The team of the moment has slipped: table leaders Straubing Tigers suffered a 1:4 (0:0, 1:2, 0:2) defeat at the Schwenninger Wild Wings after ten wins in the previous twelve games of the German Ice Hockey League (DEL). The Lower Bavarians are still five points ahead of ERC Ingolstadt and Adler Mannheim.
Ingolstadt won 4:2 (0:1, 2:1, 2:0) over the Grizzlys Wolfsburg, Mannheim defeated the bottom of the table Dresdner Eislöwen with an unexpectedly difficult 3:1 (2:1, 0:0, 1:0). Behind them, the Kölner Haie only got one point in a 3:4 (1:1, 1:1, 1:1, 0:0, 0:1) after a penalty shootout against the Augsburger Panthers.
The Fischtown Pinguins even came away completely empty-handed at home in Bremerhaven in a 4:5 (3:2, 0:2, 1:1) win against the Nuremberg Ice Tigers. After four wins in the last five games, defending champions Eisbären Berlin suffered another setback with 1:3 (0:1, 1:1, 0:1) against Red Bull Munich.
Bottom team Dresden is still not alone in the bottom of the table. The Iserlohn Roosters also lost 0:3 (0:2, 0:0, 0:1) at the Löwen Frankfurt and are only two points ahead of the newcomers after ten defeats in the last eleven games.
Alexander Karachun (25th) and Eric Martinsson (27th) gave Schwenninger, who had lost 3:4 after extra time in Dresden on Wednesday, the lead with a double strike. Filip Varejcka shortened (34′). Tyson Spink made the decision (52nd/57th).
Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven – Nuremberg Ice Tigers 4:5 (3:2, 0:2, 1:1). – Goals: 1:0 Hirose (00:16), 1:1 Ustorf (01:35), 1:2 Gerard (08:19), 2:2 Byström (09:55), 3:2 Miele (18:37), 3:3 Murray (21:05), 3:4 Headrick (32:09), 3:5 Headrick (48:42), 4:5 Verlic (53:57). – Penalty minutes: Bremerhaven 4 – Nuremberg 2. – Spectators: 4647
Schwenninger Wild Wings – Straubing Tigers 4:1 (0:0, 2:1, 2:0). – Goals: 1:0 Karachun (24:31), 2:0 Martinsson (26:36), 2:1 Varejcka (33:10), 3:1 Spink (51:37), 4:1 Spink (56:11). – Penalty minutes: Schwenningen 2 – Straubing 6. – Spectators: 4774
Kölner Haie – Augsburger Panther 3:4 (1:1, 1:1, 1:1, 0:0, 0:1) nP – Goals: 0:1 Louis (00:24), 1:1 Bokk (08:17), 1:2 Wohlgemuth (21:52), 2:2 MacLeod (29:03), 2:3 Damiani (47:10), 3:3 Bokk (58:39), 3:4 Louis (65:00, penalty). – Penalty minutes: Cologne 6 – Augsburg 8. – Spectators: 18,600
Adler Mannheim – Dresden Ice Lions 3:1 (2:1, 0:0, 1:0). – Goals: 1:0 Plachta (07:39), 2:0 Plachta (14:57), 2:1 Ortega (18:29), 3:1 Reichel (59:46). – Penalty minutes: Mannheim 4 – Dresden 4. – Spectators: 12,653