In the semi-final classic of the Eisbären Berlin against the Adler Mannheim there will be a showdown in the decisive fifth game on Thursday. After the two defeats at the start, the Mannheimers secured their second win in a row on Tuesday evening with a 4:3 (1:1, 2:2, 1:0) against the polar bears and equalized in the best-of-five series to 2:2 out of. The Berliners again missed making the premature entry into the final perfect.
The polar bears have home rights on Thursday – only the winner moves into the playoff final for the German ice hockey championship against EHC Red Bull Munich. The Munich team quickly won the semi-final series against the Wolfsburg Grizzlies with three wins in three games.
For the Mannheim national striker Markus Eisenschmid was the acclaimed match winner (53rd minute. “Insane”, said the attacker, who had not been used in the previous game. “I think we are now focused the whole game. It was important that we took the lead.”
Before that, the Adler had taken the lead twice with 1:0 and 3:2 in an exciting encounter in front of 11,512 spectators. Matthias Plachta (6th), Borna Rendulic (37th / penalty) and Nigel Dawes (39th) were successful. In the end, goals from Zachary Boychuk (19′), Kevin Clark (35′) and Kai Wissmann (40′) weren’t enough for the Berliners. “I think we always make it difficult for ourselves,” said Berlin defender Jonas Müller.
Two days after the 5: 3 in Berlin, Mannheim wanted to postpone the end of the season again. A co-production of two national strikers made it 1-0: David Wolf prevailed behind the goal, Matthias Plachta pushed the puck through the legs of Berlin’s national goalkeeper Mathias Niederberger. As the German Ice Hockey League announced, Plachta’s 336th scorer point also meant a club record for the Adler.
The Berliners equalized shortly before the first third break. And as hard-fought as the first section was, it continued: In the long, balanced second third, things got turbulent with four goals in the last five minutes: The Mannheimers turned the 2-1 of the guests into a 3-2. Then the polar bears came back. The final third was 3:3, with Eisenschmid letting the fans cheer.
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