The Eisbären Berlin go into the German Cup break of the German Ice Hockey League as league leaders.
The capital city team won against runner-up ERC Ingolstadt 4-1 (0-0, 1-1, 3-0) and celebrated their sixth away win in a row. Zach Boychuk, Yannick Veilleux, Tobias Eder and Manuel Wiederer secured the deserved success in a high-class game with their goals.
In front of 4,334 spectators in the Ingolstadt Arena, the guests defended consistently from the start and created some promising chances. They just missed using their superiority to score goals before the first break. That changed after the restart: Boychuk took the lead with his tenth goal of the season.
A little later, Eisbären goalie Jonas Stettmer also had to admit defeat. Maurice Edwards equalized for Upper Bavaria. In what was already an intense encounter, both teams increased the pace once again. But only the Berliners took advantage of their opportunities. First Veilleux and Eder were successful, then Wiederer scored the final score.
Mannheim loses at home against Straubing
The Straubing Tigers are only three points behind the Eisbären after a win against the Adler Mannheim. In their own hall, the Mannheim team had to accept a 1:4 (0:2, 1:1, 0:1) defeat and lost some of the connection to the top three. Cole Fonstad, Mike Connolly, Tyler Sheehy and Nicolas Mattinen scored for the Tigers. Linden Vey scored the only goal for the Eagles.
The Grizzlys Wolfsburg, tied with Mannheim in fifth place in the table, also lost at home. In the 2:4 (0:2, 0:1, 2:1) against the Löwen Frankfurt, coach Mike Stewart’s team was unable to equalize despite a good final phase. In the final third, Wolfsburg came within one goal, but the Frankfurters kept their composure and pulled back within two goals in the final minute thanks to Carter Rowney.