USA vs Germany. Which of the rivals will continue the campaign for gold?
The second semi-final pair will play their match on May 27 in Tampere, Finland. Teams USA and Germany will take to the ice of the Tampere Dec arena.
The American team remains the only one in this tournament who has not suffered a single defeat. Seven victories in the group stage were continued in the playoffs, where the Americans confidently dealt with the Czech team. Before the quarterfinal match, experts assessed the chances of both teams for the final success as approximately equal, but the game itself did not cast any doubt on the superiority of the US team. Eloquently about the advantage of the Americans says the statistics of shots on target, 34-15, that is, the Americans more than doubled their opponent. Coronato, Perbeeks and Gauthier scored each to give the Americans a landslide 3-0 victory.
This is the third game of the Americans in this tournament to "zero", at the group stage, the national teams of Denmark 3-0 and France 9-0 were also beaten with a dry score. Carter Gauthier, who scored the last goal in the quarterfinals, came close to the list of the best scorers to the Czech Kubalik, with seven goals behind Kubalik, who completed the tournament, by only one puck. The best assistant of the championship is Gotye's partner on the link, who plays in the AHL, TJ Tainen.
Germany
After the first three rounds of the group stage, the German national team closed the standings in group A, having zero points scored in its assets. To a certain extent, the championship calendar is to blame for this, which determined the Germans already at the start as rivals of all the favorites. As a result, with a fairly equal game, the Germans alternately lost to the Swedish team 0-1, Finland 3-4 and the USA 2-3. It would seem that disaster cannot be avoided, but the German hockey players did not break down psychologically, having ideally passed the second part of the group stage.
With opponents of a lower level, the Germans did not allow misfires, taking the maximum possible points in the four remaining matches. Victories over Denmark 6-4, Austria 4-2, Hungary 7-2 and France 5-0 sent the German national team to the final fourth place in the group, which automatically meant getting into the quarterfinals for the best team in group B. In the game against the powerful Swiss squad, the Germans made a bet on counterattacking hockey and in the end did not lose. The key in that match was the second period, when, with the score 1-1, Peterka first brought the Germans forward, and then another NHL representative, Niko Sturm, put a winning point in the match, despite the fact that the Germans at that moment played in the minority.
Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on USA vs Germany
USAThe American team remains the only one in this tournament who has not suffered a single defeat. Seven victories in the group stage were continued in the playoffs, where the Americans confidently dealt with the Czech team. Before the quarterfinal match, experts assessed the chances of both teams for the final success as approximately equal, but the game itself did not cast any doubt on the superiority of the US team. Eloquently about the advantage of the Americans says the statistics of shots on target, 34-15, that is, the Americans more than doubled their opponent. Coronato, Perbeeks and Gauthier scored each to give the Americans a landslide 3-0 victory.
This is the third game of the Americans in this tournament to "zero", at the group stage, the national teams of Denmark 3-0 and France 9-0 were also beaten with a dry score. Carter Gauthier, who scored the last goal in the quarterfinals, came close to the list of the best scorers to the Czech Kubalik, with seven goals behind Kubalik, who completed the tournament, by only one puck. The best assistant of the championship is Gotye's partner on the link, who plays in the AHL, TJ Tainen.
Germany
After the first three rounds of the group stage, the German national team closed the standings in group A, having zero points scored in its assets. To a certain extent, the championship calendar is to blame for this, which determined the Germans already at the start as rivals of all the favorites. As a result, with a fairly equal game, the Germans alternately lost to the Swedish team 0-1, Finland 3-4 and the USA 2-3. It would seem that disaster cannot be avoided, but the German hockey players did not break down psychologically, having ideally passed the second part of the group stage.
With opponents of a lower level, the Germans did not allow misfires, taking the maximum possible points in the four remaining matches. Victories over Denmark 6-4, Austria 4-2, Hungary 7-2 and France 5-0 sent the German national team to the final fourth place in the group, which automatically meant getting into the quarterfinals for the best team in group B. In the game against the powerful Swiss squad, the Germans made a bet on counterattacking hockey and in the end did not lose. The key in that match was the second period, when, with the score 1-1, Peterka first brought the Germans forward, and then another NHL representative, Niko Sturm, put a winning point in the match, despite the fact that the Germans at that moment played in the minority.
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