The Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven continue to shake up the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) and are the new league leaders after a show of force.
In front of their home crowd, the surprise team from Bremerhaven impressively defeated the previous tied leaders Eisbären Berlin 5:1 (1:0, 2:1, 2:0). Coach Thomas Popiesch’s team has now won ten of the last eleven league games.
Christian Wejse scored two goals for the hosts (7th minute, 34th). However, at the end of the second third, the Dane got carried away in a fistfight with Patrice Cormier, which resulted in a five-minute time penalty for both. The other goals for the Penguins were scored by Colt Adam Conrad (30th), Felix Scheel (48th) and Ross Mauermann (55th), while Tobias Eder scored for the Berliners (40th).
Penguins goalkeeper outstanding
“We didn’t clean things up,” Eder was annoyed on “MagentaTV”. Penguins goalie Kristers Gudlevskiks excelled with 34 saves. According to Eder, the result is “okay”.
Red Bull Munich is currently keeping pace with the third-placed Straubing Tigers and beat the Löwen Frankfurt 2-1 (0-1, 2-0, 0-0) in their own stadium. Austin Ortega (27th) and Ryan McKiernan (30th) turned the game around in which Joseph Cramarossa (14th) gave the Lions the lead.