Posts About "Team Germany"

Groups Set For 2018 Olympics

September 4th, 2016 During this weekend's tournaments, Germany, Slovenia, and Norway earned a ticket to the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and that means that the tournament's groups are now set. 2018 Olympic Games Groups Group A: Canada, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Korea* Group B: Russia, USA, Slovakia, Slovenia Group C: Sweden,...

Team Germany Wins Deutschland Cup 2014

November 9th, 2014 Team Germany has won its domestic Deutschland Cup 2014 in Munich. It took only two games out of three for the winners to get to the title of their dreams. Prior to the tournament the local media, namely the Sport 1 channel, reported on the German Hockey Federation’s (DEB) estimate that the team had all it needed for winning the...

DEL Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary

September 11th, 2014 The German professional ice hockey league (Deutsche Eishockeyliga – DEL) celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2014. The history of the league is definitely shorter than the history of ice hockey in Germany, but in the last twenty years the league has contributed greatly to the sport’s development and popularity among the nation. The...

Underdogs Show Their Bite at World Juniors

December 30th, 2013 While many fans may have been anticipating the major New Year's Eve matchups, the fifth day of the 2014 World Junior Championships provided fireworks a day early for Malmö by showcasing upsets. Finland's upset over Russia and Germany's surprise victory over the Czech Republic as well as the Norwegians and the Slovaks taking the Swiss...

Team USA's Power Play Surges at World Junior Championship

December 29th, 2013 On its way to a 8-0 victory over Germany, USA once again rode its power play to success at the 2014 World Junior Championship. Lights Out Special Teams The difference maker in this one was clearly the USA power play. The Americans converted on six of 10 opportunities with the man advantage, bringing their totals for the tournament...

Slovakia Outperforms Canada at World Juniors

December 27th, 2013 Day two of the 2014 World Junior Championship featured just two games. Slovakia dominated in a win over Germany, while Finland as expected easily handled Norway. Slovakia Opens Tournament with Statement Win Unlike Canada's slow start, the Slovaks brought it to the Germans right away. They dictated the pace of the opening 20 minutes and...

A Surprising Start to 2014 World Juniors

December 26th, 2013 Chances are not many people had a Germany defenseman scoring the first goal of the 2014 World Junior Championship. However, that's exactly what happened. The feat was shortly lived as Canada would score several minutes later and eventually take hold of the game before the end of the first period, on its way to a 7-2 win. First Goal...