Germany beat Denmark 7-2 in the two nations' last preparation game before the 2009 IIHF World Championship. The victory was historic as Germany have never beaten Denmark with a margin of five or more goals.

Germany beat Denmark 7-2 in the two nations' last preparation game before the 2009 IIHF World Championship. The victory was historic as Germany have never beaten Denmark with a margin of five or more goals. Despite being neighbouring countries, the two nations haven't played eachother very often - at least until recently. The first game took place 10 years ago on 12 April 1999 at the B-pool World Championships. Denmark sensationally won that game 6-1. It thus took Germany ten years to even that loss margin.

The game was quite close in the first period but became uneven when Michael Wolf gave Germany the lead after only 10 seconds. Germany then beseiged the Danish defense-zone and scored two goals within only 7 seconds midway in the period. Early in the third period, Denmark took another hit when Mikkel Bødker and Kasper Pedersen received penalties shortly after another. Michael Wolf converted on the powerplay only 10 seconds after the Danish box was reduced to three men. From then on, the game was effectively over. Danmark's defence ace, Philip Larsen was spared the most of the game and only received ice time on the powerplay. He assisted on both Denmark's goals. After the game, Germany's final IHWC roster was announced.

Germany - Denmark 7-2 (1-1, 3-0, 3-1)
18 april 2009, Eisporthalle, Memmingen, Att: 3,325
0-1 11:18 Nicklas Hardt (Peter Regin, Philip Larsen) PP2
1-1 17:23 Sven Butenschön (Michael Wolf) PP1
2-1 20:10 Michael Wolf
3-1 31:27 Moritz Müller (Martin Ancicka, Alexander Barta)
4-1 31:34 Daniel Kreutzer (Alexander Barta)
5-1 41:48 Michael Wolf (Martin Ancicka, Michael Hackert) PP2
6-145:09  Travis Mulock (Yannic Seidenberg, Christoph Ullmann)
6-2 45:46 Peter Regin (Philip Larsen, Nicklas Hardt) PP1
7-2 55:15 Kai Hospelt (Patrick Hager)
GER 10x2 + 1x10, DEN 7x2, SOG 23:23 (6:7, 10:12, 7:4)

GER: Dmitrij Kotschnew; Sven Butenschön, Chris Schmidt (4), Sebastian Osterloh, Nicolai Goc, Moritz Müller (2), Martin Ancicka, Andreas Renz, Michael Bakos, Travis Mulock (2), Michael Wolf, Kai Hospelt, Marcel Müller (12), Alexander Barta, Michael Hackert (2), Yannic Seidenberg, Christoph Ullmann (2), Ulrich Maurer Patrick Hager (2), Daniel Kreutzer, Philip Gogulla (2).
DEN: Patrick Galbraith, Philip Hersby (2), Daniel Villadsen, Kasper Pedersen (2), Jesper Damgaard (4), Mads Bødker (2), Daniel Nielsen, Philip Larsen; Nicklas Hardt, Peter Regin, Kim Staal, Mads Christensen, Morten Green, Mikkel Bødker (2), Rasmus Olsen, Jesper Jensen, Julian Jakobsen (2), Alexander Sundberg, Thor Dresler, Kim Lykkeskov.

Historic Note:

1. 12 Apr 1999, World Championship B, Odense, Denmark - Germany 6-1
2. 19 Apr 2000, World Championship B, Katowice (Poland), Germany - Denmark 3-2
3. 10 Apr 2003, Exhibition, Iserlohn (Germany), Germany - Denmark 4-6
4. 12 Apr 2003, Exhibition, Nordhorn (Germany), Germany - Denmark 1-2
5. 10 May 2005, World Championship, Innsbruck (Austria), Germany - Denmark 2-3
6. 12 Apr 2007, Exhibition, Kassel (Germany), Germany - Denmark 4-2
7. 14 Apr 2007, Exhibition, Krefeld (Germany), Germany - Denmark 4-2
8. 10 Nov 2007, Deutschland Cup, Hannover (Germany), Germany - Denmark 6-2
9. 25 Apr 2008, Exhibition, Bietingen (Germany), Germany - Denmark 3-0
10. 16 Apr 2009, Exhibition, Ravensburg (Germany), Germany - Denmark 3-0
11. 18 Apr 2009, Exhibition, Memmingen (Germany), Germany - Denmark 7-2