Playoff quarter-finals: Eisbären Berlin also win second game against Straubing

The Eisbären Berlin continues to do justice to their favorite role in the playoff quarter-finals. After the opening victory on Sunday, the reigning master won the game two at the Straubing Tigers 4: 2 (0: 0, 3: 2, 1: 0).

The Eisbären Berlin Have been able to build on the success of last Sunday and also win the second game in the playoff quarter-finals against the Straubing Tigers. The Berliners prevailed 4: 2 (0: 0: 0; 3: 2; 1: 0) in the ice stadium on the powder tower and thus have two out of four necessary victories for progress to the semi -finals in the account.

Liam Kirk (24th minute), Zach Boychuk (26th) and Marcel Noebels (30th) and Gabriel Fontaine (60th) scored the Berlin goals.

T goalless first third despite some chances

In the first minutes of the second meeting with Straubing, the polar bears were able to build on the 5-1 win from last Sunday. The capitals acted defensively from the start, sovereign and powerful, so that the Straubinger, which was under the forced, could not build home moment. In this way, the polar bears initially recorded the clearly better chances, they hardly allowed anything in the back.

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After the initial phase, a more open game developed in which the Tigers produced the first useful offensive moments through a power play, but did not know how to use it over -it -all. The polar bears survived the outnumbered unscathed and then were lucky when the lead for the Tigers in the 10th minute was whistled due to a dubious referee decision.

The angry Straubinger initially maintained the pressure, after which it was an even exchange of blows. A very powerful 0: 0 after the first third, albeit with slight advantages for the Tigers. Berlin’s goalkeeper Jonas Stettmer, a native of Straubinger, showed a good game so far.

Open visors on the powder tower

The home side were able to build on their strong phase in the middle third – and this time also reward themselves in the power play. The polar bears could not properly clarify an attack in the 23rd minute, in the end Josh Samanski got his racket in a cross from outside and steered the puck to 1-0 in the goal. But the home tour was very short, the Berliners immediately equalized in the 24th minute. Liam Kirk sneaked in front of the Straubinger Tor, received a pass from Leonhard Pföderl and pushed in 1-1. An ice -cold answer from the guests, who immediately let the short -boiled ice stadium on the powder tower fall silent again.

In the 26th minute, the polar bears even took a double strike, they followed the 2-1 directly. After a won bully, the disc came to Marcel Noebels in the right circle. The attacker had his head at the top and fit sharply in the middle, where Boychuk Zach pushed into the left corner from a short distance.

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The polar bears had not caused any unrest after the deficit and suddenly turned the momentum around 180 degrees. After the sudden gap, Straubing seemed unsettled, the Berliners were now on the trigger. So the 3-1 in the 30th minute by Noebels was no longer surprising. He completed a robbery -like counterattack from Jonas Müller from a few centimeters of the goal.

But Straubing did not get up and found an answer just a few seconds later. After a new parade from Stettmer, Travis St. Denis came to the end of the slot and converted to the 2: 3 connection goal. A third with the heartbeat of a colibris, scoring chances every second. There was also a lot going on on the ice afterwards, but goals didn’t want to fall.

Tense minutes, then redemption

Would Straubing still equalize and possibly more or would the polar bears make the lid on the second playoff mating? The decisive character was definitely noticeable to the last third, the teams focused on the small, simple actions after the wild middle third to gain security and make it as difficult as possible – nobody wanted to make the decisive mistake. So the teams felt their carefully.

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After almost ten minutes, Straubing managed to win the upper hand in a highly competitive third, but the polar bears defended confidently and allowed only a few degrees. After the most intensive wave of attacks had subsided, the Berliners had several chances of 4: 2, but they too lacked the decisive pinch of precision. At least they were able to ensure the necessary relief again and again so that Straubing did not build a rhythm. At the end, the capital club managed to leave barely pace and consistently set the Straubinger, so that there was hardly any danger to the own goal.

Only shortly before the end, the Tigers dissolved everything defensively and plunged into the offensive with all his might. They were able to collect several degrees, but the polar bears did not bring the 3-2 lead over time, but set the 4: 2 final point a few seconds before the end. Gabriel Fontaine had no trouble accommodating the puck in the empty Straubinger Tor.

Broadcast: RBB24, 03/19/2025, 9.45 p.m.