Top game sees Hanover Scorpions as the clear winner
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However, none of the pursuers was able to take advantage of the Dutch defeat. Halle also lost, Hamburg won against Erfurt after an unbelievable race to catch up, but had to give up a point and the Indians had one game free. Behind them, Herne and Leipzig won, but the Icefighters went into overtime in Duisburg and lost a point. Essen finally showed its thorns at the back and scored four points on the surprising weekend. After winning a point on Friday at the Pferdeturm, Halle was even defeated this time, with the power play against the otherwise strong Bulls being the decisive factor.
Hanover Scorpions – Tilburg Trappers 7: 4 (3: 1, 1: 2, 3: 1)
Despite the clear success at the end, it was a real top game. Both teams show the 1,321 spectators present why they are clearly at the top. After a slow start, the Scorpions took over, spurred on by Aquin’s goal. It was already the fifth goal Tilburg conceded in their own majority. A miserable value for a top team. Then Kabitzky and Klöpper increased to 3:0 and the game seemed decided. The Dutch, however, objected and when Virtanen capitalized on a home team’s defensive blunder to score the visitors’ first goal, the party was back on. In the second third, the guests took control, especially after Bulmer connected, who skilfully let Jaeger get out. Even after Rinke’s fourth Scorpions goal, the trappers stayed on and rewarded themselves with an equalizer, realized by Richards and Bulmer, with the 4:4 field at the beginning of the last third. Should the top game need an overtime? No, she wasn’t, because with a bit of luck the Scorpions could take the lead again when Rinke poked the puck over the line with the help of Trappers goalkeeper Andree on the power play. And the Dutch-Canadian goalkeeper didn’t do well when he conceded the sixth goal either, when he misjudged a blueliner, didn’t know what to do for a moment and Kabitzky used this to score the decisive goal. Now the trappers had to take out the goalkeeper two minutes before the end and promptly the bell rang again and for the last time. One of the Scorpions best forwards, Pascal Aquin, had already opened the scoring, now he was allowed to end it with an empty netter. Conclusion: Once again with only 13 field players, the Scorpions showed their best side by always scoring their goals at the right moments. Maybe the relatively fast 3:0 didn’t suit their game, because they only took control again after the equalizer. Tilburg showed strong morale but will need to be more focused on defense if second place isn’t in jeopardy.
Goals: 1:0 (04:34) Pascal Aquin (4:5 Reiss), 2:0 (07:01) Christoph Kabitzky (Aquin), 3:0 (12:29) Patrick Klöpper (Rinke), 3:1 (16:52) Mikko Virtanen (Hessels, Hofland), 3: 2 (28:26) Diego Hofland (Hessels, Stempher), 4: 2 (32:06) Ralf Rinke (Just, Alderson), 4: 3 (38 :59) Sean Richards (de Hondt, Stempher), 4:4 (44:39) Brett Bulmer, 5:4 (51:09) Ralf Rinke (Aquin, Just 5-4), 6:4 (57:39) Christoph Kabitzky (McPherson, Klöpper), 7: 4 (58:32) Pascal Aquin (McPherson, Kabitzky ENG)
Crocodiles Hamburg – Black Dragons Erfurt 5: 4 (1: 3, 1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0) nP
A very strange game, in terms of the results, took place in front of 1,210 spectators in Hamburg. With the help of a strong power play, the Black Dragons took a 3-0 lead and many viewers will have frowned at the last few games. But the Hamburg team came back, reduced the lead to 2:3 and didn’t let themselves be put off by the fast fourth Erfurt goal, scored by Bosas, in the last third. Reed and Rajala equalized and the Crocodiles should have won the party based on the scoring chances, but the Erfurt hero in goal, Konstantin Kessler, kept his team in the game with daring saves. In the end, the penalty shoot-out had to decide and here the morally strong Hamburgers had the edge in the end.
Goals: 0:1 (08:41) Michal Bezouska (Ranger, Joly 5-4), 0:2 (10:47) D`Artagnan Joly (Bezouska, Ranger), 0:3 (12:41) D`Artagnan Joly (Ranger, Denner 5-4), 1: 3 (17:47) Philip Hertel (Domogalla, Spöttel), 2: 3 (37:51) Dominik Lascheit (Zuravlev, Walch), 2: 4 (40:15) Arnoldas Bosas (Keil, Schupping), 3: 4 (50:18) Harrison Reed (Rajala, Jentsch), 4: 4 (52:46) Juuso Rajala (Reed, Zuravlev 5-4), 5: 4 (65:00 ). ) Maximilian Schaludek (PEN)
Foxes Duisburg – Icefighters Leipzig 0:0 (0:0, 1:1, 0:0, 0:1) aet
In one game, the favorites from Leipzig prevailed over the Foxes in Duisburg. Since both teams played very defensively and disciplined and the goalkeepers were also able to shine (Duisburg’s Linus Schwarte had a 92.9 percent catch quota, Leipzig’s Eric Hoffmann even a phenomenal 96.2 percent), only a few goals were inevitably scored. Dominik Piskor gave the Icefighters the lead, Duisburg’s Fomin scored the deserved equalizer three seconds before the end of the second period. In extra time, the Finn Riekkinen scored the winning goal for the guests, who stayed close to Herne.
Goals: 0: 1 (28:28) Dominik Piskor (Stopinski, Heyter), 1: 1 (39:57) Michael Fomin (Neumann, Kramer), 1: 2 (61:29) Joonas Riekkinen (Heyer, Wolter)
Mosquitoes eat – Saale Bulls Halle 4:3 (1:2, 2:0, 1:1)
You don’t win games in the penalty box. Many Bulls players and supporters will have thought of this wisdom after the encounter in Essen, because the Bulls conceded three of the four goals they conceded in Essen, and all of them in the second period. What makes this fact so valuable for Essen and probably a bit embarrassing for Halle: Halle leads the north table in both special ratings (power play and penalty killing with now 28.6 percent and 89.1 percent). Essen, on the other hand, is in the majority with a slim 17.4 percent in 12th place. Outstanding on the ice, as on Friday in Hanover, was Robin Slanina, who was able to score three points. In Halle, the trio of Becker, Schmid and Schütt showed the best performance with two points each.
Goals: 0:1 (11:33) Maurice Becker (Schmid, Pfennings), 0:2 (13:18) Thore Weyrauch (Becker, Schütt), 1:2 (16:49) Enrico Saccomani (Slanina, air 5- 4), 2: 2 (32:10) Mark Zajic (Slanina, Frick 5: 4), 3: 2 (36:03) Robin Slanina (air, Frick 5: 4), 4: 2 (45:47) Mitch Bruijsten (K. Bruijsten, Dmitriev), 4:3 (50:44) Tatu Vihavainen (Schuett, Schmid 5-4)
Rostock Piranhas – Herner EV Miners 2: 5 (0: 2, 2: 1, 0: 2)
In the end, Rostock couldn’t be blamed for one thing. That she hadn’t tried everything to fight. However, the shooting ratio of 50:37 says something in favor of the Baltic Sea townspeople. For example, that a shot efficiency of 4 percent is not suitable for the premier league, even if the opposing goalkeeper Finn Becker had a great day. Herne seemed to have the rain under control after the first twenty minutes, but two penalties later, in the middle third, the Piranhas had. Luckily for the Miners, the gala performance of the second block came, and Leon Koehler personally brought his colors back into the lead with two goals. Putting the end to the game Nils Liesegang is routine with an Empty-Netter 83 seconds before the end.
Goals: 0:1 (04:49) Braylon Shmyr (Seto), 0:2 (12:07) Nils Liesegang (Hüfner, Seto 5-4), 1:2 (21:58) Keegan Dansereau (Hahn, Barry 5 -4), 2:2 (25:38) Mark Ledlin (Henderson, Barry 5-4), 2:3 (39:49) Leon Koehler (Liesegang, Ackers), 2:4 (52:03) Leon Koehler ( Liesegang, Ackers), 2: 5 (58:37) Nils Liesegang (Becker ENG)
Krefeld EV U23 – Herforder EV 2: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 2: 1)
A happy, but not undeserved success for Herford, whose advantage that evening was the power play. While Krefeld was unable to take advantage of four chances to win in the very fair game, Herford scored on both chances, resulting in an unbelievable 100 percent quota. With 23.6 percent, the Herforders are in a respectable seventh place in the north. Krefeld, who never gave up, only got the first goal in the third period and the second followed twelve minutes later, too late for a successful comeback. At KEV, Martin Benes, who was involved in both goals, impressed, at Herford a quartet was convincing, which also contributed two points to the success: Rustams Begovs, Quirin Stocker, Ulib Berezovskyy and Dominik Patocka.
Goals: 0:1 (11:05) Rustams Begovs (Berezovskyy, Patocka 4:5), 0:2 (33:21) Dennis König (Denoble, Patocka 5:4), 0:3 (37:42) Andre Gerartz (Müller, Stocker), 1: 3 (43:56) Martin Schymainski (Benes, Bauermeister), 1: 4 (53:58) Quirin Stocker (Begovs, Berezovskyy 5-4), 2: 4 (54:43) Edwin Schitz (Benes, Grygiel)