The ÖEHV Express rolls and rolls. After the victories over Great Britain and Hungary, Austria immediately followed up against Latvia.
In an extremely intense and physical game, they once again showed enormous strength in their own third, had secure support in Atte Tolvanen, who was also named Best Player, and were once again effective in attack. With the 3-1 win they have already achieved two goals and now there is a lot of talk about the quarter-finals. The next opponent is on Wednesday, 4:20 p.m. live on ORF 1, host Switzerland.
Benjamin Nissner: “We feel incredible. It’s so much fun to celebrate with the boys after the win. We said we’d play well defensively today and score two goals up front. We succeeded. Latvia are a very physical and skillful team. They can actually do everything, that makes it difficult. But we had Atte at the back, who was unbelievable.”
A real highlight game awaits us on Wednesday with hosts Switzerland, but they go into it as the clear underdog. Nissner: “We have nothing to lose, we’ll do our thing and see what happens.”
In addition to the Swiss legionnaires, this game is also for Austria Head coach Roger Baderwho comes from Switzerland, is something very special: “In your own stadium in front of 10,000 spectators, against a very strong team that is one of the favorites for gold, it’s something special. They have four good lines, some even super good, six NHL players who are absolute top performers in their clubs. They bring in enormous quality, as do the players from the Swiss league. The game today took a lot of strength, let’s see how many balls we still have tomorrow.”
eishockey.at , Image: ÖEHV-Nicolas Zangerle
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