The weak first third with three goals conceded was ultimately crucial. Only then did the hosts increase. The goal from Alexander Ehl (22nd minute) was far too little for a selection of the Olympic third Slovakia for the third win in the fifth preparatory game.
In a different line-up, the selection of the German Ice Hockey Association at the Olympic Games in Beijing lost the qualification game for the quarter-finals with 0: 4 against Slovakia. The Slovaks then secured bronze.
Söderholm also had to do without the battered former NHL striker Dominik Kahun in the first of two test games in this third preparatory phase. Due to the ongoing final series in the German ice hockey league with the top teams Berlin and Munich, the coach lacks a number of national players. Players of the Adler Mannheim, for whom the season ended on Thursday evening, could also join the team in Schwenningen at the earliest in the coming week.
"There are numerous players who still want to play the World Cup. But there are also players who have already finished the season," said national coach Söderholm as a difficult planning before the game in magenta. On Saturday (5 p.m.) there is a second test game against the Slovaks. The World Cup in Söderholm's home Finland begins on May 13th.
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