Austria's ice hockey team shines: quarter-finals after 6: 1 against Latvia!

Austria's ice hockey team shines: quarter-finals after 6: 1 against Latvia!

Austria's national ice hockey team has achieved the quarter-finals of the Ice Hockey World Championship through an impressive 6-1 win against Latvia. This is the first time since 1994 that the Head Coach Roger Bader team moves into the knockout round. With its disciplined playing style and a strong counter game, the team was able to successfully master group A.

The course of the game in the last group game was clear: Dominic Zwerger opened the goal series in the 18th Minute. Benjamin Baumgartner increased to 2-0 in the power play, and Vinzenz Rohrer followed the 3-0 in the 26th minute. The Latvian connecting goal by Eduards Tralmaks in the 29th minute did not change the significant Austrian victory. Thomas Raffl, dwarf again and finally Rohrer ensured the final score of 6: 1. Austria's goalie David Kickert was essential with 28 Saves who secured victory. According to LAOLA1 the quarter-finals are only faced after the last group games in the evening at 8:20 p.m.

potential opponents in the quarter -finals

The possible opponents in the quarter -finals are the winner of Group B, either Switzerland or the Czech Republic, as well as the first of group A, Sweden or Canada. It is noteworthy that host teams Sweden and Denmark cannot meet. However, a later duel with Sweden remains possible if Denmark wins against Germany and Sweden decides group A.

This tournament success follows a historical victory against the Olympic champion Finland, in which Austria triumphed 3-2. In this game, Benjamin Baumgartner was the hero of the game when he scored the winning goal 0.2 seconds before the end. The team was strong in this match and showed fighting spirit after they were briefly 0: 2. Players like Thimo Nickl and Mario Huber also contributed to the remarkable comeback, which is considered in [Eishockey.at] (https://www.eishockey.at/nationalteams/a-team-herren/oesterreich-schreib-der-wm-ishe-ichte-3-2-Sieg- against Olympic-Finland.

current form and current account

In the previous tournament balance sheet, Austria lost to Canada (7: 6 n.V.) and Switzerland (5: 6), while the team against Denmark was inferior with 1: 5. Nevertheless, the team was also able to win Norway and is now among the eight best ice hockeynations in the world. The performance in the tournament reflects the improvements of the Austrian ice hockey, which puls24 confirmed.

With the upcoming quarter -final game, a new challenge is waiting for the Austrian selection, which is determined to continue writing the history of ice hockey at home.