Derby lost, prank missed: The Düsseldorfer EG suffered a double defeat at the hands of arch-rivals Kölner Haie.
Three and a half weeks after the 1:7 in Düsseldorf, the Haie took some revenge with 3:1 (0:0, 1:1, 2:0) for the worst derby defeat ever in the history of the German Ice Hockey League.
Goals from Andreas Thuresson (22nd minute), Louis-Marc Aubry (47th) and Tim Wohlgemuth (60th) into the empty Düsseldorf goal ensured Cologne’s first victory in the third prestigious duel of the season between their Rhenish rivals. This time only Alexander Blank (35th) scored for DEG in front of 18,600 spectators in the sold-out arena.
DEG had already been thwarted before the game. The Düsseldorfers, together with the rock band Die Toten Hosen, had planned to manipulate the sharks’ entrance show.
For this purpose, projectors had already been smuggled into the arena to throw Pacmans with the DEG logo onto the ice before the 241st derby, which would then have eaten small portraits of sharks.
A DEG battle cry from the Toten Hosen should also have been part of the campaign. However, the projectors were discovered by security personnel in a box and removed.
The surprise team of the Fischtown Pinguins from Bremerhaven remains at the top of the DEL table, winning 2-1 (0-0, 0-1, 2-0) against runner-up ERC Ingolstadt.