Playoff spectacle in Düsseldorf - Haie in the DEL quarterfinals
Created: 04/07/2022Updated: 04/07/2022 23:31
Nuremberg's players celebrate the 5:6 away win in injury time against Düsseldorfer EG.
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The Kölner Haie are in the playoff quarter-finals and will play against defending champions Eisbären Berlin in the German Ice Hockey League from Sunday.
Düsseldorf - Coach Uwe Krupp's team also won the second game of the first playoff round against ERC Ingolstadt by 3:2 (0:2, 2:0, 0:0) after extra time.
In the tenth minute of overtime, Maurice Edwards shot the Haie into the quarter-finals with a double advantage and brought the Schanzer season to an end.
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The match winner was Cologne keeper Justin Pogge, who kept his team in the game for a long time against the Ingolstadt team, who were initially under pressure.
Already on Tuesday, the tenth place in the preliminary round Cologne had won the first game of the "best-of-three" series 4:3.
The quarter-final opponent of EHC Red Bull Munich, second in the preliminary round, will only be determined on Friday in the decisive third game of the second pre-playoff series between Nuremberg and Düsseldorfer EG.
The Franconians forced the decisive game with a spectacular 6:5 (0:3, 2:1, 3:1), also after extra time.
Gregor MacLeod scored the winning goal in the eighth minute of extra time.
Previously, Dane Fox had brought the initially undisciplined Franconians back into play with three goals.
After a match penalty after a bad check by Chris Brown, Düsseldorf had already led 3-0 and 4-1.
"You should then make ends meet," DEG captain Alex Barta quarreled at MagentaSport.
"But that's how it is sometimes.
We'll be there."
Head coach Harold Kreis, who flew to his native Canada on Monday due to a family emergency, is said to be there again on Friday.
"The commitment and the fight of both teams is great," said Nuremberg's sports director Stefan Ustorf after the dramatic victory.
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