It was an image that Serge Aubin probably never imagined in his wildest dreams. When the Berlin Eisbären game against the Straubing Tigers was long over on Friday evening, Bavarian folk music played through the loudspeakers in the stadium at the Pulverturm. Loud cracking. In front of this happy, swaying background noise, the Berlin coach had to explain another defeat to his team in front of the camera.
The Eisbären had given up the game at Niederbayern after a 3-1 lead. And in the end they lost 3:4 (2:1, 1:1, 0:1/0:1) after a penalty shootout. Yannick Veilleux (14th minute), Marcel Noebels (15th) and Kevin Clark (38th) scored the goals for Aubin’s team in front of 4485 spectators.
One point from the last three games – that’s not enough for the Berliners
So there was only one point from the three away games this week for the Berliners. They had previously lost in Ingolstadt and Bremerhaven. Aubin said, “Yeah, that’s disappointing, only getting one point on this road trip.” But his team is heading in the right direction.
A bold claim, because the Berliners are still frozen in 13th place in the table. Luckily for them, however, the bottom Bietigheim (1: 4 in Mannheim) and the penultimate Augsburg (1: 5 in Ingolstadt) made a reliable mistake again on Friday.
On Monday, the Berliners have their home game against leaders Red Bull Munich. At least Aubin does not fear for his job even after the recent defeat. “No, I’m not worried about my job,” said Berlin’s trainer at “Magentasport”. (tsp)
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