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A five-digit number of spectators in Cologne, where 10,791 fans saw the 7-3 goal spectacle against the Bietigheim Steelers. More than 10,000 fans came to Berlin and there were over 8,000 in Düsseldorf. Was that it for now with such crowds?
The restriction of the number of spectators to a quarter of the stadium capacity threatens to hit the German ice hockey league. It was full again on Friday, and it may be again on Sunday. But then the new Infection Protection Act and the corresponding ordinances were able to put a bolt on the doors again – in the truest sense of the word.
Due to the 7: 3 of the Kölner Haie mentioned at the beginning, the Domstadters are not only in fifth place: The Bietigheim Steelers, promoted from the DEL2, are last and thus occupy a safe relegation place. If this descent is not suspended again due to the pandemic. There they are also because the Schwenninger Wild Wings won 3: 2 in Düsseldorf after a strong first third (3: 0). There was an anniversary to be celebrated in both ice rinks: Pascal Zerressen was honored for his 500th DEL game in Cologne and Alexander Barta for his 900th DEL game in Düsseldorf.
The West duel at the Iserlohn Roosters was explosive because Martin Schymainski met his ex-team, the Krefeld Pinguine, after his recent move. The KEV was not confused and won 4-1 in the Sauerland. The game in Bremerhaven went without a goal: The Fischtown Pinguins were defeated by ERC Ingolstadt 0: 1. EHC Red Bull Munich also won 4-2 at the Nürnberg Ice Tigers and Eisbären Berlin won 3-1 against Adler Mannheim. Already on Thursday the Grizzlys Wolfsburg defeated the Augsburg Panthers 3-1.
This is how it went on Thursday and Friday in the DEL:
Grizzlys Wolfsburg – Augsburger Panther 3:1 (0:0, 2:1, 1:0)
Goals: Wolfsburg: Mingoia (2), Enlund – Augsburg: Payerl.
Nürnberg Ice Tigers – EHC Red Bull Munich 2: 4 (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 3)
Goals: Nuremberg: Sheehy, Kislinger – Munich: Abeltshauer, Gogulla, Redmond, Ehliz.
Kölner Haie – Bietigheim Steelers 7: 3 (4: 0, 1: 2, 2: 1)
Goals: Cologne: Matsumoto, Kammerer, Dumont, Olver, Edwards, Barinka, Marcel Müller – Bietigheim: Zientek, Stretch, Heard.
Iserlohn Roosters – Krefeld Pinguine 1: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 1: 1)
Goals: Iserlohn: Labrie – Krefeld: Lessio, Lucenius, Weiß, Blank.
Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven – ERC Ingolstadt 0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Goals: Ingolstadt: Feser.
Eisbären Berlin – Adler Mannheim 3: 1 (0: 0, 3: 1, 0: 0)
Tore: Berlin: Veilleux, Nielsen, Boychuk – Mannheim: Eisenschmid.
Düsseldorfer EG – Schwenninger Wild Wings 2: 3 (0: 3, 1: 0, 1: 0)
Goals: Düsseldorf: Svensson, Fischbuch – Schwenningen: Gört (2), Tylor Spink.
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