What a pitty! Now we’re in big trouble: Team Canada will meet the German team in the play-offs! Unfortunately I guess that will be a desaster for our boys. As Glenn said: The Germans will be smashed by the Canadian team… So that will be a game where we definetly will have mixed feelings.
BUT! Here are some historic results. Starting 1912 Germany played 123 international games against Canada and that’s the German quote: 21 out of 123 – that gives us a fair 17% chance!
- 1912-03-20 – Germany vs. Canada – 9:8 – Bruxelles/Belgium
- 1952-01-29 – Germany vs. Canada – 4:1 – Munich/Germany
(OK – one month later Germany looses 1:15) - 1968-01-12 – Germany vs. Canada – 6:2 – Landshut/Germany
- 1970-01-04 – Germany vs. Canada -4:1 – Garmisch/Germany
- 1970-01-06 – Germany vs. Canada – 6:3 – Landshut/Germany
- 1983-04-09 – Germany vs. Canada – 5:4 – Dortmund/Germany
- 1984-01-26 – Germany vs. Canada -5:4 – Mannheim/Germany
- 1984-01-28 – Germany vs. Canada -4:0 – Garmisch/Germany
- 1984-01-29 – Germany vs. Canada -7:0 – Rosenheim/Germany
- 1984-08-22 – Germany vs. Canada -7:1 – Füssen/Germany
- 1984-08-24 – Germany vs. Canada -2:0 – Garmisch/Germany
- 1989-04-07 – Germany vs. Canada -4:2 – Frankfurt/Germany
- 1992-11-07 – Germany vs. Canada – 5:3 – Stuttgart/Germany
- 1993-02-06 – Germany vs. Canada – 4:1 – Schwenningen/Germany
- 1993-11-06 – Germany vs. Canada – 3:2 – Stuttgart/Germany
- 1995-11-03 – Germany vs. Canada – 4:2 – Stuttgart/Germany
- 1996-04-24 – Germany vs. Canada – 5:1 – Wien/Austria
- 1996-11-02 – Germany vs. Canada – 4:2 – Stuttgart/Germany
- 1997-11-05 – Germany vs. Canada – 3:2 – Memmingen/Germany
- 2001-11-09 – Germany vs. Canada – 3:2 – Hannover/Germany
- 2008-11-05 – Germany vs. Canada – 3:0 – Cologne/Germany
(I’ve seen this one – all Canadian players had one arm taped on their back….)
BUT (again…): Unfortunately all games we won took place in Germay, Austria or (!) Belgium. Mmmhm. Guess the reason might be that the Canadians only sent their F-Team to Europe to play against Germany.
So fellow Canadian friends: Germany has never ever won a game against the Canadian team elsewhere than in a 150km radius around Germany. That’s good news – or?
And back to the Olympic games – our best result was 1992-02-18 – 3:4 in Meribel after penalty. Here are the other results of Olympic matches:
- 1932-02-06 – Germany vs. Canada – 1:4 – Lake Placid
- 1932-02-08 – Germany vs. Canada – 0:5 – Lake Placid
- 1936-02-13 – Germany vs. Canada – 2:6 – Garmisch
- 1952-02-15 – Germany vs. Canada – 1:15 – Oslo
- 1956-01-26 – Germany vs. Canada – 0:4 – Cortina d’Ampezzo
- 1956-02-02 – Germany vs. Canada – 0:10 – Cortina d’Ampezzo
- 1960-02-22 – Germany vs. Canada – 0:12 – Squaw Valley
- 1964-02-02 – Germany vs. Canada – 2:4 – Innsbruck
- 1964-02-06 – Germany vs. Canada – 1:6 – Grenoble
- 1988-02-26 – Germany vs. Canada – 1:8 – Calgary
- 1992-02-18 – Germany vs. Canada – 3:4 – Meribel
- 2002-02-17 – Germany vs. Canada – 2:3 – Salt Lake City
- 2006-02-16 – Germany vs. Canada – 1:5 – Turin
Ooops – all in all 14:86 – that means statistically we are going to loose 1:6. That’s really good news – or?