Referee's whistle ensures chaos: Eislöwen lose important points!

Referee's whistle ensures chaos: Eislöwen lose important points!

Dresden, Deutschland - An ice hockey game that heated the minds! In the gripping duel between the Dresden Eislöwen and the Kassel Huskies there was a scandalous incident that put the fans in turmoil!

In the exciting 5: 4 victory of the Eislöwen after penalty shooting, the air burned shortly before the end. Referee Sebastian Lehmann whistled when the Dresdeners ran to the empty goal and wanted to win the game. The stand was 4: 3 for the Eislöwen at that time - a safe victory seemed to be within reach!

The referee admits: a mistake!

But what had happened? Kassel defender Maximilian Faber had previously made a duel, but the referees saw no foul and let the game continue. When the Eislöwen finally conquered the disc and stormed onto the empty goal, the whistle sounded! The spectators, around 4,000 in number, were out of anger!

The Situation escalated: In return, the huskies scored the equalizer to 4: 4 26 seconds before the end and saved themselves into overtime. After the game, the referees confessed in talks with Dresden Captain Travis Turnbull and sports director Matthias Roos that they had made a mistake. Roos said: "They said they had to interrupt the game immediately so that this situation could not occur."

trainer and sports director left

Despite the "Tor-Klaus", Roos was left: "Referee is only people. It was not a playoff game and luckily we still win." Coach Niklas Sundblad also critically commented on the decision: "In my opinion that was a strange decision!"

After this exciting game, the Eislöwen will go to the derby in Weißwasser on Sunday, while on Friday they already have to compete against the bottom of the Bad Nauheim on Friday. The motivation remains high, because Sundblad is convinced: "We also make the team on the last hot! It will be an unpleasant opponent ..."