The Eisbären Berlin have underpinned their lead in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL). The capital club prevailed on Sunday against the Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven with 5: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 3: 1).
In the duel between the two immediate pursuers, the trends of the past weeks continued. The Adler Mannheim also clearly won 5: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 2: 0) against Red Bull Munich and thus extended their lead over the three-time champions.
Markus Eisenschmid put the Adler in the lead after just 19 seconds, the national players Denis Reul (24th) and Tim Wohlgemuth (36th) as well as Jordan Szwarz (46th) and Mark Katic (60th) scored the other goals. Frederik Tiffels had meanwhile equalized (22nd). For Munich it was the fifth bankruptcy from the last six games, while the Mannheimers have now won four times in a row.
After 31 games, the Berliners continue to lead the table with an average of 2.032 points ahead of the Adlers and Munich. Matthew White (20th / 50th / 59th), Morgan Ellis (29th) and national player Marcel Noebels (57th) scored for Berlin, Ziga Jeglic (49th) was successful for Bremerhaven.
The Kölner Haie beat the Augsburg Panthers 3: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) after extra time and thus kept up with the top ranks, the Düsseldorfer EG conceded against Kellerkind Iserlohn Roosters at 2: 4 (0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1) the third defeat in a row.
Meanwhile, the Schwenninger Wild Wings achieved an important victory in the table cellar. At the Krefeld Penguins, the team of coach Christof Kreutzer won 5: 3 (2: 0, 1: 3, 2: 0).
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