Rekordmeister Eisbären Berlin won the second clear defeat in a row. Uwe Krupp’s team was defeated by Adlern Mannheim on the 42nd day. Matchday with 2:6 (0:1,1:3,1:2).
They missed the opportunity to catch up with the second-placed Nuremberg Ice Tigers (82) after points for the time being.
On Sunday evening, the Franconians will be playing at the leaders of the standings, Red Bull Munich (86). The Berliners remain third with 82 points. On Friday the polar bears lost 0:5 at the ERC Ingolstadt.
In the fight for play-off places, the Ingolstadt team succeeded in achieving an important 5:3 (3:2,2:1,0:0) win at the Düsseldorf EC. The Cologne sharks celebrated a 3:1 (1:0,0:1,2:0) at the Augsburg Panthers after last two defeats and finished Augsburg’s series of four consecutive victories.
In the SAP Arena, David Wolf (8th), Luke Adam (24th), Christoph Ullmann (29th), Devin Seoguchi (37th), Ryan MacMurchy (41st) and Andrew Desjardins (46th) met for the Mannheim victory. Mark Olver (32nd) and Nicholas Petersen (58th) were successful for the polar bears.