Augsburger Panther end Cologne's winning streak - drama in the DEL!

Augsburger Panther end Cologne's winning streak - drama in the DEL!

On January 5, 2025, an exciting duel took place in the Penny del between the Cologne Haien and the Augsburg Panthern. The Cologne sharks were able to prevail 3: 1 against the Augsburg Panther and thus secure important points in the fight for the top of the table.

in the game, which took place in front of 16,819 spectators in the Lanxess Arena, Joshua Currie opened the goal for Cologne in the 7th minute when he was successful after a rebound. In the course of the first third, the sharks showed up as the dominant team, while Augsburg could not use several good chances that were thwarted by Cologne goalkeeper Mirko Pantkowski. In addition, Frederik Storm failed in a penalty shot on Straus Mann.

successful Cologne offensive

Currie who increased to 2-0 with another goal in the power play in the 35th minute. Justin Schütz contributed the third goal for the sharks in the 38th minute, causing the Augsburg Panther to go into the last phase of the game with a 0: 3 deficit. Mark Zengerle was able to score the goal in the 54th minute, but the Cologne Haie successfully brought the lead over time and thus strengthened their position in the league.

With this victory, the Cologne sharks have collected a total of five points from the last two games and can confidently look at the next challenges: On December 13th it will be against the Adler Mannheim, followed by a home game on December 15 against the Löwen Frankfurt.

In contrast to this game, the Augsburg panthers fought against the Cologne sharks in another day on the same day for their first away win, but ultimately lost 2: 3. Florian Elias had scored two goals in this game, while Josh Currie put the end of the end ten seconds before the end and thus held the sharks in sixth place in the table. Augsburg still improved to twelfth place.

Further game results of the match day include the victory of the Eisbären Berlin via the Nuremberg Ice Tigers, as well as the success of the Fischtown Pinguins and the Grizzlys Wolfsburg.

-transmitted by West-Ost-media