Austria’s ice hockey team also lost the second game at the World Championships in Prague, but put up a great fight once morest a medal contender. The ÖEHV selection lost to Switzerland on Sunday following a strong performance due to five goals when they were outnumbered 5:6 (2:1,2:3,1:2). After a day’s break, the game continues once morest defending champion Canada on Monday (8:20 p.m.).
Austria twice ahead by two goals
The third goal from New Jersey striker Nico Hischier 50 seconds before the end brought the red-white-red team a deserved point at the goal festival. Because the Austrians, with a strong David Kickert in goal, showed a completely different face than the day before in the 1:5 once morest Denmark. From the first shift, Bader’s team went to work with a lot of energy and stuck to the match plan. The outsiders were the better team in the first third and were rewarded.
Image: GEPA pictures/Daniel Goetzhaber
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Image: GEPA pictures/Daniel Goetzhaber
After Marco Rossi won a face-off, Clemes Unterweger shot from the blue line and took the lead (5th). In the 15th minute, Paul Huber poked the puck into the goal to make it 2-0. Until then, the Swiss only had one big chance, which Roman Josi missed (10th). The NHL star defender’s second shot was perfect; he scored with a double advantage (16′).
