Thursday, January 18, 2024
“The failures hit us hard in the crucial phase of the main round, but we will be able to absorb them thanks to our deep squad.” This is what Serge Aubin says about the injuries to Ty Ronning, Patrice Cormier and Ben Finkelstein, who will be leaving the Eisbären on Friday (all games live from 7.30 p.m. on MagentaSport) will be missing in the top game against sixth-placed Cologne. In addition to Jaedon Descheneau, Blaine Byron and Lean Bergmann will probably not be available to second-placed Berlin in the top game of the 39th round, although the two strikers have now been able to train with the team again.
It will also be interesting to see how the Adler Mannheim will present themselves after last Sunday’s 4-0 defeat in Ingolstadt. As ninth in the table, the Adler expect leaders Bremerhaven and can again rely on the services of the recently injured striker Kris Bennett. The Fischtown Pinguins, for their part, suffered two defeats last weekend, but scored points in both the home game against Cologne and in Düsseldorf and are therefore still two points ahead of Berlin in the table. It is quite possible that goalkeeper Maximilian Franzreb, who is part of the extended national squad, can celebrate his comeback in the North Sea town team’s jersey after a month-long injury break.
A long-distance duel for tenth place is underway between Nuremberg (46 points) and Frankfurt (45), with only a single point separating both teams in the rankings. While the Ice Tigers are guests at Düsseldorfer EG, the Lions Frankfurt face Straubing in front of their own crowd. The Hessians want to continue their upward trend under interim coach Franz Fritzmeier after two wins in a row, while Düsseldorf (currently second to last with 41 points) practically has to win in the home game against Nuremberg in order to intervene again in the fight for the last playoff ticket can.
Friday’s games at a glance
7.30 p.m.: Berlin – Cologne
19.30 Uhr: Düsseldorf – Nürnberg
7.30 p.m.: Frankfurt – Straubing
7.30 p.m.: Ingolstadt – Iserlohn
7.30 p.m.: Mannheim – Bremerhaven
7.30 p.m.: Wolfsburg – Schwenningen
2024-01-18 16:38:35
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