Austria's national ice hockey team loses dramatically against Latvia!

Austria's national ice hockey team loses dramatically against Latvia!

Austria's national ice hockey team lost the first friendly against Latvia with 2: 3 after extra time. The game took place in the Steffl Arena and was the start of a test game series to prepare for the World Cup in May in Stockholm. Around 100 fans were present, although the game was played without spectators for economic reasons. Association President Klaus Hartmann emphasized that the games could not be operated at the moment, which influenced the decision to prevent the first match without spectators reports Vienna .

The course of the game was shaped by changing tours. Benjamin Lanzinger put Austria in the lead in the 19th minute, but Latvia turned up in the second half, marked two goals in just one minute and took the lead 2-1. Dominic Dwarger managed to achieve the equalization in the 55th minute, but Miks Tumanov's Latvia secured victory in the extension in the 62nd minute. Nevertheless, team boss Roger Bader expressed a positive statement about the performance of his players, in particular he praised the first and last 50 minutes of the game Laola1 .

team and preparation

A total of five debutants were in the squad, and team boss Roger Bader plans to use more experienced players in the coming games. Dwarfs, who only scored three goals in 50 games last season, was in good physical constitution and was considered creative. In the next week there are two test games against Hungary, in which the squad is to be reinforced

for the second test game, which will also take place on Saturday in the Steffl Arena at 4:20 p.m., spectators will be approved. Dominique Heinrich will not be able to participate due to hip problems, while goalkeeper Jakob Brandner, who played his first international match, received a lot of praise for his performance and was chosen as the best player of the Austrians.