ZOH 2022 hockey – Slovakia. Germany today – performance against the opponent
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The tournament begins. So far, hockey teams have been fighting for a place in the fight for promotion to the best quarterfinals, or for direct promotion. Well, until now, it’s really about everything. Whoever wins goes on, whoever loses can pack. The Slovaks in the play-off match will challenge their traditional opponent Germany on Tuesday at 5.10 our time.
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In the overall ranking after the basic, Slovakia took the eighth place, Germany the ninth, so the tournament system brought them together. Both had the same number of points (3), the same score (-4), but the Slovaks had more goals scored and therefore will have a good home environment.
You can thank Tomáš Jurč and his goal 0.5 seconds before the end of the duel with Latvia in an empty goal, if the goal did not fall, the home team would be Germans. It may be a detail, but Craig Ramsay’s charges will have the right to take turns and respond to the deployment of rival formations. We are already in hockey that you have seen this advantage well and help victory.
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However, it will be much more important to score goals, which makes both teams quite a problem, even though the Slovaks may have woken up in the last match against Latvia. They gave them five goals, before that they gave only two to the Finns and one to the Swedes, who were taken care of by only one player – Juraj Slafkovský.
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The Germans lost to Canada 1: 5, surprisingly struggled with China, when they won only 3: 2 in the last match of the group lost to the USA 2: 3. In total, they scored only six goals, which is, especially given the fact that they had in the group China, woefully few. No player prevailed more than once at that time.
A look at statistics also speaks of shooting anguish. The Slovaks scored 7.48 percent of shots, the Germans 6.82. Only Switzerland 4.49 and China 2.82 are worse. They are just as bad at power games.
Germany used one in ten, Slovaks did not use one in nine, they are the worst in the tournament, the best is also China, which used one in fourteen. And both are not excellent at managing the weaknesses, Slovakia collected three times out of nine cases, the Germans three times out of twelve.
Both teams have something to improve and the chances are really 50 to 50. Who will try to tilt the scales to the side of Germany?
Goalkeepers
The Germans have been bothered by a problem with the goalkeepers since the start of the tournament. rather they relied on Mathias Niederberger from Eisbärn Berlin, but the first two meetings did not work out. He collected up to five times against 27 shots against Canada, and China beat him twice out of 16 attempts. The worst success rate in the entire tournament, only 83.72 percent.
In the third match against the USA, they have already bet on experience, the 36-year-old has stood in the goal Danny from the birchwhich led the Germans to sensational silver medal from the Olympics four years ago. The favored Americans managed to torment the player Munich, but in the end they won 3: 2. It is therefore possible that after a relatively decent performance we will see in the goal also against Slovakia.
The three in the tournament is Felix Brückmann from Adler Mannheim, he hasn’t got a chance yet.
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Danny Aus den Birken germany slovakia
Source: TASR
Defenders
They all play in the highest German competition. He should introduce himself in defense Moritz Müllerthe captain of the team with rich national experience and silver from Pyongyang should stand by the side of the returnee Marc Nowak. He was injured in the opening match with Canada, but against Slovakia he should be ready to jump into the duel. With Müller, Nowak performs more defensive tasks so that his partner can support the offensive more.
In the second defensive pair, he is one of the few players at the time with NHL experience. Korbinian Holzer played 211 duels in profile, only fighting for a better chance on the farm. They are not productive defenders, but they won the Olympics in a match with China. He has been playing with him since the beginning of the tournament Fabio Wagner from Ingolstadt.
In the third defense, there is another monument to silver success Jonas Müllerby his side should be Konrad Abeltshauserwho was drafted into the NHL in 2010, but has never played in it and has been playing in Germany since 2016.
Attackers
We will find the first players outside the home competition only in the offensive lines. The biggest star and the most productive player of the team is a native of the Czech Republic Dominik Kahun. Last season, he played in the NHL alongside Edmonton’s biggest stars, but he failed as he had hoped and returned to Europe, signing with Bern in Switzerland. He has three points in the tournament, but he achieved two of them against China. He also won silver four years ago.
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Leon Draisaitl and Dominik Kahun
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Coaches are looking for the best partners for him. He kept him company against the United States Matej Plachta from Mannheim and Tobias Rieder from the Swedish highest competition. Rieder has spent seven seasons in the NHL, during which he has played nearly 500 games. It has only been operating in Europe since the current season.
The second attack played in the composition Leo Pföderl – Stefan Loibl – Marcel Noebels. Loibl in Sweden, his two Berliners meet at the Eisbärn Club. They were in such a composition only in the last meeting with the USA and they did not prevail in points. So whether the coach will leave them buried is questionable.
On the contrary, the third attack, composed of Munich players, prevailed. The goal shot the captain’s assistant Patrik Hager. They play with him in the attack Yasin Ehliz a Frederik Tiffels.
We will also find a pair from one club in the fourth attack. Adler Mannheim represent Lean Bergmann a Nico Krämmer. I supplement them Tom Kühnhackl from Sweden’s top league, which boasts two Stanley Cups, won them in 2016 and 207 with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Matches with Slovakia
Germany is a traditional rival of Slovakia, whether for world victories or in preparatory matches and tournaments. In the last ten years, both teams have met up to 21 times and the balance is extremely balanced, Slovakia has won 11 times and Germany has won 10 times.
What is the view of matches in world victories? Recently for the last time for Slovak fans. They last met at the World Championships in Slovakia, when in a memorable match both Leon Draisaitl decided on their winning team 3: 2 in the last triumph. At the 2017 World Championships, the Slovaks lost 2: 3 after the raids and at the 2015 World Championships 1: 5. The last win dates back to 2013 – 3: 2.
Both selections also met at the Olympics, but only in 1998 and 2002. In the first case, the Germans won 4: 2 in the fight for ninth place, four years later in the group to advance to the main part of the tournament, they succeeded 3: 0.
Slovakia also played a model preparatory duel with Germany before the start of the Olympics. In the match for 2×20 minutes and then five minutes in the game 3 on 3, the players from the Tatras lost 3: 5
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