After the first three games of the season from Thursday to Saturday, the first DEL game day ended on Sunday with the first day of multiple games. With Munich and Wolfsburg, two favorites won, while Schwenningen surprised in Ingolstadt.
With his saves he ensured the Wild Wings victory: Keeper Joacim Eriksson.
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The DEL quickly came to terms with the unusual circumstances in the new season. At the weekend there was hardly any irritation about another game without spectators and fewer emotions. “We are all incredibly happy that things are starting now. It was a difficult time,” said Olympic silver medalist Yannic Seidenberg from EHC Red Bull Munich after the hard-fought 3-2 derby win on Sunday against the Augsburg Panthers. After the 2019/20 season, which was canceled in March without a masterclass, the league was on pause for nine months.
Even without the fan crowd in the otherwise always emotionally charged Bavarian derby, the title favorite had a hard time kicking off the unusual and shortened DEL season. “You can’t look at us great that we didn’t have so much training camp and such a fuss. We can keep up well. The people of Munich always poop in front of us, and you can see that again today,” said Augsburg’s Henry Haase on Edge of the game at “Magenta Sport”.
