The ERC Ingolstadt defeated the Kölner Haie in the DEL with a lot of effort. Alex Breton scored the winning goal in a highly exciting game 39 seconds before the end of regular time. After a clear performance explosion in the third third, Upper Bavaria won at home 5:4 (1:2.0:1.4:1).
Noah Dunham (4th) gave the hosts an early lead. Then the KEC turned the game around with goals from Frederik Storm (9th), Veli-Matti Vittasmäki (15th) and Josh Currie (34th). The league leaders then hit back in the final third: Daniel Schmölz (42nd) and Austen Keating (47th) ensured an exciting final phase.
High speed-Ice hockey
And it was tough: First the Haien managed to take the lead again with Storm’s second goal (54th), and in direct return Philipp Krauß made the hosts celebrate for the fourth time. There were only 14 seconds between the two hits.
The game continued to feature great high-speed hockey. Ingolstadt failed on the paw, Parker Tuomie left the counterattack for the KEC. The point of the game came 39 seconds before the end: Breton turned the game back for Ingolstadt. Cologne never recovered from this.
Polar bears spoil the tour in Düsseldorf
A 2-0 lead was not enough for Eisbären Berlin to win in Düsseldorf in the DEL. Wolfsburg ended a long dry spell in the northern duel with Bremerhaven.
On Sunday afternoon, the German champions lost 2:3 (2:0, 0:0, 0:2, 0:1) after extra time at Düsseldorfer EG after a 2-0 lead. Eric Mik (17th) and Marcel Noebels (18th) scored for the second-placed team, who put in a convincing performance for a long time, but completely gave up the game in the final third.
Sinan Akdag (47th) scored the next goal for DEG and 23 seconds before the end of regular time, Alexander Ehl actually equalized for Düsseldorf. In the fourth minute of extra time, Tyler Gaudet finally scored the Rhinelander’s celebrated winning goal.
Berlin’s Blaine Byron and Düsseldorf’s Laurin Braun fight for the puck
Wolfsburg ends “Nordfluch” in extra time
The Grizzlys Wolfsburg have ended an almost three-year negative streak in the northern duel against the Fischtown Pinguins from Bremerhaven. After ten defeats in a row against their northern rivals, the Lower Saxony team won this time 2-1 after extra time (0-0, 0-0, 1-1, 1-0).
Andy Miele scored the decisive goal 61 seconds before the end of extra time. Alexander Friesen (52nd) equalized Wolfsburg’s first lead through Matthew White (43rd minute) for Bremerhaven.
Source: red; sid; with WDR