Ice hockey – DEL: pursuers Berlin, Wolfsburg and Cologne victories
Cologne (SID) – Champion Eisbären Berlin remains on the heels of the leading duo in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL). The Berlin Holten on Tuesday evening with a 4: 1 (2: 0, 2: 1, 0: 0) over the Iserlohn Roosters their 13th win of the season and tables remaining third behind Red Bull Munich and the Adler Mannheim, die busy in the Champions Hockey League are.
The grizzlies lurk behind the polar bears: The Wolfsburg team defeated the Düsseldorfer EG 4: 2 (0: 1, 3: 0, 1: 1) in their own hall on the 24th matchday. Spencer Machacek (21st) and Sebastian Furchner (22nd, 60th) brought Lower Saxony with a double strike on the winning road, Darren Archibald (38th) was also successful for the Grizzlys.
The strong Kölner Haie celebrated victory in the past nine games and are therefore still on the play-off course. Against the Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven, the team of the former national coach Uwe Krupp won 2-0 (0-0, 0-0, 2-0). Andreas Thuresson (54th) and Lucas Dumont (60th) scored to win.
Giovanni Fiore (6th, 29th), Frank Hördler (11th) and Frans Nielsen (25th) were successful for the polar bears. Brent Aubin (27th) had scored 1: 3 for the Roosters in the meantime.
The Schwenninger Wild Wings achieved an important success in the relegation battle with a 5: 2 (1: 0, 2: 2, 2: 1) against the Straubing Tigers.