Preview: EHC Red Bull München visit the Löwen Frankfurt

Saturday, 21. September 2024 | Preview: EHC Red Bull München visit the Löwen Frankfurt

New Lions team, same goal: Red Bulls want to extend series against Frankfurt// DEL - PREVIEWAfter their 7-5 win at the start of the DEL season at Iserlohn Roosters, the Red Bulls travel to Hessen. On Sunday, the next away game is at Löwen Frankfurt at 2:00 p.m. (live on MagentaSport, on our blog & Sportdeutschland.TV).

Both teams want to finish the first PENNY DEL weekend of the still very young season with six points. While the Red Bulls triumphed 7:5 in Iserlohn on Friday evening, the Lions won their home opener 3:2 against the Nürnberg Ice Tigers.

The last time the two teams met was not so long ago. In the final of the Energie Steiermark Trophy in Graz two weeks ago, Frankfurt won 4:3 on penalties. In competitive games, however, our boys have not let anything burn in the duel with the Hessians recently.

Munich's streak should continue against the "more aggressive" Lions

Our team has won the last seven games against the team from the metropolis on the Main over the course of the season - all after 60 minutes. In the last round, we took a full six points back to Munich (2:4 and 4:5), with Chris DeSousa, who scored a brace on Friday, scoring in both games. And we want to collect the points on Sunday too.

Highlights: Löwen Frankfurt vs. EHC Red Bull München (27.02.2024)

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But of course we won't be given anything for free. "Frankfurt are playing a bit more aggressively under Tom Rowe than last season," Munich coach Toni Söderholm has already noted.

New coach behind the boards

The 68-year-old Rowe has coached the Nürnebrg Ice Tigers for the past three years. The US-American, who has already worked in the NHL and as an assistant coach for the DEB team, has been at the helm of the Löwen Frankfurt since the summer.

"We want to be very aggressive in the forecheck, be a strong puck possession team and only play dump and chase when we have to. Expectations are high, and I think they should be," said Rowe in the Frankfurter Neue Presse before the start of the season.

New names and familiar key players in the Löwen squad

In other words: This year, it should be the playoffs for last year's twelfth-placed team in the main round. And a number of top-class new signings have been brought in to relieve the pressure on key players such as defender Maksim Matushkin and the two forwards Carter Rowney and Dominik Bokk.

Highlights: Iserlohn Roosters vs. EHC Red Bull München (20.09.2024)

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In goal this season is a Finnish Olympic champion in Jussi Olkinuora. The 33-year-old, who also led his country to two World Championship titles, came from Genève-Servette HC as the reigning Champions League winner. The left-handed catcher should be one of the top goalies in the league, but he will miss the first few weeks of the season due to a lower-body injury and will be replaced by Cody Brenner.

Among the newcomers is blueliner Clayton Kirichenko, the ICE Hockey League's top scoring defenseman with a total of 43 points for the Pioneers Vorarlberg. On the offensive end, Daniel Pfaffengut, a German attacker from Schwenningen who is capable of scoring goals, was signed, as well as the Swede Linus Fröberg (TPS Turku), a creative center.

With defenseman Markus Lauridsen and the two forwards Dennis Lobach (new from Nuremberg) and Sebastian Cimmermann (came from Rosenheim) there are three former Munich players in the squad.

DEL record against Frankfurt

Wins: 7 Losses: 1 Win percentage: 88 Prozent Goal difference: 24:13 Last game: FRA vs. RBM 4:5 Last ten matches: N S S S S S S S Last ten away matches: N S S S