The ÖEHV selection had to admit defeat against Germany 2:6 in its fifth appearance at the World Cup in Switzerland.
We fought a long, equal battle with our neighbors, with good chances on both sides. They started the second third with a lot of momentum and had the chance to make it 1-0 through Vinzenz Rohrer, who was also voted best player. That was to happen just a little later through Leon Wallner, who scored the first goal of the game after an ideal pass from Tim Harnisch.
The celebration was short-lived, however, as Lukas Reichel equalized with a powerful shot over Atte Tolvanen’s left shoulder. Shortly afterwards, Maximilian Rebernig found two good chances, but just then the momentum changed. In the 34th minute, Germany’s top line around NHL star Moritz Seider outplayed Austria and took a 2-1 lead through Joshua Samanski. In the final period, after a penalty against Rohrer, our neighbors used the power play to increase the score to 3:1 and shortly afterwards were lucky with the 4:1 goal, which was deflected into the goal by David Maier’s skate.
Vinzenz Rohrer had the answer, who stormed into the attacking zone with a solo from his own third and made it 2:4 with a powerful shot under the crossbar in the 49th minute. Austria fought doggedly, threw themselves into every shot, and was lucky twice with shots from the pole. But being twice outnumbered after a 2+2 penalty first against Peter Schneider and another against Thimo Nickl, whose breakaway shot from his own zone landed in the opposite net and he was sent off due to delay of game, they found themselves behind 2:5.
Head coach Roger Bader risked everything 5:34 minutes before the end of the game and took Tolvanen out of the goal. But Germany captured the puck in their own zone and made the final score 6-2 in an empty goal. The penultimate group game for Austria against Finland follows on Sunday evening, and on Tuesday they finally face defending champions USA.
89th Ice Hockey World Championship
Austria: Germany – 2:6 (0:0|1:2|1:4)
Goals: 1:0 Wallner (23rd), 1:1 Reichel (24th), 1:2 Samanski (34th), 1:3 Reichel (46th/PP), 1:4 Wiederer (49th), 2:4 Rohrer (49th), 2:5 Reichel (51st/PP2), 2:6 Ehl (55th/EN)
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