The Eisbären Berlin continue to lose ground in the race for first place in the DEL. The record champions and defending champions suffered their third defeat in the last four games with 2:3 (1:1, 0:1, 1:0, 0:0, 0:1) after a penalty shootout against the Kölner Haie and are now two points behind Leaders ERC Ingolstadt, who won 5:4 after extra time at Schwenninger Wild Wings on Thursday.
Runner-up Fischtown Pinguins also made a mistake. Three days after the sobering 0:4 in the quarter-finals of the Champions League at defending champion Servette Geneva, the Bremerhaven team also lost 0:4 (0:1, 0:1, 0:2) at relegation candidate Iserlohn Roosters, the gap to Ingolstadt grew to six points .
DEG remains last despite the win
The Adler Mannheim are fourth after the 3:0 (1:0, 0:0, 2:0) against the Straubing Tigers. Former champions Red Bull Munich are in sixth place after a 2:1 (0:1, 1:0, 0:0, 0:0, 1:0) penalty shootout at Grizzlys Wolfsburg.
In the relegation battle, bottom team Düsseldorfer EG remains level on points with Iserlohn after beating Löwen Frankfurt 4:3 (0:2, 2:0, 2:1). After the crazy 5:4 (4:0, 0:4, 0:0, 0:0, 1:0) after a penalty shootout in the derby against the Nuremberg Ice Tigers, the Augsburg Panthers are two points ahead of the DEG.
Cologne presents twice in regular time
In Berlin, Gregor MacLeod gave Cologne the lead twice (4th/31st). Frederik Tiffels equalized once (13th), then Jonas Müller forced extra time (52nd). Maxi Kammerer made the decision against the Eisbären, who had blown a 3-0 lead in the 3-4 draw in the CHL quarter-final first leg against the ZSC Lions Zurich on Wednesday.