Dusseldorf - As the last desperation shot at the Straubing DEG gate passes and rumbles the final siren, stretches captain Daniel Kreutzer made his racquet towards hall roof -!
Pure relief for coach Lance Nethery tyrant and his MetroStars, the last home game of the year with a 2-1 victory against the penultimate, and thus the second one after celebrating success.
With fresh confidence after the liberation at 5:4 Seilersee DEG had gone into the race. But so it was all over quickly: Referee of Gameren had sent to Jeff Panzer and Peter Ratchuk two Düsseldorf in the icebox.
And the leadership Straubinger begun! The tiger bites: A double majority arrived guest scorer Chouinard to 1:0. The residue drove the MetroStars, which partly forgave her Überzahlsituationen woefully behind for long. But then it was Iserlohn-match-winner Rob Collins, the optical superiority ummünzte, whose highlight is the start finally countable. His Pops into the far corner was parried for Straubing's not too strong Mike Bales.
Earlier, the Tigers goalkeeper Jamie Wright, Brandon Reid and Klaus Kathan had (all of which had to settle on the spoon) with class parades genervt.Im middle section dominated the DEG further, however, was much further in the financial statements harmless. "Actually, we make a good game. The team is good defensively, only draws far too little benefit from the majority, "noted the injured number 1, Jamie Storr (announced his comeback in January in) in the second intermission.
Luckily, DEG had no need for power play to go in front, but with a professional executor qualities: Jason Pinizzotto. "El Pistolero") (his nickname, which had also met twice in the last game for the Roosters, not flapped in front of the Tiger Gate of long, sank the disc to the 2-1 score in the mesh - the decision.
Sharks: R. Mueller - Slaney, Renz, Julien, Mo. Mueller, Anchored, Lüdemann - Furchner, Piros, Gogulla; Flaake, Dmitriev, Ma. Muller; Čiernik, McLlwain, Rudslätt; Tallaire, Warriner, Adams.Zuschauer: 14,354. Referee: Rick Looker (USA). Goals: 1-0 McLlwain (2.), 1:1 Fortier (9.), 2-1 Furchner (18.), 3:1 Ludemann (34.), 3:2 Tripp (52.), 4:2 Čiernik (59.).