Overview
- Eispiraten Crimmitschau won 5:2 at the PSD Bank Dome, pulling away with goals across the lineup and sealing it with an empty-netter.
- Coach Jussi Tuores lauded his short-handed squad’s work rate, as the team copes with multi-week absences for Ladislav Zikmund and Mario Scalzo and an indefinite layoff for Vinny Saponari, with transfer moves under consideration.
- DEG head coach Rich Chernomaz condemned the display as showing no competitive level and accepted responsibility after a fifth loss in eight games.
- Düsseldorf sit seventh after 17 games and have conceded 17 goals across their last three outings, with visible fan frustration and a crowd of 4,505 well below the 8,733 record set two weeks earlier.
- Lausitzer Füchse fell 4:3 to Krefeld after a shootout in Weißwasser, taking one point from the game.