Comeback Win for Germany on OT Penalty Shot
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Comeback win for Germany on OT penalty shot
Tobias Krestan’s goal on a penalty shot awarded in overtime gave Germany a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Czechia at the 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Men’s World Championship. It was the Germans’ first win of the tournament and keeps alive their hopes of advancing to the quarter-finals. It was also Czechia’s first defeat, and clouds the picture of the top three teams in Group B. “I was praying for him and he made a really good move and put it in…
Bratislava - The Czech under-18 hockey team lost to Germany 2:3 in overtime in the third game of the World Championship in Group B in Bratislava. After previous victories over the Americans and Swedes, coach Jan Tomajko's team lost for the first time in the tournament and missed the chance to advance to the quarterfinals of the play-offs. The Germans achieved their first points after two defeats.
In the third group game of the IIHF U18 World Championship 2026 in Slovakia (Trenčín and Bratislava), the team of U18 coach Andreas Becher went against the current leader of the group B, Czech Republic, on the ice – 1,698 spectators had come to the Vladimir Dzurilla Eisarena in Bratislava for this. The DEB junior team was able to look forward to a 3-2 win after extension. DEB goalkeepers were Jonas Schwarz, Nikita Bloch and Tobias Krestan. In th…
After triumphs over Sweden and the USA, the Czech U18 hockey players experienced the taste of defeat for the first time at this year's World Championship in Slovakia. They complicated the situation by losing to Germany 2:3 after overtime. The opponent tied the score twenty seconds before the end of the third period, and just before the end of overtime, Czech-born hockey player Tobias Krestan decided the German triumph on a penalty shootout.
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