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20:26
Again Maxi Kammerer, and again he holds his trowel in the shot! Niederberger reacts strongly with the catch hand and does not allow a rebound. The change of direction looked promising, but not with the new Munich goalkeeper!
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20:25
Matsumoto grabs the offensive face-off and Kammerer checks Niederberger with a flat shot. The Munich goalie says thank you and buries the puck under his glove.
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20:23
DeSousa is unlucky to get the hard rubber in the face. The attacker has to go to the bench first, but can probably continue.
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20:22
Frederik Tiffels dances through the middle, beating Louis-Marc Aubry and Nick Bailen. The latter pushes the former Cologne player at least from the middle to the right side, so that the end flat only collides with Mirko Pantkowski’s schooner.
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20:20
Beginning of 2nd third And further in the text – the second round is running!
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20:06
Conclusion of the third: The EHC got off to a better start and took the lead early on thanks to newcomer Andreas Eder. The guests then defended very well up to the 13th minute and didn’t even let the Haie into their own third. But the KEC found their rhythm after a chance from Jason Bast and pressed for the equaliser. A tip-in by Maxi Kammerer then made it 1-1. Both teams are already showing decent hockey in a game that is now balanced. It’s about to go on!
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20:02
End of 1st third With the 1:1 it goes into the first interruption.
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20:02
In the corner it gets uncomfortable again between Brady Austin and Patrick Hager, who work on each other properly. A bit of shoving and shoving, yet nothing to punish.
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20:01
Andreas Eder and Maximilian Kammerer are the first two goalscorers of the 2022/23 season.
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19:59
Now the people of Cologne are there: And the reward from Kammerer is well deserved. In the last three to four minutes, the red and white became more and more dangerous.
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19:55
Goal for Kölner Haie, 1:1 by Maximilian Kammerer
The KEC deservedly responded in this strong phase! The hosts win the face-off on the offensive and the hard rubber slips to Stanislav Dietz on the blue line, who doesn’t hesitate for a second and unpacks the slap shot. Maxi Kammerer holds the trowel in the middle and deflects the play equipment decisively – Mathias Niederberger slips in the wrong direction and is beaten for the first time!
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19:54
Double chance for Cologne! Bailen flashes his class for the first time and finishes around the block. The disc stays with the hosts, where Muller finds Ferraro in the middle. The direct acceptance flies just short of the second post.
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19:53
Niederberger again! Aubry charges his shot from the left circle and then targets the far corner. The Munich goalkeeper stretches out his stick hand and defused.
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19:51
Then Jason Bast starts on the right rail and asserts himself with a lot of power. Mathias Niederberger has no problems with the wrist shot from an acute angle.
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19:50
As soon as the hosts counterattack, Munich raves back and grabs the game. Daubner intervenes and clarifies: The guests are very solid defensively, so Cologne cannot build up.
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19:48
Tiffels and Eder take the lead. The people of the Rhineland find it difficult to get in the way with a stick. A shot by Street is deflected and flies over the goal.
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19:47
The first goal was even entirely down to Munich’s newcomers: Eder, McKiernan and DeSousa didn’t take long to score the first points in white.
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19:45
The Red Bulls are the more dangerous team! After Andreas Eder’s goal – the new signing can snap right away – Pantkowski had to intervene a few times so that the KEC didn’t have to chase an even bigger deficit early on.
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19:43
And then Schütz is completely blank in front of Pantkowski from an acute angle, but his low shot is not placed enough and bangs on the saver of the Cologne goalie.
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19:42
Hager for the second! Abeltshauser watches the blue line and catches an inaccurate pass. Hager sneaks behind the defense to the second post, but can then only put the strong cross pass just wide of the post.
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19:41
After winning a face-off, Jan Luca Sennhenn simply brings the disc in the direction of the goal. His flat end slips through friend and foe and is then steered into the corner by Mathias Niederberger.
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19:39
Pantkowski knocks one out! Kastner and Hager suddenly find themselves in a two-on-one game. Kastner crosses and finds his captain, who hits it directly. Pantkowski throws himself on the right side and parries strongly with the schooner.
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19:36
Goal for EHC Munich, 0:1 by Andreas Eder
Eder does the first thing of the season! A sloppy change by the Rhinelanders is punished directly – Eder marches through the neutral zone and leaves the hard rubber for McKiernan. He cheekily puts it back on Eder, who controls the play equipment from a short distance and nets it in the top right.
3.
19:35
Brutal stats: The KEC has only won once in the last 20 duels.
2.
19:34
David McIntyre appears behind Mathias Niederberger’s goal for the first time and adjusts the puck on the stick. Landon Ferraro positions himself in the high slot and sets the direct acceptance high. The disc lands on DeSousa’s shoulder.
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19:32
And directly the whole hall rises. The route of the fans is already clear: pull through 60 minutes.
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19:31
game start Finally, finally, finally ice hockey again! Season 29 is open!
19:30
Uwe Krupp relies on Mirko Pantkowski in goal for the season’s No. 1 game. Mathias Niederberger starts for the EHC.
19:28
So: The guests from Bavaria take on the role of favorites in this opening game of the 29th DEL season. However, the KEC can count on a packed Lanxess Arena. The Cologne fans are hot – a special atmosphere even before the first face-off. Can the spectators whip their KEC straight away to their first statement victory? Or does the regulatory office come from Munich and cancel the Rhinelanders’ party?
19:22
The suspension of Yannic Seidenberg suddenly caused a distraction shortly before the start of the league. The 38-year-old was banned by NADA yesterday due to a conspicuous doping test. The coming weeks will show how this situation develops. Can the EHC hide the topic on the ice?
19:20
The squad of the EHC seems complete, ripe for a title. Last but not least, this was also shown by the start in the CHL, which the team of head coach Don Jackson mastered with four wins from four games. If the newcomers take hold and also deliver top performers from last year such as Tiffels, Street, Ortega or Hager, the competition can bring one or the other jersey set and dress warmly.
19:18
Two well-known additions, and yet the Munich team managed what is probably the biggest coup in the goalkeeper position. Guarantee of success and national goalkeeper Mathias Niederberger is moving south from the polar bears and with two championship titles in his luggage. Can he convince again this year with his lightning-fast reflexes and thus lift the runner-up to the next level?
19:15
In the final against the polar bears, the Red Bulls only managed second place. Therefore, the Munich officials used the past offseason and polished the squad properly. While the veterans Philip Gogulla and Frank Mauer have migrated to Düsseldorf and Berlin, celebrities are coming to the Isar in return. Up front, former Wolfsburg top scorer Chris DeSousa brings a goal threat and playfulness to the Bavarian capital. And with the defensive all-rounder Ryan McKiernan hires a diligent title collector for the blue line. The American won the German championship with Eisbären Berlin in 2020/21 and the Champions Hockey League in Sweden with Rögle BK last season.
19:12
Last year’s goalie tandem Justin Pogge and Tomáš Pöpperle is history. With Mirko Pantkowski – came from the archenemy in Düsseldorf – and Oleg Shilin (Krefeld), two new ones should set it up between the bars. Marcel Müller, Sebastian Uvira and Colin Ugbekile will not lace up their skates with a shark on their chest in 2022. The best defender of the past season (!) was brought to the Rhine from the KHL: Nick Bailen is to set new offensive impulses from the blue line. Stanislav Dietz, Carter Proft and Jason Bast bring a lot of DEL experience to the Cologne squad. So some changes, but how does the changed squad finally show up on the ice? Less than 20 minutes, then there is the first taste!
19:05
And the Cologne Sharks? The Domstädter have a special season ahead of them: 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the KEC! The only question that remains is what is possible for the people of Cologne. The expectations in the city of millions are growing: Because Cologne should be back at the top of German ice hockey, out of the mediocrity. The squad of head coach Uwe Krupp is probably not that far. But some changes in the squad could bring a breath of fresh air.
18:59
The usual suspects can be found in the group of favorites for the championship title: Berlin, Munich, Mannheim. Wolfsburg can also calculate chances. Munich in particular have once again strengthened their runners-up squad from the previous year. The EHC is therefore one of the very hot candidates for the championship.
18:51
What has happened in the league? Of course there would be the climber: With the Löwen Frankfurt, a troupe from the Hessian metropolis is returning to the big stage. How will the lions make the leap to the top tier? Because this year there will again be one, possibly even two, relegated from the DEL. Season 29 will take place without a founding member of the DEL – the Krefeld Pinguine – who had to accept relegation to the DEL2.
18:45
The DEL is back! The tingling in the stomach, the anticipation: The wait for the start of the 29th season of the German Ice Hockey League is over today – because it starts again, with a kickdown! The Kölner Haie open this Thursday evening against EHC Red Bull Munich. A classic that heralds the hunt for the playoff spots. Finally ice hockey again in the best German league!