For Kai Wissmann, the home defeat of the polar bears against the Straubing Tigers was a warning signal: “I’m really annoyed that we simply gave up the game. That has happened several times now,” said the 25-year-old defender on Sunday.
The DEL leaders had previously lost a 3-1 lead by conceding five goals in the final third and lost the game 3-6. “I just hope we learn from this now. Because if we don’t learn from it now, it could hurt a lot later,” Wissmann warned with a view to the approaching playoffs.
National player Marcel Noebels was also annoyed about the drop in performance: “I’m glad it wasn’t a playoff game. That would have been very bitter,” he said. After Straubing’s goal to make it 2-3, “the house of cards collapsed a bit,” admitted the attacker.
“Unfortunately we weren’t attentive enough in the four or five minutes in which the game was decided and carelessly lost too many decisive duels.”
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Coach Serge Aubin was a bit perplexed: “I can’t really explain what happened in the third period. We stopped playing. It was obviously a mixture of mental fatigue and individual mistakes,” said the Canadian, demanding a reaction from his team in the home game against the Augsburg Panthers on Tuesday (7.30 p.m. / Magentasport).
In the three remaining main round matches, the team must now “return to the level we are used to” in order to go into the playoffs with a positive impetus, said Aubin.
