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Ice Hockey World Cup 2021 | USA – Germany 6: 1, Americans can fight for bronze, Germans did not have enough strength to fight for a medal dream

Vasily Fedosenko, Reuters

The best goalkeeper of the tournament, Petersen, perfectly kept the opponent in check, who had already lost to the USA 0: 2 in the group, and even in the second meeting at this year’s championship he did not manage to score a long time. When Bittner did, after all, his team already had a five-goal shortfall and it was only an honorable success, to which the Americans responded in just 25 seconds.

Right at the beginning of this year’s bronze duel, Finnish coach Söderholm’s charges did not use a four-minute overtime for a foul of Robertson, who caused a bloody injury to Eisenschmid’s face with an illegal high-stick game.

Immediately came the blow from the USA, when Wolanin fled everyone out of the defensive zone with the puck and matured at the end of Brückmann, who replaced Niederberger in the German goal for the last appearance at the tournament.

American quarterback Christian Wolanin receives congratulations from his teammates on his goal against Germany.

Vasily Fedosenko, Reuters

The Americans showed the whole match that they had a really perfect game in the weakening, they survived two minutes in three against five. For the entire tournament in Riga, they received a single goal in the numerical disadvantage.

The secret of the match with Germany was resolved in less than six minutes in the middle of the second period, when the USA won four times in quick succession. He first fired from blue Robertson, whose attempt then welcomed the most productive of the Americans, Garland. Immediately, Chmelevski went over the renumbering with Drury and the nephew of the general manager of the national team finished with a successful loop to the backhand.

Then, during the German power play, the Czech native Kahun hit the stick, but the Americans showed how to do a numerical advantage with the exclusion of the Sail for possession. Robertson ended the lightning combination of the elite attack. Before the Germans could recover, another blow from the opponent came. Krämmer’s foul punished Moore in a flash.

In the 34th minute it was practically done, the USA had the duel under control and the Germans lacked the physical and mental strength to change something about the unfavorable development of the match, the score of which was final after another goal on each side within half a minute.

The Americans deserve bronze, out of ten matches they lost the tournament only to the finalists Finland and Canada. For Germany, the final 4th place is also the best result at the World Championships since 2010, when they took the same place on the home ice.

Riga Ice Hockey World Championships – bronze medal match:
USA – Germany 6: 1 (1: 0, 4: 0, 1: 1)
Goals and recordings: 6. Wolanin, 27. Garland (Robertson, Wolanin), 29. Drury (Chmelevski), 32. Robertson (Garland, T. Thompson), 33. T. Moore (Garland, T. Thompson), 50. Donato (Clendening, T. Thompson) – 50. Bittner (Tarpaulin, Kahun). Judges: Heikkinen, Vikman – Nikulainen, Sormunen (all Fin.). Exclusion: 9: 7, plus Khmelevski (USA) 5 min. and until the end of the match. Utilization: 2: 0.
USA: Petersen – Wolanin, Hellickson, Z. Jones, Tennyson, Mackey, Ch. Wideman, Shea, Clendening – Robertson, T. Moore, Garland – Robinson, Blackwell, Labanc – Donato, Rooney, T. Thompson – Drury, B. Boyle, Chmelevski. Trenér: Jack Capuano.
Germany: Brückmann – Moritz Müller, Seider, J. Müller, Holzer, Wagner, Nowak, Gawanke, Bittner – L. Reichel, Noebels, Pföderl – Plachta, Kahun, Eisenschmid – Kühnhackl, Loibl, Rieder – Krämmer, Kastner, Peterka. Trenér: Toni Söderholm.

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