1:7 in Cologne – Roosters without bright spots on the first Advent
Cologne.
In the 1:7 (0:2, 1:3, 0:2) defeat against the Kölner Haie, the Iserlohn Roosters showed their weakest game so far under coach Greg Poss.
On the first weekend of Advent, the roosters didn’t want to stand there empty-handed. In addition, it was also necessary to end the eight-year dry spell of a three-point victory. The last time the Sauerlanders took the full number of points to the Seilersee was on October 2nd, 2014 (4:2).
For this site, Colin Ugbekile, as a proven shark connoisseur, had invited to scouting in preparation. “I still know many of the team and could say something about the weaknesses of the players.”
In the opening third, Greg’s team might not have been able to take advantage. Köln prepared the Roosters for serious problems with his early forchecking. Which meant that, as in Wolfsburg, the guests hardly developed offensively. In addition, you often just ran behind in your own zone or showed yourself unsorted. Just like in the 1-0, when McIntyre was able to net the disc halfway up completely unchallenged. Previously, Aubry hit the post. At 2-0, Ferraro was completely alone in front of Roosters keeper Weitzmann and didn’t let the Christmas present be taken away. Cologne dominated and provoked the Roosters to numerous disc losses. Offensively, the absence of Kris Foucault and Brent Raedeke was clearly noticeable. Which also applied to Tim Bender on defense. The visitors only had a real chance to score once, when Ugbekile served Casey Bailey in front of the goal after a counterattack (10′). Shortly thereafter, as in the 2-0 win, Ferraro was again free in front of Weitzmann, who was the winner this time. And because Sill had only hit the Kreuzeck (15th), the two-goal deficit at the end of the opening third was more than fortunate. Bitter that Ryan O’Connor was injured after a check by Üffing.
Outnumbered, the roosters go into the second third. Torsten Anker was simply too passive when McIntyre made it 3-0. The IEC didn’t play well today. Only the 3:1 in the power play by the otherwise weak Hubert Labrie was a small ray of hope on the first Advent. But not more, since the hit does not provide any improvement. On the contrary. Cologne continued to tighten Iserlohn in phases and was rewarded with the 4:1 through Proft, who was able to deflect Matsumoto’s shot undisturbed. Labrie stand just too far away. The Rooosters didn’t do much offensively because they took themselves out of the game during the build-up through bad passes. As on Friday, the line around Bailey, Cornel and Daugavins remained weak. Shortly before the second break, Matsumoto punished Ziegler’s frustration foul on Bailen with the 5:1. “Everything is going wrong for us today. We’re nothing offensively, we’re not stable at the back. It’s our weakest game so far,” said Eugen Alanov at Magenta Sport Klartext.
The hope for a better final third is not fulfilled. The Roosters could not be denied the effort, but nothing more. The fact that the 6:1 came about after an offensive puck loss was typical for this messed-up afternoon in the Cologne Arena. Kammerer finished the game with an effortless 7:1.
Goals: 1-0 (3.46) McIntyre, 2-0 (6-13) Ferraro, 3-0 (24-22) McIntyre (5-4), 3-1 (25-11) Labrie (5-4 ), 4-1 (33-26) Proft (5-4), 5-1 (39-47) Matsumoto (6-5), 6-1 (53-00) Roach, 7-1 (58-22) Kammerer
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