Playoffs PENNY DEL: EHC Red Bull München: Quotes and stats after semi-final 3

Saturday, 06. April 2024 | Playoffs PENNY DEL: EHC Red Bull München: Quotes and stats after semi-final 3

Red Bulls are back: "A little déjà vu" as a turning point? Quotes & stats for the third semi-final match// DEL - NEWSThe Red Bulls showed a reaction in the third semi-final and reduced the series to 1-2 with a "stable performance". Söderholm, Kastner & Niederberger explain what has changed since Game 2 and how our boys want to level the series.

Toni Söderholm: "That was a solid performance from us. We only had a few changes at the beginning where we were a bit too slow in our heads. After five minutes we got into it well. We read and recognized the situations better than in the first two games. We were the better team today. We'll celebrate for ten minutes and then we'll put the game behind us. On Sunday it's about defending as well as we did today."

Maximilian Kastner: "We wanted to build on the last game and we managed to do that. We came out as deserved winners. The 2-0 deficit against Bremerhaven was a bit of déjà vu, but of course we know from last year that we can turn the series around. Nevertheless, it's a new series and we're looking from game to game. We want to play the same way on Sunday as we did today. We need a lot of pace again to tire out their defenders. Then we have to capitalize on that."

Mathias Niederberger: "We were good in the special teams and very disciplined. In the end we even played to nil. We're up against a good opponent. That's why we decided to play our game with discipline for 60 minutes and not look too much at Bremerhaven. That seems to be working well at the moment."

Thomas Popiesch (Coach, Pinguins Bremerhaven): "There were several reasons for the defeat. The decisive one was that we lost too many duels. We made a lot of bad decisions in the first 30 minutes and made it too easy for Munich to create chances. But I think we were better in the game from the 30th minute onwards. However, we lacked the lucky punch. But we also know that we've done a lot of things right in recent weeks. We have to focus on that and then we'll attack again."

Highlights: Pinguins Bremerhaven vs. EHC Red Bull München (05.04.2024)

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Outstanding defense: In the first 40 minutes, our boys only allowed seven shots on goal. In total, the opponents had 19 shots on goal - a top figure for the Munich defense.

Mathias Niederberger celebrated his first shutout in these playoffs. Overall, it was his seventh playoff shutout in the PENNY DEL playoffs (in the 61st game).

The Red Bulls conceded an average of 2.3 goals in their seven playoff games. This makes us the best defense of all playoff participants.

Our 3.6 goals scored per game are also the best in these playoffs.

Strong special teams: We capitalized on one of our three power plays (rate: 33.3 percent) and didn't let anything get in the way in three shorthanded situations.

Trevor Parkes and Chris DeSousa scored their fourth goals of the playoffs and drew level with captain Patrick Hager. Only Straubing's JC Lipon (six) scored more often.

It was Bremerhaven's first defeat in these playoffs after six wins in a row.

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The third semi-final at the Penguins in pictures

On Sunday in front of a home crowd: Red Bulls aim to level the semi-final series

The Red Bulls have taken the first step towards a successful comeback. Now our boys want to go one better and level the series. Game 4 will take place on Sunday (April 7 | 17:00) in the already sold-out Olympia-Eisstadion. The duel can of course be seen as usual on MagentaSport and also on free TV on DF1.