Tigers celebrate six-point weekend: Lipon inspires with goal for son!

Tigers celebrate six-point weekend: Lipon inspires with goal for son!

An impressive ice hockey weekend for the Straubing Tigers: On Saturday they won 5-2 against the Iserlohn Roosters and continued their run on Sunday. In an exciting home game against the Wolfsburg Grizzlys, JC Lipon scored the decisive 2-1 four minutes before the end of the game. This goal initiated the twelfth win of the season of the Tigers, while Tim Brunnhuber completed the Empty-Net-Goal to 3: 2 shortly before the end. The fans in the arena, a total of 4601 in number, were able to cheer, despite a temporary deficit after a goal of the Grizzly, which was not recognized by the referee due to a video evidence, such as Heimat Sport reported .

was particularly emotional for Lipon, who became a father just eleven days ago. "The goal was for him," said the player, who previously celebrated with his teammates and fans. During the game, Danjo Leonhardt captured the equalization in the first half and right at the beginning of the last third there was an intensive exchange of blows. Lipon, who can look back on a few years, where he was born in Regina, among other things, continued to have an important role in his team at the age of 31, although he previously shows no stanley cup won.