PENNY DEL: EHC Red Bull München defeats Straubing Tigers on matchday 27

Tuesday, 10. December 2024 | PENNY DEL: EHC Red Bull München defeats Straubing Tigers on matchday 27

Three points in the derby: Red Bulls beat StraubingRBM - STR 3:1 | Lancaster: „We gave the right answer"// DEL - MATCH REPORTEHC Red Bull München won the early derby on matchday 27 of the 2024/25 PENNY DEL season against the Straubing Tigers 3:1 (1:0|2:0|0:1).

In front of 10,578 spectators in the SAP Garden, Chris DeSousa, Les Lancaster and Taro Hirose scored for Max Kaltenhauser's team.

Highlights: EHC Red Bull München vs. Straubing Tigers (10.12.2024)

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Course of the game

The Red Bulls got off to an energetic start in captain Patrick Hager's 400th DEL game in a Munich jersey. Tigers goalkeeper Zane McIntyre quickly took center stage, but prevented the visitors from going behind early. The four-time German champions remained the more active team and continued to play under pressure. The reward was the opening goal by DeSousa, who converted his own rebound to make it 1:0 (15'). Because Simon Wolf shone against Adrian Klein at the other end (17), the team went into the break with this result. There were initially no big chances for either side in the middle period.

That changed in the 25th minute when Markus Eisenschmid appeared free in front of the Straubing goal after a dream pass from Nikolaus Heigl, but was unable to beat McIntyre. A short time later, the visitors put on a lot of pressure with just under four minutes of overtime, but the Red Bulls defended their lead passionately. Munich then took control again - and that paid off in the closing stages of the second period: Lancaster first increased the lead to 2:0 with a follow-up shot (39'), before Hirose made it 3:0 (40') with a spectacular direct shot.

Straubing made an effort to close the gap in the final period. However, the Red Bulls defended consistently, did not allow any high-caliber goals and repeatedly made pinpricks themselves. Straubing threw everything forward in the final minutes, but Wolf remained a strong back-up. The youngster made a spectacular save against Michael Connolly (55'), but was then beaten 33 seconds before the siren: Connolly reduced the deficit for the visitors, but the goal made no difference to the Red Bulls' derby victory.

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The next derby against the Tigers in the SAP Garden in pictures

Les Lancaster: „We gave the right response to the Ingolstadt game and want to continue in the same vein on Friday. I felt a great sense of relief after my goal. The late goal was a pity, especially for Simon Wolf, but he's a good kid and will get many more chances for a shutout.“

Goals: 1:0 | 14:50 | Chris DeSousa 2:0 | 38:24 | Les Lancaster 3:0 | 39:11 | Taro Hirose 3:1 | 59:27 | Michael Connolly

Spectators: 10.578

Press conferece: EHC Red Bull München vs. Straubing Tigers (10.12.2024)

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