The Iserlohn Roosters also won the second game after their coach Greg Poss was released and made an exclamation mark in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL). The Sauerlanders defeated former champions Adler Mannheim 7:4 (2:0, 2:4, 3:0) on Thursday (October 26, 2023) and left the bottom of the table.
In addition, the Roosters prevented Mannheim from returning to the top of the table with their second home win of the season. The Augsburg Panthers, who started just as poorly as Iserlohn, also celebrated a victory. Bayern defeated the Löwen Frankfurt 5:2 (1:1, 3:1, 1:0) and are four points ahead of Iserlohn in twelfth place. The new last place is Düsseldorfer EG.
Matthias Plachta with a hat-trick
Tim Bender (38th, 45th) scored two goals for Iserlohn, and Taro Jentzsch (52nd) was also successful against his former team. For Mannheim, who recently lost in Düsseldorf, a hat-trick from Matthias Plachta (29th, 36th, 39th) wasn’t enough. “We made too many mistakes and were too greedy on offense“, said Plachta at MagentaSport: “We speculated too often and allowed situations with the advantage. They then played it off coldly.”
Augsburg, which had clearly lost the last two games, took the lead after just 15 seconds on Thursday through Matt Puempel. After the quick equalizer by Dominik Bokk (4th), the Panthers added three goals in the second third.