The new national ice hockey coach Harold Kreis still has a lot of work to do before the start of the World Cup. On Saturday it was the second clear defeat in the second game under the Söderholm successor.
Second game, second defeat with the new national ice hockey coach Harold Kreis. The national team was also clearly inferior to the twelve-time world champion Czech Republic on Saturday in Frankfurt at 1:5 (0:1, 0:1, 1:3).
The selection of the German Ice Hockey Association had already lost 2:6 against the Czechs on Thursday at the district debut. With less than a month to go before the start of the World Cup in Finland and Latvia, both teams are still missing a number of top performers.
Dominik Bokk (55th minute) from the Löwen Frankfurt scored the only German goal on Saturday. Jakub Flek after just 81 seconds, David Tomasek (36′), Michael Spacek (47′), Radan Lenc (49′) and Ondrej Beranek (59′) overcame Tobias Ancicka from Eisbären Berlin in the German goal.
“Today we will definitely play a bit better,” Bokk announced before the game at MagentaSport. With a few exceptions, there wasn’t much to see. The Czechs played much more determined, effective and easier.
Five friendly games until the start of the World Cup
The 66-year-old German-Canadian group made its debut as national coach as the successor to Toni Söderholm (44) in Kassel on Thursday. His team will continue in the coming week with two games against Austria in Deggendorf (April 20) and Landshut (April 22). Next Tuesday, the reinforced squad will be named. The first players from the NHL could then also be there for whom the season ended after the main round. A few top performers such as captain Moritz Müller or Dominik Kahun from SC Bern were also rested against the Czech Republic.
Before the start of the World Cup against Sweden on May 12, there are still five friendlies to come. Other opponents are Slovakia (April 28th and 29th) and the USA (May 9th).
Source: Stern
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