Austrians managed broke the resistance of Japan

Austrians had a good start of the game with creating a 3-goal-lead. However, Japanese players reduced it to only 1 goal thanks to Goto and Tsuchimoto´s goals. After that, the European team refused any doubts about the winner of the game, added 5 more goals and skated for a clear victory.

In the 4th minute, Haidinger took a shot on the empty net, but Tsuchimoto managed to save the day. However, even he was short against Dominic Zweger´s from the 8th minute. The leading was doubled in the 14th minute, Reinthaler found a loop between Japanese goalie. The third goal came in the 17th minute, when Team Austria was playing a power play and the advantage was used by Reinthaler again. A good chance to lower the opponent´s lead had in the 21st minute Kohda, but he missed the net.

The Japanese team could celebrate their first goal in the game in the 30th minute, when Goto rebounded Kohda´s shot. And the drama was on, when Tsuchimoto addend the second Japanese goal in the 35th minute. However, the European team refused any doubts about the winner of the game. In four minutes Austrians scored 4 goals thanks to two goals by Reinthaler (the 4 goal-striker!), Spannring and Lange and finally broke the resistance of opponents. In the 46th minute, Kevin Macierzynski closed the score after a shot between Tsuchimoto´s pads after his giveaway.