The penguins would have after that 3:2 victory after extra time against direct competition Schwenninger Wild Wings must win all of their last three games of the season on Tuesday.
Mannheim clearly wins
Mannheim was clearly the better team from the start. The Eagles immediately used their first advantage to make it 1-0 through Ruslan Iskhakov (3rd) and remained dominant in the period that followed. At the end of the first third, the hosts had already shot 33:13.
In the second third, Iskhakov again needed just over two minutes to score his second goal (23′). Shortly thereafter, Nigel Dawes made it 3-0 (24th). But Krefeld also came back just a few moments later and shortened the lead to 1:3 through Michael Hoeffel (26th). Instead of catching up, Markus Eisenschmid scored the 4:1 in the 31st minute. At that point the game was decided. David Wolf (45th) and Tim Wohlgemuth (59th) scored two more goals.
“The whole game was just embarrassing. It reflects the whole season a bit.”defender Dominik Tiffels scolded at MagentaSport. “As a player, you don’t want to experience something like that.”
Will the penguins go to arbitration?
Although a number of games have been canceled this season due to the coronavirus pandemic, the teams will have played a different number of games at the end of the preliminary round and the point quotient will therefore determine the placement, for the first time in 16 years a relegated team will be determined. The Kassel Huskies were last relegated in 2006.
The Bietigheim Steelers were promoted last year and are the 15th team this season, but no club had to go to the DEL2 because of the corona pandemic. The DEL and DEL2 had actually agreed on a relegation rule for the 2020/21 season.
However, the penguins do not consider the regulation to be fair given the corona circumstances. Managing Director Sergei Savelyev recently had to go before the DEL arbitration court in the event of relegation with a “Competition Distortion Lawsuit” announced.
Iserlohn holds the class
the Iserlohn Roosters and the Schwenningen Wild Wings are sure to keep their class. Iserlohn prevailed in the evening 4:3 (0:2, 1:1, 2:0, 0:0) after a penalty shootout against the Straubing Tigers.
After goals from David Elsner (6th), Travis St. Denis (16th) and Ian Scheid (27th) Iserlohn was already 0: 3 behind, fought his way through goals from Eigen Alanov (35th), Ryan O’ Connor (42nd) and Brent Aubin (50th) but still in overtime. In the penalty shootout, Casey Bailey and Sena Acolatse were successful for the Roosters.
The Roosters had previously announced a one-year contract extension with forward Casey Bailey. The 30-year-old American has been playing for the Sauerland team since autumn 2020 and has been a top performer in the third-last in the league ever since.