Germans thrilled at upset
GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA Perhaps German defenceman Moritz Mueller said it best in the aftermath of a hockey win for the ages.
“I don’t know what to say,” Mueller offered after Germany’s 4-3 semifinal win over Canada. “We’d have to be a little bit nuts to believe we would beat (Canada). But we made it and it is unbelievable. I’m just very grateful for this moment.”
With overtime wins in their past two games — including another stunning upset over Sweden in the quarter final — the soccermad nation is starting to fall in love with this group.
You have to go back to 1956 to find the previous time the Germans won a hockey medal and that was bronze.
“I can’t even think right now,” said German forward and former NHLer Christian Ehrhoff. “It’s greatest day for German hockey. To put such a miracle on ice here … what comes now is just a bonus. Everybody talks about 1976 and winning bronze medal and now for the next 50 years they ’re going to talk about us.
“We beat the Olympics champions. For us, it’s an unbelievable feeling and we couldn’t be happier.”