EHC Red Bull Munich wins first DEL game in SAP Garden against Wolfsburg

Wednesday, 02. October 2024 | EHC Red Bull Munich wins first DEL game in SAP Garden against Wolfsburg

Successful DEL debut in the SAP Garden: Red Bulls beat WolfsburgRBM – WOB 7:4 | Söderholm: “A special game”// DEL - MATCH REPORTThree points for the first game: EHC Red Bull Munich won their first DEL game in SAP Garden. The 7:4 victory (2:1|3:2|2:1) against the Grizzlys Wolfsburg was also the fourth three-pointer in the fourth game of the season for the four-time German champions.

Ben Smith scored Munich's first goal in front of 10,796 spectators in the sold-out multifunctional sports arena. Tobias Rieder, Chris DeSousa, Konrad Abeltshauser, Yasin Ehliz (2) and Patrick Hager also scored for Toni Söderholm's team.

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Our first DEL home game at SAP Garden in pictures

Course of the game

Munich started with a lot of enthusiasm and cheered for the first time in the third minute. Smith deflected a pass from Jonathon Blum to take a historic lead: With his goal, the US American ends up in the history books as Munich's first goalscorer at the SAP Garden. The teams were then allowed to send their powerplay formations onto the ice - first the Grizzlys (5th), then the Red Bulls (8th). Despite good chances on both sides, no further goals were scored until the 13th minute. Then Rieder finished off an attack with his DEL premiere goal to make it 2:0. Munich continued to put the pedal to the metal, but had to be careful in defense as Wolfsburg made pinpricks. One of them led to Matt White scoring the equalizer (17') - just 2:1.

The Grizzlys took the momentum into the middle period and equalized through Ryan Button (22). The game threatened to tip over. Then Taro Hirose had a brilliant idea. DeSousa converted his dream pass to make it 3:2 (26'). Rieder had the fourth Munich goal on his stick in overtime (29). Wolfsburg remained dangerous, however, and equalized through Justin Feser to make it 3:3 (37'). The equalizer was the prelude to an exciting phase. The Red Bulls had the perfect response: Abeltshauser and Ehliz scored twice in the 39th minute to give Munich a 5:3 lead after 40 minutes.

After just 84 seconds in the final period, Ehliz scored his brace in the power play - and thus completed the half-dozen. The Red Bulls went on to control the game. Wolfsburg's offense hardly had any action. Nevertheless, the visitors reduced the deficit to 4:6 out of nowhere through Nicholas Caamano (55'). Grizzlies coach Mike Stewart brought on a sixth outfield player shortly afterwards, but the risk was not rewarded. Hager scored an empty-net goal to make it 7:4 (56') and put the finishing touches to a historic evening for Munich ice hockey.

Highlights: EHC Red Bull München vs. Grizzlys Wolfsburg (02.10.2024)

// DEL - HIGHLIGHTS

Toni Söderholm: “Of course it was a special game. It was a very nice setting and we hope to be able to inspire the fans in the future as well. Wolfsburg is a strong team, but the boys found ways.”

Goals: 1:0 | 02:19 | Ben Smith 2:0 | 12:14 | Tobias Rieder 2:1 | 16:35 | Matt White 2:2 | 21:55 | Ryan Button 3:2 | 25:43 | Chris DeSousa 3:3 | 36:55 | Justin Feser 4:3 | 38:31 | Konrad Abeltshauser 5:3 | 38:39 | Yasin Ehliz 6:3 | 41:24 | Yasin Ehliz 6:4 | 54:21 | Nicholas Caamano 7:4 | 55:47 | Patrick Hager

Spectators: 10.796 (sold out)