Cologne –
Twice this week, the Kölner Haie have to compete with the Iserlohn Roosters in the DEL. The first game of the mini-series ended on Monday unpleasant for the team of coach Uwe Krupp, namely with a 3: 4- (0: 0, 1: 2, 2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) defeat Penalty shootout in the empty Lanxess-Arena.
It was a mixed, then exciting encounter in which the sharks had only equalized in the last two minutes. “We lacked a bit of lightness, we were a bit tense,” said Moritz Müller. On Wednesday (8.30 p.m.) the KEC will compete with the Roosters.
KEC brings striker Landon Ferraro from Frankfurt
Before the game it became known that the Haie are facing the signing of striker Landon Ferraro (29 / Canada) from the second division Frankfurt Lions. He was active for the Eisbären Berlin last season. After the 0: 5, which Cologne had conceded in Berlin on Friday, they initially concentrated on defensive work. The game was tough in places, the best chance in the goalless first third had the Iserlohner Jake Weidner, who drove an outnumbered counterattack, but failed to Hannibal Weitzmann.
The second section began with a mishap from the Haie: KEC defender Dominik Tiffels deflected the puck after a shot by Joe Whitney to make it 0-1. James Sheppard equalized three minutes later, after a pass from Freddie Tiffels he prevailed and tunnelled Roosters goalie Andreas Jenike to 1: 1. Shortly afterwards, however, the Haie let themselves be demonstrated: Iserlohns Taro Jentzsch was able to start from his own third up to the Cologne goal, and he found a gap – 1: 2 (25th).
The sharks struggled doggedly for a long time to compensate. However, it initially succeeded Brent Aubin 1: 3 (51.). In a dramatic final offensive in which the Cologne team took the goalkeeper off the ice, the Müller saved the KEC a point: First Moritz Müller scored from the blue line to make it 2: 3 (59th), and Marcel Müller shot seven seconds before the end of regular time the 3: 3. After goalless overtime, Jentzsch converted the decisive penalty for Iserlohn.
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