Adler Mannheim defeats the Cologne Haie and celebrates third victory in a row!

Adler Mannheim defeats the Cologne Haie and celebrates third victory in a row!

Mannheim, Deutschland - The Adler Mannheim impressively won against their arch -rivals, the Cologne Haie on Friday evening, and thus took another step towards the championship. In an exciting DEL game, the Mannheimers prevailed 4: 1 and already celebrated their third victory in a row. Matthias Plachta, Marc Michaelis, Luke Esposito and Tobias Fohrler scored the goals for the eagles. The game took place before 13,600 enthusiastic fans in the SAP Arena, who supported their team loudly.

a turbulent course of the game

Although the sharks found better into the game at the beginning and Alexandre Grenier missed a promising opportunity, it was Plachta who took the lead for Mannheim in the 30th minute. This lead goal came about after a strong preparatory work by ZAC Leslie. In the second third, the eagles caused a calming 2-0 lead by Michaelis' hits in the 44th minute. The sharks were able to compensate for briefly before the hosts outnumbered by an additional margin of Esposito expanded their lead to 3: 1. With an Empty-Net goal, Fohrler finally took care of the 4-1 final score, while the Adler Defense cleverly secured the remaining time to defend the victory, as well as Mannheim24 reported .

The Adler Mannheim are in good shape, even if they had to struggle with inaccuracies. Coach Dalla's Ekins emphasizes the performance of his players, who, despite an early outfinging situation and difficulties on the offensive, kept finding back and dominated the game. This strong performance could be crucial for the further course of the season, while the team is preparing for the last games of the main round. In the eyes of the fans and experts, the eagles are now on a promising course towards Playoffs, and this victory against the Cologne Haie is a further proof of the progress of the team, as well as on the website of the Adler Mannheim Is .