The start leaves you wanting more: A strong team performance and determined NHL keeper Philipp Krubauer fueled hopes of another ice hockey coup early in the World Cup for runner-up Germany. On Friday, national coach Harold Kreis' team beat Olympic bronze medalist Slovakia 6:4 (0:0, 3:2, 3:2). Dominik Cahun (30th minute), Jonas Müller (33rd), Lukas Calplay (40th), Marc Michaelis (45th), Leo Pföderl (57th) and Tobias Eder (59th) scored for Germany in a high-quality game in Ostrava.
“It's important to take a good first step. We did that today. “Overall it was a great team performance,” said captain Moritz Müller at MagentaSport. Attacker Yassin Ehlis, who shone with three assists, added: “It can continue like this. Of course it's good for us.”
With a win against a direct rival of the German Ice Hockey Association, the selection of the German Ice Hockey Association has taken the first important step towards the quarter-finals before the next preliminary round games against Sweden on Saturday evening, World Cup winners USA and Monday (both 8.20 pm/ ProSieben and MagentaSport) – Eligibility is over.
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