With its Beijing returnees, EHC Red Bull Munich has managed to win the next victory in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL).
Coach Don Jackson’s team narrowly won the Düsseldorf EG 2-1 (1-0, 1-1, 0-0). “We got it over time and are happy with the three points,” said national striker Frederik Tiffels at MagentaSport, who had already played for Munich again on Friday when they were successful in Cologne.
This time his Olympic teammates Patrick Hager, Yasin Ehliz and Konrad Abeltshauser, who had to accept the end of the winter games in China before the quarter-finals, were there again. Benjamin Street and Benjamin Smith scored the goals. Stephen MacAulay scored for DEG in their first game after the Olympic break. Munich improved to fourth place in the table, DEG is ninth.
In the fight to stay up, the Bietigheim Steelers achieved their second win in a row with a 5:2 (0:0, 4:0, 1:2) in Krefeld. Meanwhile, the DEL is being further slowed down by the corona pandemic.
The away game of the Adler Mannheim against the Augsburger Panthers, which was also scheduled for this Wednesday evening, had to be canceled due to a large number of sick AEV professionals. As the club from Bavaria announced, there are currently only four field players available. In addition to coach Serge Pelletier, twelve players tested positive.