Eisbären Berlin lose for the first time this season at home

The home series is over: The game is dominated by the Eisbären Berlin, but against Wolfsburg they are defeated 2: 3 after penalty shootouts.

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Berlin. The end was hardly to be guessed at the end. The Eisbären Berlin acted too safely, too dominantly, too coldly. Against the Grizzlies Wolfsburg, the table leader of the group north in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) determined the game, was more imaginative, faster. Only this time not exactly enough in front of the gate. Therefore, not only did the series of five wins at the EHC break, the 2: 3 (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) after penalty shootout against the fourth was the first in the ninth home game of the season Defeat. A streak of success also ended for Marcel Noebels, after 15 games he failed to score a point for the first time.

So far, the team of coach Serge Aubin had two defeats in two duels in Lower Saxony. The Berliners wanted to return the favor for this – and came out of the cabin motivated accordingly. In the initial phase, the polar bears attacked the grizzlies with a lot of momentum and fired a series of shots. One of them landed behind the gate on the board, bounced back and was used by Matt White in the second attempt to lead (8th).

Tuomie scored the late equalizer for the Eisbären Berlin

With two penalty times, the Berliners interrupted their rhythm themselves, were punished by Anthony Rech with equalization (12th), but were then able to continue to apply pressure. The inaccuracy in the finals, however, enabled Chet Pickard to keep the game open in the Grizzly’s goal. As much as the playful dominance of the polar bears became more and more obvious, the recently very efficient Berliners also attracted attention this time with a generous freedom of movement in dealing with their chances.

Mark Zengerle stood out in particular, the gate was already wide open for him because Pickard was on the other side. But the EHC attacker moved anyway (26th). Given the number of possibilities the Berliners had, the suspicion arose that the guests, who were rather modest with their contribution to the game, might someday strike happily. When Pekka Jormakka suddenly went it alone, Mathias Niederberger was there in the EHC goal (37th). When Max Görtz played the puck towards the goal, the time had come. But only because EHC defender Ryan McKiernan counterfeited untenable (48th).

The run-up to the EHC was rewarded when Parker Tuomie scored 2-2 and brought the Berliners into extra time (56th). There, however, Sebastian Furchner’s goal decided in favor of the guests, who celebrated their seventh win in a row.

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