The Straubing Tigers from the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) secured their group victory in the Champions Hockey League (CHL) on Tuesday (October 11th, 2022) with a clear success. EHC Munich, on the other hand, lost first place.
In front of a home audience, Straubing won at the end of the preliminary round 8:0 (2:0, 2:0, 4:0) against Villacher SV from Austria. Marcel Brandt (4th), Sandro Schönberger (8th/55th), Luke Adam (29th/35th), Taylor Leier (42nd), Cody Lampl (54th) and Tim Brunnhuber (60th) scored for the Tigers.
Munich lost first place
Like DEL leaders EHC Munich, Straubing had already qualified for the round of 16 before the final day of the game. But in contrast to the Tigers, the Munich team gambled away first place in the table on Tuesday. Coach Don Jackson’s team lost 4-0 (0-0, 0-3, 0-1) at Finnish champions Tappara Tampere. Veli-Matti Savinainen (24th/37th), Ben Thomas (26th) and Casimir Jürgens (50th) scored the goals for the hosts.
The playoff duels will be drawn next Thursday (4 p.m.) in Zurich. In addition to Straubing and Munich, the Grizzlies Wolfsburg are still represented in the competition.