Overview
- Germany's women edged France 3–2 in a shootout in Landshut, with goals from Emily Nix and Laura Kluge and Sandra Abstreiter stopping three attempts in the tiebreak.
- Coach Jeff MacLeod is using the tournament to fine‑tune a largely settled women's roster, with Slovakia next on Friday and Hungary to follow on Saturday.
- Harold Kreis has labeled the men's event an Olympic casting, with no guarantees even for long‑serving figures such as captain Moritz Müller.
- Several North America–based stars are effectively set for Milan, including Philipp Grubauer, Moritz Seider, Leon Draisaitl, Tim Stützle, Lukas Reichel and Nico Sturm.
- Tobias Rieder was ruled out through injury and replaced by Parker Tuomie, as the 36th Deutschland Cup—reported as the last in Landshut—streams free on MagentaSport.