German Ice Hockey League: Eisbären coach Aubin: “We stopped playing” | EUROtoday

Head coach Serge Aubin discovered the Germans of their second semi-final recreation after the Eisbären Berlin misplaced 1:5 Eishockey League (DEL) towards the Kölner Haie clear phrases. “We stopped playing,” stated the Canadian on Friday night at Magentasport, referring to his crew’s drop in efficiency within the second third. “We took our foot off the accelerator a little bit, and the people of Cologne took advantage of that.”

In the primary twenty minutes it truly did not seem like a transparent defeat for the German champions. The Berliners placed on a extremely concentrated efficiency and went into the primary break with a 1-0 lead due to Yannick Veilleux’s objective. “I think we were really good in the first third,” stated Aubin. “We created a lot of chances and allowed very little.”

“Cologne was the better team this time”

The second half of the sport was all of the extra sobering, during which the Berliners now not tackled duels persistently sufficient, left the initiative to their opponents and conceded 4 objectives. “We no longer did what we had to do,” admitted the coach. “We had one good third and two bad thirds. Ultimately it was Köln this time the better team. We have to learn from this now.”

After the Eisbären received the opening recreation 6:3, the rating is now 1:1 within the best-of-seven sequence. It continues on Sunday within the Arena at Ostbahnhof (2 p.m., dwell on Magentasport). Aubin left it open who would begin in objective for Berlin. On Friday he took Jonas Stettmer off the ice after conceding the fourth objective and changed him with Jake Hildebrand, who was making his comeback after an extended harm break.

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