“Really solid game from us”
Mighty rubbish: Ingolstadt exposed Cologne Haie
Mighty rubbish: Ingolstadt exposed Cologne Haie
03.04.2025, 00:12 a.m.
It is a novelty in the German ice hockey league: Ingolstadt succeeds against the Cologne Haie the highest semi-final victory in the history of the DEL. The Rhinelanders are served, the main round winner is now on the euphoric.
The main round winner ERC Ingolstadt started with a clear exclamation mark against the Cologne Haie in the playoff semi-final of the German ice hockey league. The team of coach Mark French won in the first match in the best-of-Seven series against completely overwhelmed Rhineland surprisingly easily with 7: 0 (4: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0). A team needs four victories to move into the final. On Friday (7.30 p.m./Magenta Sport) The second game rises in Cologne.
In the quarter-final series against Bremerhaven, the Cologne defense was still convincing, but it was overrun in Ingolstadt. Wayne Simpson (4th minute), Daniel Schmölz (5th), Daniel Pietta (15th) and international Wojciech Stachowiak (19th) caused clear conditions in the first third. “We have to get better, shoot more on the goal and stand better on the defensive,” said Cologne’s Gregor Macleod after the first round of magenta.
It didn’t get better for the sharks about coaching routine Kari Jalons in the second section – despite a change of goalkeeper. Alex Breton overcame Tobias Ancicka and shot the 5-0 (22nd). “Nothing works with us and everything works in at Ingolstadt,” scolded Cologne’s international Justin Schütz. “This is not good enough for a semi -finals.”
“A really solid game from us,” said Ingolstadt goalkeeper Christian Heljanko in Magentasport after the highest semi-finals in the DEL story: “But it was just a victory, the series continues on Friday.” You have to “acknowledge that Ingolstadt was superior in all matters,” Cologne’s Maximilian Kammerer struggled.
While the sharks continued to search, Ingolstadt remained merciless. “We are dominant, stand well,” enthused goal scorer Pietta after 40 minutes. Austen Keating (45th) and Riley Sheen (59th) made the Cologne debacle perfect in the final third.
