Watch Germany vs Belarus ice hockey live streaming
Watch Germany vs Belarus ice hockey live streamingTeam Reports:
Germany -- The Germans have leaned heavily on their NHL contingent. Nobody has carried the load more than San Jose backup goalie Thomas Greiss, who was brilliant against the Swedes in the tournament's first game. He was replaced by former NHLer Dmitri Patzold in the game against the Finns, though. NHL veterans Christian Ehrhoff, from the hometown Vancouver Canucks, and Dennis Seidenberg of Florida form the team's No. 1 pairing and are on the ice in all important situations. The Germans will not blow anybody away with their offensive prowess, but they have developed into a nice two-way team, as the Swedes can attest to.
"We try to take away the space on the ice for the other team," coach Uwe Krupp, a former NHL defenseman, said. "If we get into an open game where it goes end to end, that's not our type of game."
Now, the Germans just need to figure out a way to score. They have no goals in this tournament, the only team without one after two games.
Belarus -- The Belarusians did not win Friday against Sweden, but they did walk away with a newfound confidence in their game.
"We showed ourselves that we can compete with the best out there," said Ruslan Salei, who plays for the Colorado Avalanche. "I think the Swedes are one of the best teams in the tournament and we showed that we can compete with them."
Forward Konstantin Zakharov says they will show their class in the game against Germany: "I think the game we played today, we have a lot of confidence and when we go and play Germany we're going to prove it."
