Germany trembles its way to victory – Austria loses

Only a double strike from Yasin Ehliz (51st/PP) and NHL top striker Leon Draisaitl (53rd) saved Olympic silver medalist Germany 3-1 (0-0,1:0,2-1) against the big outsiders a disgrace.

In his first World Cup game, 18-year-old defender Moritz Seider shot the Germans into the lead in front of 6.866 spectators. However, this was initially equalized by Mike Hammond (44th) in the final third. Already on Sunday (16.15) Germany will play against Denmark, which struggled to a 5-4 win after a penalty shootout against France at the start.

Austria clearly loses Nothing came of the hoped-for points win for Austria's national ice hockey team in the first game of parallel group B, in which too Italy plays . The ÖEHV team had to admit defeat to Latvia with 2:5 (1:1,0:0,1:4) on Saturday. Michael Raffl gave the Austrians the lead in the 8.900th minute in front of 15 spectators in Bratislava.

After a nervous start, Austria, with David Kickert in goal, gave last year's World Cup quarter-finalists a duel at eye level for two thirds before the Latvians secured a deserved victory with four goals in the final third. For Raffl and Co. the duel against World Cup favorites Russia continues on Sunday afternoon (12.15 p.m.). Group A Germany – Great Britain 3:1 Goals: 1:0 Seider (39.21), 1:1 Hammond (43.36), 2:1 Ehliz (50.39), 3:1 Draisaitl (52.02)

Previous games: Finland – Canada 3:1 USA – Slovakia 1:4 Denmark – France 5:4 nP Table Pos Country Games Points 1. Slovakia 1 3 2. Finland 1 3 3. Germany 1 3 4. Denmark 1 2 5. France 1 1 6. Canada 1 0 7. Great Britain 1 0 8. USA 1 0 Group B Latvia – Austria 5:2 Goals: 0:1 Raffl (14.39), 1:1 Balcers (15.21), 2:1 Darzins (40.23), 3:1 Abols (44.19), 4:1 Meija (47.16), 4:2 Herburger (55.44), 5:2 Kenins (56.00)

Previous games: Russia – Norway 5:2 Czech Republic – Sweden 5:2 Switzerland – Italy 9:0 Table Pos Country Games Points 1. Switzerland 1 3 2. Russia 1 3 3. Czechia 1 3 4. Latvia 1 3 5. Norway 1 0 6. Sweden 1 0 7. Austria 1 0 8. Italy 1 0

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Germany trembles its way to victory – Austria loses

Germany's national ice hockey team shivered its way to an opening World Cup victory against Great Britain in Kosice on Saturday. Austria, meanwhile, conceded 2-5 against Latvia.

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