The winning streak of the top rider Eisbären Berlin has been torn at the bottom of the standings. After four victories, the seven-time champions lost to Straubing Tigers 3-4 after penalty shooting, but stayed in the lead of the standings.
Prosecutor Nuremberg Ice Tigers could not use the favor of the hour. 800. The Franconians lost 3-0 to Grizzly’s Wolfsburg 0-3 (0-0,0-2,0-1) in their goalscorer’s game for the first DEL team, Patrick Reimer. Second place went to defending champion Red Bull Munich 5-2 (1-1,2-0,2-1) against Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven.
Bill Stewart suffered a bitter defeat on his return as coach of Adler Mannheim, while “Kill Bill”, the scandal coach who succeeded the fired Sean Simpson, saw a 3:4 (3:1,0:2,0:1) defeat at the ERC Ingolstadt after a 3:1 lead. The Canadian had already been a member of the Adler Gang from 2000 to 2004.
Neither did Boris Blank, a former international, have much reason to celebrate his jubilee. In his 900th. The 39-year-old lost the 39-year-old with the Iserlohn Roosters 2:4 (1:1,0:2,1:1) to the Augsburg Panthers. In the small Rheinderby, Düsseldorf EC was defeated by the Krefeld Penguins 1:4 (1:1,0:1,0:1,0:2).
With a double strike in the second period by Maximilian Renner (35th) and Dylan Yeo (39th), Straubing took the lead 3-1, but Florian Busch (55th) and Micki DuPont (57th) saved the Berliners into extra time. Jeremy Williams turned the decisive penalty.
Within 30 seconds, Mark Voakes and Brent Aubin (28th) shot Wolfsburg to victory. 46 seconds lay between the goals of Jonathan Matsumoto (37th) and Keith Aucoin (38th), who secured Munich’s win.