DEL: EHC Red Bull Munich wins top match against Adler Mannheim

Sunday, 26. November 2023 | DEL: EHC Red Bull Munich wins top match against Adler Mannheim

Clear success in top match: Red Bulls celebrate against Adler MannheimRBM - MAN 5:1 | Abeltshauser: "Wanted to show an answer"// DEL - MATCH REPORTEHC Red Bull Munich beat Adler Mannheim 5:1 (1:0|2:0|2:1) on matchday 22 of the PENNY DEL.

Yasin Ehliz (2), Ben Smith, Koni Abeltshauser and Austin Ortega scored for coach Toni Söderholm's team in front of 5,728 spectators in the sold-out Olympic Ice Stadium.

Highlights: Red Bull München vs. Adler Mannheim (26.11.2023)

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Course of the match

Both teams got off to a calm and structured start, with remarkable attacking actions in short supply at first. Munich's Chris DeSousa had the first big chance after five and a half minutes. The Red Bulls were also closer to scoring than the Adler and took the lead after 18 minutes. Ehliz blocked a Mannheim shot, gave himself the puck, skated in alone on Adler keeper Felix Brückmann and converted with aplomb. The goal was also his 104th DEL goal for the Red Bulls. The striker thus drew level with Michael Wolf in the German champions' all-time scoring list. They went into the first period break with the score at 1:0.

The Red Bulls got off to a dream start in the middle period: a counter-attack while short-handed, a great pass from Ehliz and Smith finished - 2:0 (22'). After that, Mannheim played more offensively and birthday boy Mathias Niederberger had several opportunities to distinguish himself with top saves. Then Ehliz struck again: He made it 3:0 in the power play (35') and with his 105th DEL goal jumped to sole second place in the all-time scoring list. Coach Söderholm's team took this three-goal lead into the second period break.

In the opening phase of the final period, the Adler took advantage of their fourth power play through Jordan Szwarz to make it 1:3 (44'). But the Red Bulls replied quickly. Abeltshauser deflected DeSousa's shot into the Mannheim goal - 4:1 for Munich (46'). After this goal, a very concentrated Red Bulls were no longer in danger and Ortega increased the lead to 5:1 two seconds before the final buzzer.

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The top match against Mannheim in pictures

Koni Abeltshauser: "We really wanted to show an answer after the defeat in the derby against our arch-rivals Augsburg, especially for the fans. We managed to do that. We kept it simple and turned things around through hard work." Goals: 1:0 | 17:49 | Yasin Ehliz 2:0 | 21:11 | Ben Smith 3:0 | 34:02 | Yasin Ehliz 3:1 | 43:44 | Jordan Szwarz 4:1 | 45:08 | Koni Abeltshauser 5:1 | 59:58 | Austin Ortega Spectators: 5.728