Defending champion Eisbären Berlin was able to underline his top form in the German Ice Hockey League with a win at the Kölner Haien.
The capital city club won 2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) in the Rhineland and is sovereign in first place. Blaine Byron (31st minute) and Kevin Clark (47th) ensured the seventh success from the past eight DEL games. Cologne, on the other hand, slipped to sixth place.
In the chase duel, the Grizzlys Wolfsburg won against title favorite Adler Mannheim 2: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0) and as third are only a narrow gap to the second from Mannheim.
After the guest tour by Nicolas Krämmer (20th), Fabio Pfohl (21st) and Julian Melchiori (29th) turned the match in the middle section.
EHC Munich still in crisis – DEG in free fall
Co-favorite EHC Red Bull Munich is still in crisis in the league. Against the bottom of the table, Schwenninger Wild Wings, the semi-finalist of the Champions Hockey League lost 2: 3 (2: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0) after a shoot-out and fell back to fifth in the table after the seventh defeat from the last eight matches .
For the Düsseldorfer EG there was the fourth defeat in a row in the 0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2) against newly promoted Bietigheim Steelers. In the table, the Rhinelander slipped to ninth place.
The Fischtown Pinguins from Bremerhaven defended seventh place with a 4: 3 (2: 0, 1: 2, 0: 1, 1: 0) after extra time against the Krefeld Penguins. The Augsburg Panthers defeated the Straubing Tigers 4: 2 (1: 1, 2: 0, 1: 1).
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