Swedes take 2nd, play Latvia in QF
The Germans got off to a good start with a fortuitous goal just four minutes later. Rossmy drove down the right side and cut around his man, Anton Olsson, before unleashing an easy shot down the ice that Clang flubbed.
Just 82 seconds later, however, Sweden equalized after a power play with Danjo Leonhardt in the box for tripping. Olausson scored his first goal of the tournament with a shot over Quapp’s glove from the top of the circle.
Sweden went ahead 2-1 at 12:29 on a fantastic hand-eye coordination play by Ljungman. Olsson took the original shot, but Quapp knocked the puck into the air while making the save. Ljungman swung it in with expert precision, and without a high stick, as the video review confirmed.
Just a minute and a half later, the Swedes opened up a two-goal lead. Captain Emil Andrae ran forward Oskar Magnusson alone with a perfectly angled pass of the sideboards. Magnusson snapped a shot over the glove of Quapp to give Sweden control of the game. It was the first of the tournament for Magnusson, who was drafted 211th overall by Washington two years ago.
The second period was Swedish vintage hockey. The clock ticked away second by second, and a lot of nothing happened. The Swedes were fairly faultless in defense but did not generate many big chances of their own. Germany had a little buzz halfway through, but a Maciej Rutkowski chance was stopped by Clang and Sweden continued to lead, 3-1.
Germany coach Tobias Abstreiter inserted backup Lunemann into the game to start the third. He had been a backup last December but had not seen any game action before the tournament closed.
Lunemann was welcomed to the big time in the worst way, as Sweden connected on a power play just 5:46 into their first game. Ljungman connected a one-timer from the middle of the gap before Lunemann knew what had happened, and the Swedes extended their lead to 4-1.
Germany scored with 7.1 seconds left on a scrappy goal. Luca Munzenberger curled a shot at goal that bounced off a body in front and floated high over everyone and into the roof of the net. Another video was required, but it was far too little, too late for Germany.