Record Crowd Views Germany Beat U.S.
- Friday, May 7, 2010 2:54 PM
- Written By: Josh Marks
Germany beat the United States in the opener of the World Championship before an international ice hockey record crowd of 77,803 on Friday. Of course, only one member of the American team was on the ice for the Vancouver Olympics in February, but still a big win for Germany.
Here is the Reuters story:
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany, May 7 (Reuters) - Germany took 21 seconds of overtime to score the winner to beat United States 2-1 in the opening match of the world championship in front of a world record ice hockey crowd of 77,803 on Friday.
Felix Schuetz flicked the puck into the net soon after the start of the five-minute extra session to prompt a huge roar from the home fans at Schalke 04 soccer club's ground to give Germany a surprise victory.
The hosts kept a clean sheet against the Americans in the first period mainly thanks to goaltender Dennis Endras.
The U.S., fielding only one member of the silver-medal winning team from February's Vancouver Olympics, went behind early in the second period when Michael Wolf grabbed Marcel Muller's rebound to beat netminder Scott Clemmensen.
The Americans then upped the pressure and were repeatedly denied by Endras.
Ray Carter finally broke through midway through the third period before Schuetz grabbed the winner.
