Germany defeated Japan 3-2 for gold on Saturday (16 March) at the 2013IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool in Nagano, Japan.
Bothteams, along with Great Britain, who beat Estonia 3-2 in thebronze-medal game, will now advance to the Paralympic QualificationTournament later this year, keeping their hopes for Sochi 2014 alive.
The gold-medal game in Nagano was a back-and-forth affair that opened with a scoreless first period.
Germany'sFrank Rennhack finally started the scoring surge at the 8:00 mark inthe second frame off an assist from Bernhard Hering, and then histeammate Bas Disveld netted a goal off a pass from Hering nearly fourminutes later.
Down 2-0 heading into the final period, Japan'sSatoru Sudo scored unassisted, but then Rennhack fired one back on theother side on a power play to keep Germany up 3-1.
Kazuhiro Takahashi would then score for Japan, but Germany were able to hold onto their lead and claim the gold.
Germanyoutshot Japan 25-7 in the game, as Simon Kunst recorded five saves forthe winning side and the host nation's Mitsuru Nagase had 22 saves.
Inthe bronze-medal contest, Great Britain's Tyler Christopher opened thescoring at the 13:58 mark in the first period, finding the net off anassist from Matthew Clarkson and Ian Warner on a power play.
GaryFarmer then scored two goals early in the second period - both assistedby Clarkson - to give Great Britain a quick 3-0 edge.
Despite goals from Rasmus Penno and Kaido Kalm for Estonia shortly after, Great Britain would hold on to win the game.
British goalie Robin Gaze recorded 17 saves on the day, while Estonia's Urmo Voogla saved six of the pucks that came his way.
Japan'sTakahashi was named best forward at the Championships and the hostnation's Satoru Sudo was named best defenseman, while Poland's AndrzejMylnarczyk was picked as the best goalkeeper.
Takahashi led allplayers with eight goals and an assist in the tournament, while Satoruhad four goals and four assists. Mylnarczyk recorded an 82 per cent savepercentage during the Championships with 105 saves.
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