“We have to accept it like that”
A phantom hit astonishes German ice hockey
December 22, 2023, 11:54 a.m
The DEL has one more highlight. In the game between the Straubinger Tigers and the Schwenninger Wild Wings a goal is scored, which shouldn’t actually count. However, since the guests notice this too late, all they can do later is bewilderment. Meanwhile, the polar bears are back on top.
A phantom goal in the German Ice Hockey League caused excitement on Thursday evening and helped the Straubing Tigers on their way to a 6-3 win against the Schwenninger Wild Wings. With the score 2-1, the puck slipped under the goal frame after a shot by JC Lipon, which had been lifted at that moment by goalkeeper Joacim Eriksson’s skate.
The hit was not checked and so the referees counted the hit 3-1. “I had the feeling that that might have happened,” said the 30-year-old Canadian Lipon during the third break on MagentaTV. “We just tried to get back together as quickly as possible in this game. Now they can’t take it back.” He scored three times in the game.
The Wild Wings complained too late and the video evidence could no longer be used. “We thought: Okay, that’s a goal,” said Straubing coach Tom Pokel: “I think that happens a few times. Nobody is perfect, we had to look at it two or three times,” added Pokel, who was with his team is in third place in the table. Schwenningen is eighth. “We have to accept it like that, it happens from time to time in ice hockey and sometimes you make a mistake,” said Sebastian Uvira after the fifth defeat from the last six games. “We slept for the first 20 minutes, that can’t happen to us.”
Iserlohn Roosters are also subject to ice tigers
Meanwhile, the Eisbären Berlin have regained the top of the table. The capital club beat the Augsburger Panthers 6:5 (2:1, 3:2, 1:2) on Thursday and replaced the Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven in first place, who beat defending champions Red Bull Munich 2:1 in the parallel game (0:1, 0:0, 1:0, 0:0, 1:0) after a penalty shootout.
Austin Ortega gave Munich the lead after 18 seconds, Ross Mauermann equalized (47th). Ziga Jeglic finally scored the decisive goal, but the success was not enough. Because in Berlin, the vice world champions Marcel Noebels (16th) and Jonas Müller (30th) as well as Patrice Cormier (17th), Zachary Boychuk (36th/39th) and Jaedon Descheneau (42nd) shot the polar bears back to the Great.
The Grizzlys Wolfsburg moved past the Kölner Haien into fourth place with a 3:2 (1:0, 1:0, 1:2) win, the Haie suffered another defeat after four wins in a row. However, Adler Mannheim, who have recently been in crisis, are still on the road to success. Head coach Dallas Eakins’ team beat the Löwen Frankfurt 3:2 (1:1, 0:0, 1:1, 1:0) after extra time and celebrated their third win in a row. Runner-up ERC Ingolstadt won 2-0 (1-0, 0-0, 1-0) at Düsseldorfer EG. Meanwhile, the Iserlohn Roosters continued their negative streak. The bottom team lost 0:3 (0:1, 0:1, 0:1) to the Nuremberg Ice Tigers and suffered their fourth defeat in a row.