GDT: Group B - May 13 - Germany (5) vs Belarus (2)

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2016 IIHF World Championship
Group B

May 13
1:15 PM ET • 7:15 PM CET

Germany
Confirmed line-up.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

17 Marcus Kink "A"​

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57 Marcel Goc "C"​

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36 Yannic Seidenberg​

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87 Philip Gogulla​

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50 Patrick Hager​

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55 Felix Schütz​

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92 Marcel Noebels​

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29 Leon Draisaitl​

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12 Brooks Macek​

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43 Gerrit Fauser​

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74 Dominik Kahun​

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37 Patrick Reimer​

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9 Jerome Flaake​

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-​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

10 Christian Ehrhoff "A"​

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5 Korbinian Holzer​

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91 Moritz Müller​

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2 Denis Reul​

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82 Sinan Akdag​

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7 Daryl Boyle​

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90 Constantin Braun​

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-​

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Starter​

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Backup​

1 Thomas Greiss​

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51 Timo Pielmeier​

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Scratched​

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Details​

G 31 Felix Brückmann​

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Healthy​

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D 81 Torsten Ankert​

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Healthy​

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F 8 Tobias Rieder​

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Injured​

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Belarus
Confirmed line-up.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

46 Andrei Kostitsyn "A"​

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17 Alexei Kalyuzhny "C"​

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74 Sergei Kostitsyn​

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16 Geoff Platt​

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23 Andrei Stas​

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70 Charles Linglet​

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91 Artur Gavrus​

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88 Yevgeni Kovyrshin​

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61 Andrei Stepanov​

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77 Alexander Kitarov​

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15 Artyom Demkov​

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71 Alexander Pavlovich​

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-​

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19 Nikita Komarov​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

9 Roman Dyukov​

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89 Dmitri Korobov "A"​

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2 Kirill Gotovets​

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25 Oleg Yevenko​

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14 Yevgeni Lisovets​

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18 Kristian Khenkel​

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-​

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26 Nikita Ustinenko​

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Starter​

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Backup​

1 Vitali Koval​

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35 Kevin Lalande​

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Scratched​

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Details​

G 40 Dmitri Milchakov​

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Healthy​

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D 8 Ilya Shinkevich​

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Healthy​

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F 13 Sergei Drozd​

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Healthy​

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Game Officials​

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Referee​

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Stefan Fonselius | -

Referee​

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Brett Iverson | -

Linesman​

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Jon Kilian | -

Linesman​

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Andreas Malmqvist | -

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[kalle wirsch]

Thomas Greiss will probably play tonight

 

[Maverick41]

Rieder is scratched (probably injured) and Flaake is dressed for him.
Braun is also playing instead of Ankert.

 

[Lauro]

Big game tonight.

 

[tade]

2-0 Germany!

 

[JTD]

Germany looking good again. That pass by Noebels to Draisaitl was so good.

 

[tade]

Czech Republic vs Germany QF

 

[tade]

3-0 PP goal

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Just tuned in the TV, already 3-0 up after 10 min, impressive start..

 

[tade]

Will this GDT surpass 1 page?

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Haha, nice PK move from Reimer..

 

[Zamboni Parade]

Stepanov going coast to coast. That was actually nice.

 

[Lauro]

I think so ;-)

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Jesus Christ! Take the body! Again somebody just drifts through the defence ...

 

[Bure80]

Will this GDT surpass 1 page?

Sad for German hockey. Playing well and nobody cares.

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Wow, nice goal..

 

[Zamboni Parade]

Hope this game won't go the same way the test match against Switzerland did going 3-0 to 3-4.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Sad for German hockey. Playing well and nobody cares.

That's a stretch honestly. But yeah, the sport just isn't that big, although I'm sure Germans would love it to see more. They need to advertise the NHL in Germany more. It works with the NFL, it might work for the NHL too.

 

[tade]

That's a stretch honestly. But yeah, the sport just isn't that big, although I'm sure Germans would love it to see more. They need to advertise the NHL in Germany more. It works with the NFL, it might work for the NHL too.

Where would you rank hockey in Germany among the other sports?

 

[Bure80]

That's a stretch honestly. But yeah, the sport just isn't that big, although I'm sure Germans would love it to see more. They need to advertise the NHL in Germany more. It works with the NFL, it might work for the NHL too.

Most important is that the NT is succesful. I remember the 90's (Hegen/Trunschka) when Germany was always in the 1/4 final and hockey was by far team sport nr.2. ARD and ZDF showed hockey this time.

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Important goal to take away the momentum from Belarus..

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Where would you rank hockey in Germany among the other sports?

Considering domestic viewership in the arena, it's 2nd but that don't mean jack. There is handball and basketball that get by far more publicity. Basketball mainly because of Nowitzki.

In the light of soccer there is no more room for markets to grow in Germany. Keep in mind hockey is an expensive sport and German wealth equality is at an all-time low (post WWII).

Most important is that the NT is succesful. I remember the 90's (Hegen/Trunschka) when Germany was always in the 1/4 final and hockey was by far team sport nr.2. ARD and ZDF showed hockey this time.

I hear you, that's right. The media doesn't help the market or stopped doing so.

 

[GermanNuck]

While the attendance in the DEL is very high the media presence is pretty small.
I would say:

Football
Handball
Basketball/Hockey/American Football

 

[Urbanskog]

Sad for German hockey. Playing well and nobody cares.

Ehm, this is a forum primarily aimed for North Americans. I'd imagine there to be more talk on some German hockey forum.

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Most important is that the NT is succesful. I remember the 90's (Hegen/Trunschka) when Germany was always in the 1/4 final and hockey was by far team sport nr.2. ARD and ZDF showed hockey this time.

Also depends A LOT on the area. Hockey was always more popular in southern Germany, football (soccer) in the northern parts. This trend changend even more within the last 10/15 years since Bayern Munich became even bigger and more successful.
Grew up in Rosenheim (Didi Hegen ftw!) which used to be a hockey mad town, nowadays more people go to a Bayern Munich game than the city can gather for a hockey evening.
Not blaming anyone outside hockey but Germany's a football nation, always has been and always will be. This case has been discussed so many times, let's get over it and enjoy the game vs. Belarus.