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Düsseldorf (dpa) - The Düsseldorfer EG has also won the third Rhenish ice hockey derby this season.
On Sunday, the second in the table in the north group in the DEL defeated the Kölner Haie 5: 2 (2: 0, 1: 2, 2: 0).
In the 230th duel between the two arch-rivals, the Düsseldorf team led 3-0 with hits from Tobias Eder (7th minute), Nicholas Jensen (17th) and Victor Svensson (24th), before it suddenly turned exciting again.
First, Haie coach Uwe Krupp changed goalkeepers and brought in Hannibal Weitzmann for the unfortunate regular keeper Justin Pogge.
Lucas Dumont (25th) made a quick connection in the middle section, before James Sheppard (38th) took advantage of an excess situation after an unnecessary penalty from Alexander Karachun to make it 3-2.
The previously clearly inferior sharks suddenly believed in themselves again and now offered an open game.
In the case of the weakened DEG, which only has five defense attorneys available, the strength dwindled somewhat.
With a counterattack and a shot into the empty net, DEG top scorer Daniel Fischbuch (56./58.) Made the decision to win a deserved victory in the final phase.
With the victory, the Düsseldorf team, who had previously only managed two wins from seven games, consolidated second place in the northern group with 31 points from 18 games behind the Eisbären Berlin (38).
DEG had already won the first two of at least four derbies this season.
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Due to the renewed bankruptcy in the prestige duel, the Haie are under pressure again after three wins.
The Cologne team had already missed the playoffs, which were ultimately not played, and now have to fight again.
After 17 games, the Krupp team is five points behind the fourth Wolfsburg.
The first four teams in each group are qualified for the playoffs.
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