DEL: EHC Red Bull München wins home game against Cologne

Friday, 26. January 2024 | DEL: EHC Red Bull München wins home game against Cologne

Home win against Cologne: Red Bulls keep the Sharks at bayRBM - KEC 3:2 n. V. | Abeltshauser: "We've coped well with setbacks"// DEL - MATCH REPORTEHC Red Bull München won 3:2 (1:0|0:1|1:1|1:0) after overtime against the Kölner Haie on the 41st matchday of the PENNY DEL.

Austin Ortega, Markus Eisenschmid and Veit Oswald scored for the German champions, who are now four points ahead of the Sharks, in front of a sell-out crowd of 5,728 at the Olympia-Eisstadion.

Highlights: EHC Red Bull München vs. Kölner Haie (26.01.2024)

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Course of the game

The Red Bulls got off to an energetic start in the prestige duel with a 5-0 scoreline in the first three minutes. The visitors from Cologne then managed to make the game, which was characterized by many duels, more balanced. Until the 12th minute: Ortega gave the German champions a 1:0 lead on the counter-attack following Cologne's best chance to date, which was thwarted by Munich goalkeeper Mathias Niederberger. As neither Munich nor Cologne were able to capitalize on their chances after that, the Red Bulls went into the break with a 1-0 lead after a heated first period.

Toni Söderholm's team also started the middle period at full throttle: seven seconds into the second period, Ben Smith was presented with a top chance while short-handed. But the visitors' goalkeeper Tobias Ancicka made a save. After that, the Sharks also got back into forward gear. The opponents fought an intense, fast and hard-fought duel, in which Cologne equalized through David McIntyre in the 31st minute. It continued to go back and forth, but no further goal was scored in this period. The score was 1:1 after 40 minutes.

In the final period, the Red Bulls were the first to celebrate: Eisenschmid scored in the 42nd minute to make it 2:1. And the Sharks? They responded immediately in the same minute with Gregor MacLeod making it 2:2. Both teams then defended with concentration. The fans saw a fierce fight that went into extra time. In the 61st minute, the result was: no goal for Cologne after video evidence. Instead, the decisive goal was scored on the other side. Oswald secured the extra point for EHC Red Bull Munich in the 62nd minute.

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The home game against the Haie in pictures

Koni Abeltshauser: "It was a game on a knife-edge. It was bitter for us that we gave up the lead twice. But we weren't intimidated and coped well with the setbacks. We're happy with the two points and want to go one better against Mannheim on Sunday." Goals: 1:0 | 11:06 | Austin Ortega 1:1 | 30:35 | David McIntyre 2:1 | 41:34 | Markus Eisenschmid 2:2 | 42:00 | Gregor MacLeod 3:2 | 61:57 | Veit Oswald Spectators: 5.728