a 4-3 loss.<\/a>\n<\/p>\nThe Hawks will have another star forward flying to Europe, this time in Connor Bedard. It\u2019ll be the first of many for the likely future team captain.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we found out, the whole team was pretty fired up,\u201d Bedard said. \u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity for us, spreading (the game) to other parts of the world and showing our skill set and what we do over here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first NHL game in Germany took place in 2011, when the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 in Berlin.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur deepened commitment to Germany as an important hockey country marks a critical next chapter for the NHL,\u201d NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in a statement. \u201cBy further investing in one of Europe\u2019s most dynamic sports markets \u2013 both through the execution of major events and the development and implementation of grassroots initiatives \u2013 we intend to strengthen our presence and build stronger connections with German fans, partners and local communities. In prioritizing our efforts here, we hope to accelerate hockey\u2019s growth across the region, creating meaningful impact from the ground up.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a step forward in growing the league, especially with vast German talent in the NHL today. That includes Senators forward and Viersen native Tim St\u00fctzle, who leads the team with 30 goals and 70 points this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think German hockey has been growing a lot, and there are a lot of great players from there,\u201d St\u00fctzle said. \u201cNow that (the NHL) have been committing to playing games there and supporting kids as well, it\u2019s huge. Hopefully it gets even more people to play hockey in Germany.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Blackhawks will play a pair of games against the Ottawa Senators at the PSD Bank Dome…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5115],"tags":[521,59135,37,96,5263,59137,5,4,59136,17138],"class_list":{"0":"post-501957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-blackhawks","8":"tag-blackhawks","9":"tag-blackhawks-game-in-germany","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","12":"tag-chicagoblackhawks","13":"tag-germany-nhl","14":"tag-hockey","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-nhl-game-in-germany","17":"tag-nhl-global-series"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116224324053100212","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}