With a furious first victory in February, Düsseldorfer eG made an important sign in the fight against the impending first sporting descent.
On Sunday, the previous bottom of the table at the Löwen Frankfurt won 8: 4 (1: 2, 5: 1, 2: 1) after last six defeats in a row. The Canadian striker Brendan O’Donnell managed a hat trick (7th, 23rd, 39th). Philip Gogulla (32nd), Tyler Gaudet (33rd, 50th), Alec McCrea (37.) and Jakub Borzecki (43.) met also.
The Maxim Matuschkin in Frankfurt (17th, 20th, 28th) also did a hat trick. Carter Rowney (42nd) got the fourth goal of the home side.
Due to the victory, the DEG jumps in 13th place with 46 points, new bottom is Augsburg (45 points), the Panther documents on Sunday the EHC Munich with 3: 5.
Bitter afternoon for Frankfurt’s keeper Greiss
Even the former NHL goalkeeper Thomas Greiss could not stop the DEG after his substitution. The 39-year-old was substituted at the Löwen for Cody Brenner at 4: 3 for Düsseldorf after 32 minutes. Greiss received three goals from the first five shots on his goal.
“This is a very important victory for us. We just have to stay on the ground”said Düsseldorf’s attacker O’Donnell at streaming service MagentaSport.
After a very difficult season, the eight -time German champion from Düsseldorf threatens the first sporting descent from the DEL with considerable problems in the season planning. The DEG still stays five game days in order not to be the last of the main round in the end and thus secure the stay in the class.
Berlin defeats Cologne
The Eisbären Berlin have expanded their success series in their own hall. On Sunday evening, the German champion won 5: 4 (1: 1, 3: 0, 1: 3) and thus celebrated the fifth home win one after the other in the German ice hockey league. Zach Boychuk scored two goals, and Ty Ronning, Adam Smith and Manuel again met for the capitals.
Before 14,200 spectators in the sold -out arena at the Ostbahnhof, Brady Austin scored for the guests in the second minute. The home side then struggled to play out the chances of scoring against the consistently defending Cologne chances. Ronning used one of the few successful attacks to compensate (15th).
Zach Boychuk meets twice in the power play
After the first break, the Berliners increased and now found gaps in the back team of the Rhinelanders more and more. With his first DEL hit, Smith took care of the lead (29th), thanks to other goals from Wiederer (32nd) and Boychuk in Powerplay (38th), the capitals pulled away to 4: 1. In the final third, the success was again in danger. The guests were able to shorten the hits from Marco Münzenberger (41st) and Justin Schütz (46.) before Boychuk calmed down the nerve a bit with his second overpaid (55.). The Maximilian Kammerer (60th) Cologne made the final score.
Mannheim books the quarter-final ticket prematurely
In the afternoon, the Adler Mannheim won 4: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1) against the Straubing Ice Tigers. Ryan Macinnis (28th), Yannick Proske (37th) Kristian Reichel (49.) and Marc Michaelis met for the home team. The guests came through Tim Fleischer to the meantime 2: 1 (43.).
Mannheim consolidated third place with success and booked his ticket for the playoff quarter-finals early.