Krefelder EV gets unexpected points against Hannover Indians
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In any case, this defeat put the Hanoverian competitors Leipzig and Herne in the cards and now it WILL be very difficult for the Pferdetürmler to take the targeted fourth place in the table. However, this is not impossible.
Tilburg Trappers – Hammer Eisbären 5: 2 (1: 1, 2: 0, 2: 1)
The favorite won, but not as much as expected, and for good reason. The polar bears won in Krefeld on Sunday and surfed the psychological wave of success, wanting to make it as difficult as possible for the Dutch. That also worked because Kyle Brothers had taken enough target water in attack and keeper Daniel Filimonow had another top day at the back. For the Dutch, Brett Bulmer and Raymond van der Schuit shine with three points and Kilian van Gorp and Ties van Soest with two points. It is also worth mentioning that Tilburg’s coach David Livingston gave his back-up Jowin Ansems a chance and Ansems used it, showed a good performance with an 87.5 percent catch rate and even gave an assist to make it 5:2.
Goals: 0-1 (01:40) Kyle Brothers (Roach), 1-1 (06:38) Brett Bulmer (Hermens, van der Schuit), 2-1 (34:57) Bartek Bison (van der Schuit, Bulmer ), 3: 1 (37:49) Brett Bulmer (van Gorp, van der Schuit), 4: 1 (50:11) Reno de Hondt (van Gorp, van Soest), 4: 2 (53:30) Kyle Brothers (Roach, Stephens), 5: 2 (57:02) Reno de Hondt (van Soest, Ansems)
Krefeld EV U23 – Hanover Indians 3: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1)
Even after 37 game days there are still premieres and the Hannover Indians could certainly have done without today’s. For the first time this season, they conceded a goal in their own majority game. That was the 1:3 and the guests never recovered from that, even if they got everything out safely in the last third. In fact, in the end it had to be stated that Krefeld, who outdid themselves, had won the game and thus also confirmed a result like the one they had against Tilburg (4:2) a few weeks ago. After the first twenty minutes it still looked as if the Indians would take over the game from the 20th minute of the game, but the Hanoverian thread broke in the middle third. Lenny Soccio, coach of the Indians: “In the second third we completely lost the thread due to the many penalties. My boys didn’t do anything clever either after they realized that the referees were probably whistling.” The Indians conceded six penalties in a row and then it was 2-1 when they were two shorthanded. That had to be dealt with first. The fast 3:1 in the 43rd minute, the already mentioned shorthander of the KEV, brought the Indians completely off track and the game observer got the impression that the Indians could play another three hours without winning a goal. The field then still through a chance hit by Robin Palka, whose shot slipped into the net to friend and foe. When the Indians wanted to make use of their last reserves, Indians striker Mike Mieszkowski rushed into Leon Hauf on the rink and consequently conceded a five plus playing time. And at the worst possible time. The Indians were lucky enough to survive the penalty, but of course the forty seconds that are still visible are no longer enough to equalize. But that would also have been unfair, because the KEV, who had their strongest forces in Leon Hauf, Marcel Mahkovec, Ty Kolle and Maciej Rutkowski, won in the end, thanks to their tactical performance plus the commitment of the entire squad, and they deserved it. Special praise also went to keeper Patrick Klein from trainer Elmar Schmitz, who with a catch rate of 94.4 percent clearly outperformed his by no means poorly playing opponent David Böttcher-Miserotti (86.4 percent).
Goals: 1:0 (14:04) Maciel Rutkowski (Nix, Pfeifer), 1:1 (19:13) Branislav Pohanka (Bowles, Bacek), 2:1 (32:59) Marcel Mahkovec (Hauf, Bauermeister 5- 3), 3: 1 (42:12) Marcel Mahkovec (Bauermeister, Schitz 4: 5), 3: 2 (53:52) Robin Palka (Pohl, Christmann)
Moskitos Essen – Crocodiles Hamburg postponed