Munich almost out

Adler Mannheim vs Nürnberg Ice Tigers 6-1, Series 2-1

After Friday’s loss in Nürnberg, Mannheim wanted to come back into this series and managed to play a game in which they were dominant in almost every aspect. It took them 8 minutes until Sinan Akdag opened the scoring with a straight shot in the upper right corner after Jochen Hecht realised that the Ice Tigers’ defense shifted completely to the right side and found Akdag free on the left wing. Matthias Plachta added a goal 6 minutes later, shortly before Patrick Reimer could get Nürnberg on the scoresheet as well.

The second period saw Mannheim take way too many penalties, what did not really stop them from scoring goals. Glen Metropolit tipped in a pass from Marcus Kink on a breakaway at the 27:08 mark and Kink himself finished off a shorthanded breakaway 2 minutes later. Meanwhile Nürnberg was unable to use any of their powerplay chances.

In the last period Frank Mauer, who returned to the line-up, and Danny Richmond set the score to 6-1. Adler Mannheim now leads the series with 2-1.

EHC München vs Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams 0-2, Series 0-3

The Red Bulls seem not to find a solution to the tasks Wolfsburg’s defense is giving them. München could not score in the second straight home game against Wolfsburg now and is on the brink of elimination with an unexpected 0-3 series deficit already. The game-winning goal came at the 8:08 mark, when Alexander Polaczek got one past Florian Hardy. Sebastian Furchner added an empty net goal with half a minute left. Wolfsburg can now enter the semifinals on Tuesday with a home win and sweep München.

Hamburg Freezers vs Düsseldorfer EG 3-2, Series 2-1

The game started similar to game 1 with a quick lead for Hamburg when Morten Madsen scored after 60 seconds. But apart from a powerplay marker 5 minutes into the second period through Adam Mitchell, Hamburg couldn’t build on it this time and let the door open for Düsseldorf to get a foot back in the game. And Düsseldorf did so. Still in the second period Bernhard Ebner and Rob Collins managed to even the result. In the last period Hamburg first had to survive the second 5 minute long powerplay after Mathieu Roy and Nicolas Krämmer had been ejected. But just 27 seconds after the Krämmer penalty expired, it was Thomas Oppenheimer, who got the game-winning goal for the Freezers.

ERC Ingolstadt vs Iserlohn Roosters 3-1, Series: 2-1

In Ingolstadt people had to wait 22 minutes to see the first goal and it wasn’t their home team, who scored first. Brooks Macek got the 0-1 shorthanded and so Iserlohn was looking to take the lead in the series. But Ingolstadt fought back. In the last period Petr Taticek and twice John Laliberte (one emtpy net goal) turned the game around and Ingolstadt hang on to the lead to claim the series lead themselves in the end.

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