The EHC Red Bull Munich has always been looking forward to the Kölner Haie in recent years, with the EHC winning an impressive 16 successive duels. However, this series ended on Sunday: The Munich team lost 4-5 at home to the Haien and not only conceded their second defeat of the weekend, but also lost the lead in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) to the Eisbären Berlin. On Friday the EHC lost 3: 6 at the Bietigheim Steelers. After conceding eleven goals over the weekend, EHC striker Frank Mauer said at Magentasport that his team was currently doing “the basics” wrong: “If we get them right again, we won’t get them.”
Munich had used their first outnumbered game to make it 1-0, Jonathon Blum was successful (7th). The lead boosted the EHC, Austin Ortega scored a goal on the post (8th), Frank Mauer failed in his 700th DEL game with a solo attempt against Justin Pogge in the Haie goal (10th). The home side seemed to have everything under control, but a heavily played attack gave Landon Ferrero and his Cologne team a 1-1 equalizer (11th). From then on, the Rhinelander were much better in the game, Alexander Oblinger failed with his solo attempt at Munich goalkeeper Danny aus den Birken (19th).
In the middle third it got turbulent. Yasin Ehliz marked the 2: 1 for the EHC (22nd) with a margin, but shortly before the end of the third, Munich was after the goals of Marcel Müller (22nd), Oblinger (29th) and Jon Matsumoto (36th). ) suddenly back 2: 4. Trevor Parkes shortened to 3: 4 (38th), but the EHC could not be satisfied before the final third. “We have to get out of our own zone easier and faster,” said Ehliz, “everything was a bit too slow” for him. Oblinger’s 5-3 for Cologne (41st, majority) did not improve the mood of the Munich team, who will play the Champions League quarter-final second leg against Lukko Rauma from Finland at home on Tuesday. Ben Street’s later hit (59th) was no longer enough.
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