Overview
- Eisbären won 2-1 at the Wellblechpalast on Sunday, climbing to six CHL points after back-to-back victories that put them provisionally among the 16 teams who advance from the group phase.
- Leonhard Pföderl opened the scoring in the 30th minute and Eric Hördler doubled the lead three minutes later to give Berlin a 2-0 cushion.
- Herning pulled one back with a power-play strike by Hjalte Kruse Thomsen in the 55th minute and a late apparent equalizer 35 seconds from time was disallowed after coach Eric Dubois successfully challenged for goaltender interference.
- The wins are being framed by the club as useful momentum ahead of Thursday’s DEL opener against the Straubing Tigers and come while Eric Dubois is settling into the head-coach role following Serge Aubin’s departure.
- DEL managing director Gernot Tripcke says the league remains competitively balanced and notes rivals such as Adler Mannheim and Kölner Haie are also on strong CHL runs, which keeps the domestic title race open.