18:00
Both curves have prepared choreographies. It’s all set for game five!
17:56
4,815 spectators are in the Saturn Arena again today – sold out.
17:55
Speaking of defenders, Korbinian Holzer, Mark Katic and Joonas Lehtivuori are unavailable for the Eagles today. Only six defensive players are on the score sheet.
17:53
“We have players who throw themselves into every shot and block everything away,” said a happy Leon Hüttl in the run-up to the game. Born in Bad Tölzer, he scored the decisive goal in the last game, and as a defender he will of course play an active part in blocking away again today.
17:43
The Starting Six: Kevin Reich, Leon Hüttl, Mathew Bodie, Ty Ronning, Tye McGinn and Daniel Pietta will start for Ingolstadt. Mannheim starts with Arno Tiefensee, Denis Reul, Arkadiusz Dziambor, Borna Rendulić, Taro Jentzsch and Ryan MacInnis. David Wolf will be back in game six.
17:25
“Emotions are forbidden nowadays. You saw in the Cologne series that as soon as it gets tough, you’re immediately in the penalty box,” said Lean Bergmann, also criticizing the hard line taken by the referees. Certainly the penalties will be a factor again today.
17:20
In general, the Adler offensive in particular was not very creative in the last encounter. Without the suspended David Wolf, the Quadratestädter hardly got any opportunities, which Lean Bergmann also complained about: “We definitely have to score more goals, get more shots on goal in general”.
17:17
The series has so far been characterized by penalties. At least in the last two matches, these could hardly be used. A total of 28 penalty minutes in the last meeting did not result in a single power play goal.
17:05
With the 1-0 away win on Good Friday in Mannheim, the Panthers regained home rights. It remains to be seen how much that will bring: So far, none of the teams in the series has been able to win at home.
17:01
Have a nice evening and welcome to game five in the series between ERC Ingolstadt and Adler Mannheim! It starts at 6 p.m. in the Saturn Arena.