10
19:45
The sharks survive the first outnumbered effortlessly and unscathed. Chrobot returns to the smooth floor.
9
19:44
A minute is over and the black and yellow are struggling to get into the third of the Cologne team. The power play is therefore clearly expandable.
8th
19:41
Minor penalty (2 minutes) for Julian Chrobot (Kölner Haie)
The team with the most penalty minutes in the league has to come up short for the first time today. Chrobot is serving a penalty for having too many players on the ice.
7
19:41
After almost seven minutes, it can be said that KEV has fought its way into this game after initial problems. Nevertheless, the KEC determines the game, as expected, the guests touch concrete and rely on counterattacks.
5
19:39
The guests again! Laurin Braun carries the disc into the offensive third and puts it over to Niederberger. He shoots from an acute angle on the left and warps.
4
19:37
After all, the KEV no longer lets the sharks go beyond the neutral zone and is well on the blue line. Then Bracco fires the first shot – no problem for Pöpperle.
3
19:36
So far, all references have gone to the people of Cologne. Krefeld is not yet able to develop offensively.
2
19:34
Dumont! The hosts start this game with an offensive pressure phase! And suddenly Dumont is alone in the slot and fails from a meter at Belov.
1
19:32
Dinner is served! Into the 114th derby between the sharks and the penguins!
18:32
But the black and yellow want to take the energy from two respectable wins against Ingolstadt and Munich and next spoil the mood of the KEC. What was remarkable against the clearly favored Munich team was the mental strength to equalize a deficit in the last third, as well as the self-sacrificing performance of the defenders. Head coach Igor Zakharkin could only build on four trained defensive forces, who accordingly had a lot of ice age. After the game he described them as “heroes” who, together with the strengthened Sergei Belov, will have to put in such a concentrated and self-sacrificing performance again today.
18:32
There have been rosier times for both teams. While KEV fans have become somewhat hardened in recent years, the situation is likely to be very unusual, especially for those around the KEC. Meanwhile, the guests from the city of silk are still in 15th and last place in the table, the Haie made up ground with a three-pointer in Bremerhaven and are now in eleventh place. In the game two days ago, the hosts were characterized in particular by a compact defense and ice-cold exploitation of their own scoring chances. Against traditionally deep penguins, there could be significantly more time in the offensive third tonight.
18:32
Have a nice good evening and welcome to the German Ice Hockey League! Ironically, the derby between the Kölner Haie and the Krefeld Pinguinen is about important points in the relegation battle for both teams. The first puck falls at 7:30 p.m.!