Defending champion Red Bull Munich has missed the leap to the top of the DEL standings with his third seasonal bankruptcy.Beneficiaries were the Nuremberg Ice Tigers, who won 3-0 (1-0,0-0,2-0,2-0) against the Schwenninger Wild Wings and moved back to first place with 16 points past the polar bears Berlin and Munich (both 15).
Red Bull Munich was ready to lead the standings.The team of coach Don Jackson, however, suffered an unexpected 4-6 (0-3,1-1,3-2) defeat at the Düsseldorf EC.
After the 5:1 lead, the team from Düsseldorf once again had to tremble in front of 5738 spectators when Mads Christensen, Patrick Hager and Keith Aucoin shortened the lead.But Eduard Lewandowski finished the third DEG win of the season three seconds ahead of the final whistle.
A eagle Mannheim collected a harsh home.In front of 13,231 fans in the domestic SAP arena, coach Sean Simpson’s team took a 2:6 (0:2,2:2,0:2) defeat and lost contact to the top with a further 12 points.Conquering Cologne, on the other hand, moved up to fourth place with 14 points.The sharks’ victory was inaugurated by two early goals from Blair Jones.
The Augsburg Panthers also missed the big opportunity to take the lead in the standings.After the 2:4 (0:0,0:2,2:2) defeat against taillight Iserlohn Roosters, the Swabians still have twelve points in the standings, just like Mannheim.
Grizzly’s Wolfsburg, runners-up of the past two seasons, are also not getting into gear.Fischtown Pinguins in Bremerhaven lost 2-3 (1-2,1-0,0-0,0-0,0-1) after extra time and slipped from ninth to twelveth place in the standings.
After eight seconds Wolfsburg scored the sudden death goal of Kristopher Newbury.
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