Ice hockey: Eisbären Berlin are again German champions

First goal flood, then the title break: The Eisbären Berlin stormed with the ultimate demonstration of power for their eleventh German championship. The merciless dominators from the capital swept completely defenseless Cologne Haie on Friday in the fifth final game once more furious with 7: 0 (4: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) from the ice. In doing so, they also cemented their status as record champions in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL). Zach Boychuk (3rd/30th), Gabriel Fontaine (4th), Ty Ronning (8th), who expanded his record and scored in series 28th game in series, Marcel Noebels (12th), Yannick Veilleux (24th) and Frederik Tiffels (54.) Shot in the arena at the Ostbahnhof for 4: 1 win in the Final series. It is the fourth title in five years.

It was the most impressive final chord of the clearest DEL final since the introduction of the playoffs in 1981. The polar bears had recently handled the sharks twice in episode 7: 0 and thus set up two records: the highest play-off final victory and the highest away win. The record of 26: 3 goals also speaks volumes across all five games.

The Cologne team change their goalkeeper after just over three minutes

At the beginning, it looked in the hall, which was sold out with 14 200 spectators, as if the sharks could possibly hold against it. Alexandre Grenier (1st) appeared freely in front of the Berlin goal and moved away. But then the relentless Berlin ice hockey machine made you serious-and Cologne fell apart. Boychuk brought the arena to a boil for the first time, fontaine increased immediately afterwards. The Cologne team did not know what happened to them and changed the goalkeeper after a good three (!) Minutes. For Julius Hudacek, Tobias Ancicka came, but this measure also fizzled out immediately.

The polar bears suffocated all hope of the Cologne mercilessly and punished the opposing mistakes without mercy. Record striker Ronning netted a rebound to Ancicka-Parade, Noebels carried out after another shine of the goalkeeper against Norwin Panocha with the backhand. The class difference was blatant in the first third. Accordingly, Boychuk threatened Magenta Sport during the third break: “We will continue in the same way.”

This is exactly what the polar bears, who continued to combine brilliantly and, with their permanent pressure, hardly allowed the long -broken Cologne to leave their own third. And in front of the gate itself remained freezing: Veilleux somehow bounced over the line before Boychuk was released six minutes later – and as a matter of course. “Berlin is at a different level, you have to say that,” said Cologne Parker Tuomie before the final third. In the final 20 minutes, the Berliners switched back a little and gave the Cologne more space, but polar bear goalkeeper Jake Hildebrand made the sharks despair several times with strong reactions. Tiffels put the end of the end of national teammate Leo Pföderl. And gave the starting signal for the big party.