The German national ice hockey team beat France and reached the quarterfinals of the Olympics

The German national ice hockey team defeated the French team in the qualifying playoff round of the Olympic Games in Italy, making it to the quarterfinals of the tournament. The match took place in Milan on February 17 and ended with a score 5:1 (3:0, 0:1, 2:0).

Leon Dreiseitl (4th minute), Frederik Tiffels (11th minute), John-Jason Peterka (19th minute), Josh Samansky (48th minute) and Nico Sturm (60th minute) scored goals for the German national team. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored the only goal for the French (25).

The striker of the Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist Stefan Da Costa, who played for the French national team, failed to distinguish himself with effective actions in this match.

In the quarterfinals, the German national team will face the Slovak team.

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