Red Bull Munich has conquered the lead of the standings in the DEL. In the Cologne sharks, the defending champion won 6-2 (1-2,3-0,2-0) and, thanks to a better goal difference, replaced the Nuremberg Ice Tigers at the front of the field (both 46).
At the start of the 22. On the first day of the match in the Lower Bavarian derby, Straubing Tigers only beat the tail light 2:1 (0:0,1:1,0:0,0:0,1:0) after penalty shooting.
Vice champion Grizzly’s Wolfsburg (37) improved to fourth place with a 5:3 (1:1,1:1,3:1) against the Augsburg Panthers. The Adler Mannheim suffered their second defeat in a row, losing 0:1 (0:0,0:1,0:0,0:0) at Iserlohn Roosters and falling back to sixth place (35).
In the surprise teams’ duel, the Schwenniger Wild Wings beat Fischtown Penguins 5-2 (2-1,1-1,2-0) and climbed to fifth place with 36 points. Bremerhaven (33) is seventh ahead of the Roosters (32).
Meanwhile, the ERC Ingolstadt remains in free fall. With a 1-3 (0-1,0-2,1-0) defeat of the Duesseldorf EC, the Bayern lost their ninth game in a row. The DEG (28), now on par with the ERC, is tenth immediately behind the local rival from Cologne (30).
Munich was trailing 1:2 after the first period, and then the hosts turned the corner with a strong second round. Patrick Hager (34th), Frank Mauer (36th) and Steven Pinizotto (37th) met within 184 seconds, Brooks Macek (49th) and Mads Christensen (53rd) increased in the final period.
Nuremberg took the lead in front of 6137 spectators at the beginning of the second round by Philippe Dupuis (21st). Dylan Yeo (31st) compensated for the guests. In the Shootout, DEL record goal scorer Patrick Reimer became match winner with his goal.