Furious final third in Munich – the polar bears’ winning streak ends
EHC Red Bull Munich furiously stopped the free fall from the top of the table in the DEL. Master Eisbären Berlin suffered a defeat in Wolfsburg.
The beginning of the turning point: Munich’s Trevor Parkes equalized to 2-2.
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On Tuesday evening, Munich defeated the newly promoted Bietigheim Steelers thanks to an energy performance 7: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 7: 1). It looked a long time for the candidate for the championship after the fifth DEL defeat in a row before it got wild in the section.
Seven goals in 15 minutes
Coach Don Jackson’s team scored seven goals against the bottom of the table within 15 minutes and stayed in third place. Defending champion Eisbären Berlin remains the sovereign leader despite a 2: 3 (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1) after penalty shootout at the Grizzlys Wolfsburg. After 29 of 52 preliminary round games, the German champions are four points ahead of Adler Mannheim, who were not playing on Tuesday, and points ahead of Munich, which has two more games to play.
Ingolstadt ends DEG’s winning streak
In addition, the ERC Ingolstadt ended with 3: 1 (2: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0) the winning streak of the replacement-weakened Düsseldorfer EG, which had previously achieved six wins in a row. The Nürnberg Ice Tigers are on the up, the Kölner Haie die 6: 1 (1: 1, 2: 0, 3: 0) and thus celebrate their fourth success in the series. With an average of 1,517 points, the Franks are now in tenth place in the table, well ahead of the relegation ranks.
For the Haie it was the fifth defeat in the past six games. The team of coach Uwe Krupp is after almost two thirds of the main round, but still clearly on the playoff course. The 1893 spectators saw a crazy game in the 6: 5 (3: 1, 2: 4, 1: 0) of the Fischtown Pinguins against the Augsburg Panthers. Jan Urbas scored Bremerhaven 50 seconds before the end with his second goal in the game to win. In the table basement, the Krefeld Penguins achieved their fourth away win in a row at 4: 3 (0: 1, 2: 1, 1: 1) after a penalty shoot-out at the Straubing Tigers.