In the relegation battle of the DEL, the Iserlohn Roosters celebrated an important victory in the basement duel against Düsseldorfer eG. The DEG slipped onto the relegation.
The Roosters, who had separated from coach Doug Shedden last Saturday and were looked after by sports director Franz-David Fritzmeier until the end of the season, defeated Düsseldorf 6: 3 (2: 0, 3: 2, 1: 1).
Because parallel to the last bottom of the table in Augsburger Panther near the Löwen Frankfurt with a 4: 5 after penalty shooting (0: 3, 1: 1, 3: 0, 0: 1) got a point, the DEG is now on the only one Abset place. However, the three threatened clubs only separate two points after the 44th matchday.
Ingolstadt loses top game
The ERC Ingolstadt lost the top game at the Eager Mannheim with 3: 4 (1: 0, 1: 2, 1: 2). In the race for the best starting position for the playoffs, champions and pursuers of Eisbären Berlin only made one point well through the 4: 5 after penalty shooting (1: 1, 3: 2, 0: 1, 0: 1) at the Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven.
In the fight for the last direct playoff place, the Cologne sharks received a 3: 4 (1: 0, 2: 2, 0: 2) at the direct pursuer Straubing Tigers, the cushion of the Rhinelander shrank to seven points. The Nuremberg Ice Tigers defeated the Grizzlys Wolfsburg with 2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0) in the table middle field.