The Straubing Tigers have consolidated their play-off spot in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL).
The fifth in the table beat the already relegated Bietigheim Steelers 5:2 (1:0, 2:1, 2:1) on Thursday evening and seven games before the end of the regular season they are already six points ahead of the Kölner Haie on the first pre -Play-off ranking.
Marcel Brandt (14th), Travis St. Denis (25th), Taylor Leier (36th), Mike Conolly (47th) and Joshua Samanski (56th) brought the Lower Bavarians back on the road to victory after two defeats in a row, Teemu Lepaus (32nd) and CJ Stretch (44th) were only able to shorten the lead for a short time.