The Red Bulls secure two points in Bremerhaven

Sunday, 13. October 2024 | The Red Bulls secure two points in Bremerhaven

Two points for Munich: Red Bulls beat runners-up BremerhavenBHV – RBM 4:5 a. P. | Kaltenhauser: “The guys showed outstanding character”// DEL - MATCH REPORTOn the ninth day of play in the 2024/25 PENNY DEL season, EHC Red Bull Munich defeated last year's finalist Pinguins Bremerhaven 5:4 (1:0|3:1|0:3|0:0|1:0) after a penalty shootout.

Tobias Rieder (2), Ben Smith, Adam Brooks and Filip Varejcka scored the goals for the team of interim coach Max Kaltenhauser in front of 4,624 spectators at the Eisarena Bremerhaven. Next weekend, the Red Bulls will play a derby double-header against the Augsburg Panthers (Friday, October 18, 7:30 p.m.) and the Nuremberg Ice Tigers (Sunday, October 20, 7:15 p.m.) at the SAP Garden.

Highlights: Pinguins Bremerhaven vs. EHC Red Bull München (13.10.2024)

Course of the game

Bremerhaven went on the offensive right from the start and put Munich goalie Mathias Niederberger in the spotlight in the opening minutes. After a stormy but unsuccessful opening phase for the hosts, Munich got into the game better. The result: Rieder gave the Red Bulls a deserved lead in the 15th minute after energetic work from Andi Eder, and they took this advantage into the first break.

It took just 43 seconds in the second period for the Munich side to increase their lead to 2:0: Koni Abeltshauser curved around the Penguins goal and fed Ben Smith. But Bremerhaven's reply was not long in coming. Ross Mauermann made it 1:2 in the 22nd minute, after which both teams continued to create a number of good opportunities. However, the Red Bulls scored the next goal. First, Brooks scored on a counter-attack alone in front of Penguins goalkeeper Maximilian Franzreb (31.), then Rieder once again put the puck over the line to make it 4:1 for Munich (32.). This was the score going into the second break.

Max Kaltenhauser's team initially kept Bremerhaven at bay in the final period before Jan Urbas surprisingly reduced the deficit to 2:4 (45.). Shortly afterwards, the Penguins even managed to score the equalizer through Miha Verlic in the power play (47.). However, the Red Bulls regained control of the game with disciplined defensive work. With 2:15 minutes remaining, Bremerhaven took the goalkeeper off the ice, brought on a sixth outfield player and actually scored the equalizer through Alexander Friesen twelve seconds before the final buzzer. This was followed by an overtime period without goals and a penalty shoot-out. Filip Varejcka secured the extra point for EHC Red Bull Munich.

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The top game at the Pinguins Bremerhaven in pictures

Max Kaltenhauser: “It was a wild ride, but we deserved to win in the end. The way we presented ourselves today was important, and the guys showed outstanding character. Hats off to the team.”

Goals: 0:1 | 14:35 | Tobias Rieder 0:2 | 20:43 | Ben Smith 1:2 | 21:59 | Ross Mauermann 1:3 | 30:07 | Adam Brooks 1:4 | 31:52 | Tobias Rieder 2:4 | 44:33 | Jan Urbas 3:4 | 46:54 | Miha Verlic 4:4 | 59:48 | Alexander Friesen 4:5 | 65:00 | Filip Varejcka

Spectators: 4.624