RB Munich is still on the upswing in the German Ice Hockey League. The three-time champion clearly won 9-1 (3-0, 3-1, 3-0) at newly promoted Bietigheim Steelers on Friday and celebrated his highest win of the season. With the third success in a row, coach Don Jackson’s team moved up to fourth place in the table for the time being. Meanwhile, the Kölner Haie are still deep in the crisis. The 2:5 (1:2, 0:1, 1:2) at the Schwenningen Wild Wings meant defeat number 13 in the last 14 games.
The Grizzlies Wolfsburg secured second place. The Lower Saxony defeated the Nuremberg Ice Tigers 5-1 (1-1, 2-0, 2-0) thanks to a hat-trick by Gerrit Fauser (20th, 21st, 47th). The Adler Mannheim surprisingly lost 2:3 (1:0, 1:3, 0:0) to the Iserlohn Roosters, but remain in third place. The Straubing Tigers scored a commanding 5-0 (0-0, 1-0, 4-0) win over the Krefeld Penguins. The Fischtown Penguins Bremerhaven won 3-0 (0-0, 1-0, 2-0) at ERC Ingolstadt. The game of champions and table leaders Eisbären Berlin against the Augsburg Panthers had been canceled due to a corona outbreak among the guests.
