In the last two games of the men’s hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Thursday, the national team, previously considered the most likely, won smoothly: Canada defeated Germany and the United States defeated hosts China.
| The great defenses of goalkeepers Niederberger are in vain (Photo: AFP) |
Among the two matches that started at the same time, it is clear that Canada and Germany The encounter looked even more exciting early on, as the German national team qualifier in Pyongyang played with the Canadians who won bronze in South Korea four years earlier.
This time around, it turned out relatively quickly that the reversal of the previous sentence was true: the North Americans were literally playing with the Germans, taking Alex Grant ahead in the fifth minute, followed by Benn Street at the end of the tenth minute. And Daniel Winnick in half a minute. He also scored the goal that practically decided the match.
Despite the beauty of the German team in the middle third through Tobias Rieder, Maxim Noru responded within two minutes, fighting for the man’s advantage. The match wasn’t too tight in the final third, it was 5-1The final score was decided by Jordan Weil 8 and a half minutes before the end.
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| The puck entered the Chinese gate eight times (Photo: AFP) |
The other match in the group was similarly one-sided, and United States of America Fully stuffed by the host China, The 8-0Sean Farrell, who is only 20 years old, scored 3 goals in 2 goals – he led the championship with five points.
Winter Olympics, Beijing 2022
men’s hockey
round 1
the group
Canada – Germany 5-1 (3-0, 1-1, 1-0)
The United States and China 8-0 (1-0, 3-0, 4-0)
Previously
group c
Sweden – Latvia 3-2 (1-0, 2-1, 0-1)
Finland – Slovakia 6-2 (3-1, 1-1, 2-0)
