Playoff quarter-final: EHC Red Bull München wins game 2 against Wolfsburg

Tuesday, 19. March 2024 | Playoff quarter-final: EHC Red Bull München wins game 2 against Wolfsburg

Series lead extended: Red Bulls also win game 2 against WolfsburgRBM - WOB 7:3 | Parkes: "We always get the momentum on our side"// DEL - GAME REPORTEHC Red Bull München defeated the Grizzlys Wolfsburg 7:3 (1:0|3:3|3:0) in Game 2 of the PENNY DEL playoff quarter-finals.

Patrick Hager, Nicolas Krämmer (2), Maximilian Kastner, Trevor Parkes (2) and Chris DeSousa scored for the German champions in front of 5,542 spectators at the Olympia-Eisstadion. Coach Toni Söderholm's team now leads the best-of-seven series 2:0. Game 3 will take place next Friday (March 22 | 7:30 p.m.) at the Eis Arena Wolfsburg. The Munich team won there 6:3 to open the quarter-finals.

Highlights: EHC Red Bull München vs. Grizzlys Wolfsburg (19.03.2024)

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Course of play

The Grizzlies started the match energetically. However, Munich were not impressed and created the first opportunities early on. Wolfsburg goalie Dustin Strahlmeier had to show his skills several times. In the 10th minute, however, he had no chance: captain Hager grabbed the puck in front of the goal and scored to make it 1:0 for the Red Bulls. Even after this goal, the strong champions kept up the pressure and Strahlmeier had his hands full. Things then got heated in the final phase of the opening period. Result: lots of penalties, no more goals - at the break it was 1:0 for Munich.

The middle period brought the equalizer after just 36 seconds: Ryan O'Connor scored from the blue line to make it 1:1 for the Grizzlies (21st). Shortly afterwards, Wolfsburg also took advantage of the second power play when Matthew White put the disc in the Munich goal (24'). But the visitors' 2:1 lead did not last long. Krämmer tunneled Strahlmeier less than a minute later to make it 2:2 (25'). And Wolfsburg struck back again. This time Gerrit Fauser was delighted to make it 3:2 in the 29th minute. After that, the match became more disjointed, with both teams initially less determined to find the opposing goal. Until Munich struck twice shortly before the end of the third: First Kastner crowned a top combination in superior possession with the 3:3 (38'), then Parkes added a farmer's trick to make it 4:3 at the break (39').

The final period began with Munich creating chances by the minute. The next goal for the Red Bulls was in the air and it came in the 48th minute. DeSousa made it 5:3 from close range in the power play, followed 26 seconds later by a double strike from Parkes to make it 6:3. Strahlmeier left his goal six minutes before the end and Krämmer made it 7:3 (55') shortly afterwards with his second goal of the evening, the decider and the final score. Champions Red Bull Munich thus take a 2-0 series lead into the third game of this quarter-final duel in Wolfsburg on Friday.

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The second quarter-final against Wolfsburg in pictures

Trevor Parkes: "We keep getting the momentum on our side. We manage to overcome the resistance. Because we all believe in our squad. We have a lot of guys who know exactly what to do. Now we're going to Wolfsburg and we want to show our best field hockey again to take a 3:0 lead."

Goals: 1:0 | 09:47 | Patrick Hager 1:1 | 20:36 | Ryan O'Connor 1:2 | 23:52 | Matthew White 2:2 | 24:45 | Nicolas Krämmer 2:3 | 28:56 | Gerrit Fauser 3:3 | 37:48 | Maximilian Kastner 4:3 | 38:36 | Trevor Parkes 5:3 | 47:19 | Chris DeSousa 6:3 | 47:45 | Trevor Parkes 7:3 | 54:28 | Nicolas Krämmer

Spectators: 5.542