GDT: May 8 • Germany vs. Latvia

[Systemfel]

2015 IIHF World Championship
Group A

May 8
2:15 PM ET • 20:15 CET

Germany
Confirmed lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

42 Yasin Ehliz​

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50 Patrick Hager​

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37 Patrick Reimer

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9 Tobias Rieder​

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86 Daniel Pietta​

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16 Michael Wolf

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17 Marcus Kink

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18 Kai Hospelt​

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22 Matthias Plachta​

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21 Nico Krämmer​

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93 Brent Raedeke​

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19 Thomas Oppenheimer​

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36 Yannic Seidenberg​

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-​

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-​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

91 Moritz Müller​

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3 Justin Krueger​

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77 Nikolai Goc​

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34 Benedikt Kohl​

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55 Patrick Köppchen​

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40 Björn Krupp​

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15 Jens Baxmann​

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Starter​

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Backup​

33 Danny aus den Birken​

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44 Dennis Endras​

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Scratched​

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Details​

F 47 Christoph Ullmann​

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Healthy​

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D 13 Stephan Daschner​

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1-game suspension​

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G 51 Timo Pielmeier​

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Healthy​

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Latvia
Confirmed lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

70 Miks Indrašis​

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5 Jānis Sprukts

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24 Miķelis Rēdlihs​

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10 Lauris Dārziņš

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25 Andris Džeriņš​

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16 Kaspars Daugaviņš

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71 Roberts Bukarts​

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18 Rodrigo Ābols​

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47 Mārtiņš Cipulis​

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17 Kaspars Saulietis​

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21 Armands Bērziņš​

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73 Gunārs Skvorcovs​

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-​

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-​

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59 Lauris Bajarūns​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

23 Aleksandrs Jerofejevs​

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9 Krišjānis Rēdlihs​

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13 Guntis Galviņš​

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11 Kristaps Sotnieks​

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44 Oskars Cibuļskis​

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3 Maksims Širokovs​

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22 Māris Jass​

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Starter​

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Backup​

31 Edgars Masaļskis​

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33 Ervīns Muštukovs​

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Scratched​

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Details​

F 90 Koba Jass​

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Healthy​

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D 4 Jānis Andersons​

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Healthy​

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G 1 Jānis Kalniņš​

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Healthy​

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Officials​

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Referee​

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12 Mikael Nord | -

Referee​

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18 Tobias Wehrli | -

Linesman​

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57 Masi Puolakka | -

Linesman​

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64 Jon Kilian | -

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[Namejs]

An absolute must-win game for both teams, if they want to make the play-offs.

Hopefully, we'll have more energy left in the tank when compared to Germany, who had quite an intense match against Sweden a little over 20 hours before the game vs. Latvia. Other than that, this is more or less a 50/50 game.

Wouldn't be surprised about another 1-0 win with the way both teams have been playing.

 

[GermanNuck]

Hope that Germany plays like yesterday. But they'll be quite exhausted, I hope for the best and expect the worst (as I always do).

 

[Jumptheshark]

I will be tweeting photos from the game tonight

jtshark@londonhockey71

if you guys photos of any players tweet me their name number and team and I will do my best

 

[ozo]

I have a good feeling about this one. Didn't expect to feel like this before any of the games before the tournament.

 

[sturmthis]

Daschner is suspended for this game

 

[OscarsCards]

Lat-Ger WCh game record - 3 victories, 4 losses and 1 tie.
Past three WChs - 3:2; 0:2; 2:3.

I think this game will be a lot tougher than previous game against Swiss. Everything is in the hands of the players, I hope they'll prevent disastrous mistakes on the ice.

And knowing that tomorrow we'll play against Austrians... I don't have a statistics about back to back games, but as I can recall we are terrible...

 

[ellja3]

Lat-Ger WCh game record - 3 victories, 4 losses and 1 tie.
Past three WChs - 3:2; 0:2; 2:3.

I think this game will be a lot tougher than previous game against Swiss. Everything is in the hands of the players, I hope they'll prevent disastrous mistakes on the ice.

And knowing that tomorrow we'll play against Austrians... I don't have a statistics about back to back games, but as I can recall we are terrible...

I decided to take a fast glance at back-to-backs @ WCh

2014: loss v GER after win v FIN / loss w SUI after loss v BLR
2013: loss v USA after loss v RUS / ot loss w FIN after win v FRA
2012: win v GER after loss v RUS / loss v SWE after loss v DEN

So, not diggin deeper, we are 1-4-1 in back-to-backs in previous 3 WCh

 

[Namejs]

I decided to take a fast glance at back-to-backs @ WCh

2014: loss v GER after win v FIN / loss w SUI after loss v BLR
2013: loss v USA after loss v RUS / ot loss w FIN after win v FRA
2012: win v GER after loss v RUS / loss v SWE after loss v DEN

So, not diggin deeper, we are 1-4-1 in back-to-backs in previous 3 WCh

No offence, but these numbers aren't meaningful. It's not really a surprise that we would lose games against Sweden, Finland, the US or Switzerland.

What you would need to do is gather data from a much larger set of games and compare back-to-back games and regular games against the same opponent and then juxtapose the W-L ratios.

But there aren't enough games to form a big enough sample size, so all of these numbers are just pointless.

 

[Arthur]

I have a good feeling about this one. Didn't expect to feel like this before any of the games before the tournament.

Why would you feel good about playing against Germany?

 

[Like Wall]

Germans are tough cookies. Definitely better than us.

 

[Namejs]

Germans are tough cookies. Definitely better than us.

In what way are they better than us?

 

[ozo]

Why would you feel good about playing against Germany?

Because our team is playing better hockey than expected? Or because Germany seemingly have as many problems with roster as we do?

 

[Like Wall]

In what way are they better than us?

In that I remember some of their games, and how much faster they progressed compared to us. I'm not saying they are like Sweden or Czech republic, but slightly better than us.

 

[Arthur]

Because our team is playing better hockey than expected? Or because Germany seemingly have as many problems with roster as we do?

It's still basically a 50-50 game, no matter how much reasons you come up with.

 

[ozo]

It's still basically a 50-50 game, no matter how much reasons you come up with.

What are you even talking about? All said is that I am optimistic. That's it.

 

[RobertR]

I'am worried this will be our yearly loss vs weaker opponent, after beating a stronger one and raising everyone's hopes.

 

[Namejs]

I'am worried this will be our yearly loss vs weaker opponent, after beating a stronger one and raising everyone's hopes.

Nah, that loss is due tomorrow.

 

[Like Wall]

How about we break all traditions? It's about time. They say our hockey fans are without imagination and have no traditions.

 

[sturmthis]

Jens Baxmann (D) in for Stephan Daschner (D)

 

[Arthur]

What are you even talking about? All said is that I am optimistic. That's it.

Not even going to bother with you. Good luck with your optimistic outlook

 

[ozo]

Not even going to bother with you. Good luck with your optimistic outlook

First of all, you already bothered... And secondly, it's not my fault that you saw more in my original post than there actually was.

 

[Like Wall]

Alright, let's just all take a deep breath of fresh autumn air!

 

[Namejs]

 

[Jumptheshark]

Latvian fans out number germans 3 to 1