Main round winner ERC Ingolstadt stormed a round with a canteen victory, the Adler Mannheim ended the play-offs for record coach Don Jackson, and the Cologne sharks turned off the runner-up: the semi-finals of the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) is complete.
With the outstanding double packer Wojciech Stachowiak, the Ingolstadt residents made the Nuremberg Ice Tigers in their own stadium 6: 0 (4: 0, 2: 0: 0) in the sixth quarter-finals and won the best-of-Seven series with 4: 2. The Mannheimers also recorded the fourth victory at Red Bull Munich with 2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0: 1) and thus threw the nine -time master maker Jackson, who had again jumped in at Bayern.
After three victories at the beginning, Cologne threatened 3-1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 3: 0) against the Fischtown Pinguins from Bremerhaven up to ten minutes before the end in a row. But the sharks were still turning the game, so they were spared a novelty in German ice hockey: a team has never been left after a 3-0 lead in the play-offs.
In Nuremberg, the main round winner caused clear conditions in the first third. Myles Powell (9th), Enrico Henriquez Morales (11th), national player Stachowiak (17th) and Abbott Girduckis (20th) shot a 4-0 for the guests. With its fifth goal of the series, Stachowiak (37th), Kenny Agostino made it 6-0 (38th).
Adler Mannheim use their chances ice cold
In front of 10,796 spectators in the sold -out SAP Garden in Munich, the Mannheimers, who were bursting with self -confidence after two wins in a row, used their chances. Kristian Reichel (4th) and captain Marc Michaelis (28th) overcome Evan Fitzpatrick, who again replaced the injured national goalkeeper Mathias Niederberger. His opposite Arno Tiefensee parried a penalty by Chris Desousa (30th). Andreas Eder managed the connection (59.).
Max Görtz gave Bremerhaven in the lead in Cologne in front of 18,242 (38th). According to video evidence, the supposed compensation by Tim Wohlgemuth was not recognized (39.). In the final third, however, his goal was 1-1 (50th). The shark striker met again (54th), after a new video evidence, the referees Lukas Kohlmüller and Marian Roatsch again decided against Cologne. Alexandre Grenier decided the game for the sharks (59./60.) And made the first semi -finals of the sharks perfect since 2019.
Record champion Eisbären Berlin had already reached the semi -finals last Tuesday with the fourth victory against the Straubing Tigers, which begins against Mannheim for the defending champion next Tuesday (7.30 p.m./Magenta sport). Ingolstadt starts the series against Cologne on Wednesday (7.30 p.m./Magentasport).