Sweden wins crazy game against Germany
Team Sweden and Team Germany split seventeen goals between them in a highly entertaining game with Sweden eventually coming on top thanks to three goals in the closing stages of the last quarter.
| Game no. 12 • aB2 • Mon 20/6/2011 • 16:00 • Schedule and results | ||
|---|---|---|
Sweden |
9:7 |  Germany |
| (1:1, 4:2, 1:3, 3:1) | ||
| Sparring (26. Idoff) - Brolin, Svensson, Olsson, Nillson - Bejmo, Torgersson, Berglund, Luukkonen - Myren, Lilja Hoglund, Thellberg - Djerf | Ower (Vollmer) - Duck, Menge, Greilinger, Engel - Holscher, Wurm, Aab, Blank - Wichert, Seifert, Rossi, Ortolf | |
| Goals and assists: 9. Hoglund (Nilsson, Olsson), 14. Berglund (Luukonen, Bejmo), 16. Berglund (Luukkonen), 16. Brolin (Olsson, Bejmo), 17. Hoglund (Lilja), 35. Berglund (Brolin), 44. Brolin (Berglund), 45. Olsson (Svensson), 48. Brolin - 11. Engel (Ortolf), 15. Wichert (Seifert), 22. Menge (Greilinger), 25. Menge (Greilinger), 26. Aab (Engel), 30. Greilinger (Menge), 43. Blank (Wichert) | ||
| Shots: 40:33
(11:6, 6:9, 12:8, 11:10).
Penalties: 2:2.
PP goals: 1:1.
SH goals: 0:0. Refferees: Druga, Virta. |
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Game report
After a peaceful start into the game teams showed the great permormance. In the 8th minute Hoglund scored power-play goal but very soon Germans tied the game. Engel sent the puck into the net one minute before the end of first period.The best player of the game - Carl Berglund - added in the 14th minute his second goal and Team Sweden took the lead again. "If I scored four goals or somebody else, it is not important. This victory espacially helps to team spirit," said forward after the game.
But Wichert reacted with another goal very quickly. Then the Swedish storm came. Three goals in two minutes seemed to destroyed the opponent. However, Menge reduced difference. And at the beginning of third period Team Germany tied the game. It was 5:5.
Team Germany made turnover in the last period. Blank changed the score to 6:5. But the Sweden did not give up the game a thanks to Simon Olsson´s winning goal celbrated the first victory in the tournament. "Team Sweden was very strong and tough opponent. We are not satisfied with the score but with the game we are," said Boris Blank.
Author: Tomas Pavlicek
Game reactions
Georg Holzmann (Team Germany coach): We played the game on a good level, unfortunately we did not earned any point. Today the players were much more skating than in the game against Czechs and they were good in defense too. I am satisfied. Next game we want to play in the same way and we hope to win.Skoog Fredrik (Team Sweden coach): We played good game. We followed our tactics. When we had troubles we kept playing the same hockey. We created too much mistakes, it must not happen again. We should improve this into next game.
