The round of 16 is already the final stop in the Champions Hockey League for ERC Ingolstadt. The Upper Bavarians were able to fight for a 3-3 draw at Växjö Lakers in the second leg. After the defeat in the first leg, the Swedish club is through to the next round.
1:4 in the first leg, 3:3 in the second leg – ERC Ingolstadt did not make it past the round of 16 in the Champions Hockey League (CHL). After the home defeat there were slogans of perseverance and declarations of war from Ingolstadt. But nothing more than 3:3 (1:2, 0:0, 2:1) resulted in Växjö.
Hope only briefly flares up in the final third
Maury Edwards (14th), Mathew Bodie (42nd) and Phillipp Krauß (46th) scored the goals for the ERC, which had a brief hope of a victory in the final third. The progress of the Swedes, with former German NHL professional Tobias Rieder on the ice, was never really in danger. Former Munich player Kalle Kossila (9th), Dylan McLaughlin (20th) and Ludvig Nilsson (58th) scored for Växjö in the orphaned goal.
On Wednesday (7:45 p.m.) champions EHC Red Bull Munich will meet Swiss champions Geneve-Servette HC. After the 3-2 win in the Olympic ice stadium, former national coach Toni Söderholm’s team goes into the encounter with a small advantage. Incidentally, no team other than Munich has ever reached the quarter-finals of the CHL, which has been held since 2014.
Source: BR24Sport on the radio November 21, 2023 – 8:55 p.m
