Half a dozen missed. With the 3: 4 after extra time (1: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1), the polar bears had to accept a defeat after five wins before. The race to catch up to places ten and up, which qualify for participation in the pre-play-offs, was slowed down.
Unlike in the previous games, all of which the polar bears had successfully contested, this time the opponent also scored the first goal of the day. However, the 0:1 through David McIntyre (9th) didn’t really reflect the course of the game at that point in time. Otherwise, the Haie didn’t really have anything compelling to offer at first and the hosts were still enjoying their current ease. However, they made one or the other dangling too much or the puck landed just next to or over the goal.
However, the Berliners hardly moved away from their system in this phase and so it was actually only a matter of time before the equalizer against Uwe Krupp’s team came. Frank Mauer let himself be celebrated for the 1:1 in the 17th minute.
Frank Mauer is now rewarded for his effort
The striker tried his best even in difficult times this season, but missed numerous outstanding chances. Equipped with the appropriate self-confidence, he initiated the situation himself on the right with a pass to Peter Regin, got the disc back a little later and shot in from half high.
Leo Pföderl was unable to score after the five goals in the last two games that evening, but this time he made an assist for Marcel Noebels, who is usually more responsible for assists. But the 2:1 shortly after the first break didn’t really bring calm into the game.
13,828
Spectators saw the game in the Mercedes-Benz Arena.
After numerous successes recently, more and more careless mistakes crept in and so it was 2:2 in the 34th minute because Landon Ferraro exploited a 2:1 counterattack after a Berlin puck loss.
But Ferraro was also instrumental in the fact that the Berliners took the lead again just 68 seconds later in front of 13,828 spectators – this time through Giovanni Fiore. In the first power play of the game, the second-best team in the league revealed that they currently master both: five-on-five and playing with one man more on the ice.
But peace was never to return that evening. After one or the other puck landed on the post or on the mask of Cologne goalkeeper Mirko Pantkowski in the second power play, the momentum turned in favor of Cologne again, who were able to equalize to 3:3 through Mark Olver (45th). And from then on, the sharks were able to show their most powerful phase. Juho Markkanen in the Berliner Tor was accordingly busy.
Because both teams were denied another goal in regular time, extra time was needed again, in which the guests set the better accents and then scored the decisive goal of the evening through Nick Bailen.
To home page
