Munich without effort: clear defeat for the Straubing Tigers!

Munich without effort: clear defeat for the Straubing Tigers!

Straubing, Deutschland - A gripping duel took place on December 10, 2024 in the SAP Garden in Munich when the EHC Red Bull Munich had to compete against the Straubing Tigers as part of the 27th match day of the DEL. After a disappointing defeat against Ingolstadt, the Munich team showed themselves in an excellent form and secured a direct place in the playoffs with a clear 3-1 home win. Before 10,578, enthusiastic spectators provided Chris Desousa, Les Lancaster and Taro Hirose with their goals for the clear result, while Michael Connolly only scored the honor goal for the Tigers in the last minute.

The location of the Straubing Tigers

The Straubing Tigers, on the other hand, are currently fighting with massive difficulties. In the last five games they were only able to collect three points and conceded incredible 17 goals. The team of coach Tom Pokel, particularly the narrow 3: 4 loss to the Eisbären Berlin on Sunday. [Redbullmuenchen.de] reported that in the last ten games in 33 overnight situations, a statistics that is alarming for the offensive Clubs. Top scorer Taylor Leier and Danjo Leonhardt, who is currently the team's best scorer, have not been able to provide any impulses lately.

With this victory, Munich strengthened its place in the table and shortened the gap to the top teams in the league. The Straubing Tigers, on the other hand, remain in seventh place, frustrated with the missed opportunities to rise in the league. The continuing problems in the course of the game raise the question of how the Tigers can find back on track in order to successfully design the season. It remains to be seen whether the team of coach Pokel can make the necessary adjustments to successfully master the next challenges.

EHC Red Bull Munich defeats the Straubing Tigers