The Kölner Haie crowned the 1000th appearance of captain Moritz Müller in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) with a furious victory.
At the Iserlohn Roosters, the team around Jubilar Müller, who was only the ninth player to crack the four-digit number of games, won 8:2 (3:0, 4:1, 1:1).
In the table, Cologne in seventh place four games before the end of the season can continue to dream of direct qualification for the play-off quarter-finals. To do this, the Haie have to finish in the top six. Competitor Grizzlys Wolfsburg is five points ahead of Cologne after the 2-0 (1-0, 0-0, 1-0) at the Schwenninger Wild Wings.
Thanks to a 6: 3 (3: 0, 1: 1, 2: 2) against the Fischtown Penguins Bremerhaven, ERC Ingolstadt secured their ticket for the round of the top eight ahead of time. The previously qualified table leaders Red Bull Munich celebrated their fifth win in a row with a 4-0 (0-0, 3-0, 1-0) against Löwen Frankfurt and once again underlined their own title ambitions.
Champion Eisbären Berlin won 5:2 (2:1, 0:1, 3:0) at the Adler Mannheim and is now six points behind in the race for a place in the pre-play-offs. After the 5:4 (1:2, 0:2, 4:0) at the Augsburg Panthers, the Straubing Tigers climbed past the Adler to third place. The Düsseldorfer EG defeated the Nuremberg Ice Tigers 3:2 (1:0, 1:0, 0:2, 1:0) after extra time and remains in fifth place.