Mannheim wins chase duel against Munich
In the duel between the two immediate pursuers, the trends of the past weeks continued. The Adler Mannheim also clearly won 5: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 2: 0) against Red Bull Munich and thus extended their lead over the three-time champions.
Markus Eisenschmid put the Adler in the lead after just 19 seconds, the national players Denis Reul (24th) and Tim Wohlgemuth (36th) as well as Jordan Szwarz (46th) and Mark Katic (60th) scored the other goals. Frederik Tiffels had meanwhile equalized (22nd). For Munich it was the fifth bankruptcy from the last six games, while the Mannheimers have now won four times in a row.
After 31 games, the Berliners continue to lead the table with an average of 2.032 points ahead of the Adlers and Munich.
Victories for Schwenningen and Cologne
Meanwhile, the Schwenninger Wild Wings achieved an important victory in the table cellar. At the Krefeld Penguins, the team of coach Christof Kreutzer won 5: 3 (2: 0, 1: 3, 2: 0).
After four defeats in a row, the Kölner Haie ended their negative run with a 3: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) after extra time against the Augsburg Panthers. Landon Ferraro (3rd), Marcel Barinka (27th) and Andreas Thuresson (62nd) in the extra season were successful for the playoff contenders.
The Düsseldorfer EG conceded the third defeat in a row against Kellerkind Iserlohn Roosters at 2: 4 (0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1).