The Krefeld Pinguine went under in the basement duel of the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) and are staggering towards relegation.
The bottom group lost to the Iserlohn Roosters 1:7 (0:2, 1:2, 0:3) and missed the chance to close the gap to their direct competitor. In addition, another team from the relegation zone won in the Bietigheim Steelers.
Meanwhile, after three wins in three consecutive away games, champion Eisbären Berlin’s winning streak came to an end. In the Augsburg Panthers, the leader of the table had to admit defeat by 2:3 (0:2, 1:0, 1:1), but is still clearly ahead of the Grizzlys Wolfsburg.
Krefeld (1.128 average points) could not get any closer to the penultimate Schwenninger Wild Wings (1.188), the Roosters (1.261) placed in front of them got some breathing room. Promoted Bietigheim celebrated an important victory in the 4: 3 (1: 2, 3: 0, 0: 1) against Düsseldorfer EG.
The Penguins fell 4-0 down before Arturs Kulda reduced the lead (36′). Joseph Whitney (44th), Eric Cornel (50th) and Casey Bailey (58th) followed suit for Iserlohn. Bietigheim turned the game against DEG in the middle third thanks to Alexander Preibisch (35′), Daniel Weiß (38′) and Guillaume Naud (40′).