The World Cup in Switzerland ends for Austria with a 1:4 defeat against the USA. After seven group games, red-white-red is in sixth place in Group A with nine points.
“The disappointment is of course great now, but I am still incredibly proud of the boys for how they fought until the end, right up to the last shift,” said captain Peter Schneider, summing up the emotional roller coaster.
Austria went into the last group game of this World Cup with a lot of enthusiasm and found their first chance after a few seconds through Tim Harnisch, who was only denied by metal a little later, in the 4th minute. The Americans then struck almost out of nowhere. And twice as much. Connor Clifton first slammed the puck into the top corner in the 6th minute, 45 seconds later Ryan Ufko increased the score to 2-0.
A cold shower for Austria, but one that they quickly recovered from. Vinzenz Rohrer appeared alone in front of the US goalkeeper in the 9th minute, but was unable to put the ball under his belt.
The start to the second third was bitter. Paul Cotter increased the score to 3-0 in the 22nd minute. No reason to hang your head when it comes to red, white and red. They continued to struggle, defended hard at the back, only the disc didn’t want to jump properly for Austria. Matthew Tkachuk also scored 4-0 for the USA when they were outnumbered.
In the 37th minute, the long-overdue siren sounded on the other side when Simeon Schwinger deflected a shot from David Maier to make it 1:4. Once again they swore to each other in the dressing room, remembering the comeback against Canada two years ago.
And Lucas Thaler promptly found a huge opportunity, but couldn’t get the disc onto the blade properly. Minutes later, the future Germany legionnaire was unlucky again. It simply wasn’t meant to be on this late summer afternoon in Zurich (SUI).
Austria lost 4-1 in the end, but can look back proudly on a great World Cup.
89th Ice Hockey World Championship
USA: Austria – 4:1 (2:0|2:1|0:0)
Goals: 1:0 Clifton (6th), 2:0 Ufko (7th), 3:0 Cotter (22nd), 4:0 Tkachuk (32nd/PP), 4:1 Schwinger (37th)
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