Master Red Bull Munich is back on top in the DEL. Coach Don Jackson’s team won on the 41st. 1:1 (1:1,1:0,0:0) at the Schwenninger Wild Wings and replaced the former leader Nuremberg Ice Tigers (82) with 86 points. The Franconians had to admit defeat to the Augsburg Panthers at home 1:2 (1:1,0:0,0:1).
The Eisbären Berlin suffered a sensitive 0:5 (0:1,0:2,0:2,0:2) defeat at the ERC Ingolstadt and remain third with 82 points. However, the lead to fourth place is still a reassuring 16 points.
The farewell tour of Pavel Gross began disappointingly. With Grizzly’s Wolfsburg, the coach, who will be going to league rival Adler Mannheim next season, lost 1-3 (1-0,0-1,0-2) to Fischtown Pinguins in Bremerhaven. The change of the native Czech was announced during the week.
With a 5-2 (0-0,3-1,2-1,2-1) win at Iserlohn Roosters, the EC of Düsseldorf moved up to sixth place in the standings, overtaking rivals Kölner Haie (58) among others with 59 points.
Jason Jaffray (4th) and Jonathan Matsumoto (23rd) met in Schwenningen for defending champions Munich. The defeat of the Nuremberg team was sealed by Augsburg striker Jaroslav Hafenrichter (54.). For Ingolstadt, five different goalscorers met against Berlin.