Head coach Roger Bader: “The first third was bad, no question about it. But it wasn’t a 0-5 third either. We saw the same two things in these first 20 minutes that we often experience at the start of the November break – overly complicated play with the puck, which leads to loss of targets and not enough physical play. I also mentioned that during the break. It was a bit bitter how much we had to learn. The second and third thirds were excellent, in that we were the better team. The last goal from the Slovakia seems to have been an offside goal. However, we can build on the performance of these 40 minutes.”
Lucas Thaler: “We weren’t ready at the beginning, were surprised and then didn’t find our way into the game. What we showed in the first third wasn’t enough for international ice hockey. We woke up in the second third, but with a score of 0:5 it’s difficult to turn the game around. From then on it was definitely ok, looked good and we can build on that.”
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