played very well for 40 minutes and then lost focus in the final third. I don't know if it was the force or what."
In addition, Toni Söderholm's successor called for more penalties to be provoked. Against Austria, his team had not even played in the majority. "You can provoke it a little bit by playing fast in a small space," said Kreis, who recently gave NHL forward John-Jason Peterka a lesson.
Ice Hockey World Cup: Germany vs. Hungary today in the live ticker – trouble for NHL star shortly before the game
The top talent of the Buffalo Sabres had been absent the following day in German training at the Ice Hockey World Championships. According to the district, however, this has no special background. "It was a voluntary training today. Every player can decide what to do with it," said Kreis after Saturday's session in Tampere. He also stressed: "All the players are fit."
On Friday in the 4-2 win against Austria, Kreis had dispensed with the 21-year-old German top talent in the final third and left Peterka on the bench. "We told him that we had the impression that he didn't make an impact on the ice. He has also understood that," said Kreis on Saturday. Peterka reacted "professionally" to the decision.
Ice Hockey World Cup: Germany vs. Hungary today in the live ticker – national coach increases the pressure
On Friday, the national coach had indirectly accused the entire front row and Peterka's sidemen Dominik Kahun and Marcel Noebels of not having implemented the coaching team's instructions. "Play our game," he told his parade storm, Kreis had said.
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It is likely that there will be personnel changes against Hungary on Sunday (15.20 CET/Sport1 and MagentaSport). "We've won two games in a row. That doesn't mean we won't make a small change. But we haven't decided that yet," Kreis said. His team needs more points to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. (ck/dpa)