Playoffs DEL Final: EHC Red Bull München wins Game 1

Friday, 14. April 2023 | Playoffs DEL Final: EHC Red Bull München wins Game 1

Red Bulls win final opener against IngolstadtRBM - ING 2:1 | Kastner: "Played very well in the first two periods".// DEL - GAME REPORTRed Bull München has successfully started the 2023 playoff final against ERC Ingolstadt. The main round winner won 2:1 (1:0|1:0|0:1) and thus leads the best-of-seven series 1:0.

Trevor Parkes and Frederik Tiffels scored the goals for Munich in front of 5,728 spectators in the sold-out Olympia-Eisstadion. The action continues on Sunday at 2:15 p.m. in Ingolstadt with the second game of the final series.

Highlights: Red Bull München vs. ERC Ingolstadt (14.04.2023)

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Gameplay

Munich started with enormous momentum in the first Bavarian final in DEL history and took the lead from the second minute on, as Parkes hammered the puck into the net after Filip Varejcka had done the groundwork. Kevin Reich in the Ingolstadt goal was also under constant fire after that, before three penalties slowed down the Red Bulls. Munich's shorthanded units shone, so it remained 1-0 after 20 minutes.

Ingolstadt better in the game after the change of sides. Tye McGinn (27th) missed the equalizer for the guests on a counterattack, a little later the Red Bulls celebrated Tiffels' 50th DEL goal to make it 2-0 (28th). The Panthers then had good opportunities, but Mathias Niederberger and the crossbar (37th) prevented the connection.

Ingolstadt took the momentum into the final period and reduced the deficit through Wojciech Stachowiak (43rd). The Panther's pressure continued, but Niederberger was the last stop. The keeper was there when needed and secured the Red Bulls a narrow 2-1 victory with his saves.

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Suspense until the last second! Game 1 of the Bavarian final series in pictures

Maximilian Kastner: "We came out the way we wanted to. We didn't give them any time or space and played very well in the first two periods. But we have to perform like that over 60 minutes."

Goals: 1:0 | 01:33 | Trevor Parkes 2:0 | 27:34 | Frederik Tiffels 2:1 | 42:01 | Wojciech Stachowiak

Spectators: 5.728