Playoffs DEL: EHC Red Bull München votes and stats after game 6

Monday, 27. March 2023 | Playoffs DEL: EHC Red Bull München votes and stats after game 6

"Fabulous job": Red Bulls in playoff semifinals for the sixth timeVoices & stats on the quarterfinal series// DEL - CURRENTThe Red Bulls beat Bremerhaven 2-1 in the sixth game of the best-of-seven series. Our team is now in the DEL semifinals for the sixth time. Don Jackson attested his players a "fabulous job". The voices & stats.

Don Jackson (Red Bull München coach): "I have to congratulate the players and the coaching team for a fabulous job. We had to go to our limit to win against Bremerhaven. After the fifth game, we hoped it would be a little easier in Game 6. But it didn't. It was another very close, tough match. Bremerhaven was a great opponent."

Chris DeSousa (Red Bull München forward): "We are happy! Maybe we needed the wake-up call with the two losses at the beginning of the series. We showed great field hockey in the last four games. We stuck to our system and got the decisive win."

Thomas Popiesch (coach Pinguins Bremerhaven): "We congratulate Don and his team. We threw everything in again today, but in the end it still wasn't enough. Munich has a quality to determine games - also in the powerplay."

Statistics

Dominant Munich: 16:3 goals scored by the Red Bulls in the victories in their past four games, 122:70 was the shot balance. Over the entire series, the goals (19:9) and shots (206:115) stats are also impressive.

Chris DeSousa led the Red Bulls to the semifinals with his power play goal. The overtime rate of 33.3 percent was the best in the quarterfinals. Our shorthanded rate (86.4 percent) topped only Mannheim (87 percent).

Austin Ortega scored in each of the six games against the Penguins and contributed three goals and five assists to the team's progress. That makes him joint top scorer in the quarterfinals with Mannheim's David Wolf.

Outstanding backstop: Mathias Niederberger conceded an average of just 0.75 goals per game in our last four quarterfinal games and shone with 95.7 percent of shots saved. At 5-on-5, our goalie conceded just one goal in those four matches.

Jonathon Blum was Munich's all-time leader in the quarterfinals with 111:31 minutes of ice time. Just behind the defenseman comes forward Ben Smith (109:10 minutes). With 182:51 minutes of ice time, Wolfsburg's Jordan Murray clearly leads this statistic.

Efficient captain: Patrick Hager sank two of his seven shots on goal in the quarterfinal series in the Penguins box. Only Filip Varejcka (33.3 percent) can top his 30-percent goal rate within the team.

Sechs heiße Spiele: Die Highlights der Viertelfinalserie gegen Bremerhaven

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Good omen? Before this season, the Red Bulls met Bremerhaven twice in the quarterfinals (2017 and 2018), both times they prevailed and became champions. This series may like to hold.

Semifinal opponents still open, dates fixed

Munich will face either Bavarian rival Straubing Tigers or Grizzlys Wolfsburg in the semifinals. The decision will be made in Game 7 on Wednesday evening. The dates for our first two home games of the best-of-seven series have already been set for this: it starts with Game 1 on March 31 (7:00 p.m.) at the Olympia Eisstadion. Four days later (April 4, 7:30 p.m.), Game 3 of the best-of-seven series will take place at Oberwiesenfeld.

Let's fill the hut!

Get tickets for the first two semifinal games now: Click here!

Season ticket holders can change their regular seats as usual in the season ticket store. The right of first refusal is valid until 12:00 noon on Tuesday, March 28. After that, these seats will go on sale.

The semifinal dates at a glance

March 31 | 02 | 04 | 06 | 08* | 10* | 12* April

*if necessary

Highlights: Pinguins Bremerhaven vs. Red Bull München (26.03.2023)

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