Kölner Haie suffered a 2: 3 (0: 1, 0: 2, 2: 0) shot against leaders DEL DEL EHC Munich on Tuesday and therefore missed the jump to the direct playoffs. Filip Varejcka (2nd), Austin Ortega (27th) and Andreas Eder (35th). met for guests. David McIntyre (52nd) and Maximilian Kammerer (56th) shortened too late for Cologne.
Sharks for a long time are too ineffective
Monaco got off to a great start in the cathedral city: Varejcka used a high ball victory with a deflected shot to give the EHC the lead. The Haie acted mainly at eye level – 17:14 pitches showed balance in the first third. However, the KEC was unable to break even.
By the middle of the second half of the match, the hosts already had more than 30 shots on the table. However, the quality left a lot to be desired – only 13 arrived in the EHC box. Bayern are more effective, Ortega raises for the leader. Bitter for the KEC: the shot was deflected by his own player. And for Cologne it went even worse: Eder put a dream pass in the running very well and gave KEC the third goal alone in front of goalkeeper Mirko Pantkowski.
Aus den Birken prevents the complete comeback of the KEC
Haie started almost hopelessly with three goals behind in the last third. There, too, the people of Cologne were too harmless. The professionals of coach Uwe Krupp were not even able to use a double advantage to score an own goal. The arena cheered suddenly with eight minutes remaining: McIntyre scored with the bottom edge of the crossbar bringing the score 1: 3.
The Haie were now in a better position and the game was back to being very exciting four minutes before the end. Kammerer shot the sharks to follow him and woke the audience. The hosts then try and, after a penalty, play the last minutes with a double advantage. But Munich goalkeeper Danny aus den Birken saved several good shooting opportunities.
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