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Nuremberg Ice Tigers lead the DEL

With a 3-2 victory against reigning champions Adler Mannheim, the Ice Tigers are now the new leaders of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. For the Franconians is the first win in Mannheim since 2010. The Eisbären Berlin and the Straubing Tigers follow in the leading table after having been both defeated today.

Straubing and head coach Wilson part ways

On Saturday German club Straubing Tigers, last in the DEL standings with a large deficit towards the pre-playoff spots, decided to fire their head coach Rob Wilson. The 46 year old born Canadian who represented Great Britain on the international level only arrived this summer in Germany after four years in Italy, winning the Italian championship with Renon in 2014 as the highlight. Straubing had only won 3 of their first 21 regular season games.

Scorpions celebrates third straight victory, Tigers suffers fourth defeat

In the closing game of DEL round 50, last placed Hannover Scorpions inflicts the fourth straight defeat on Straubing Tigers, now at risk to lose thier place in Qualification Round. This is the third consecutive victory for Scorpions, already out from postseason. Sascha Goc, Chris Herperger and David Sulkovsky scored for home team, but was Man-of-the-Match Dimitri Patzold to firmly contribute to final 3-2 victory with 43 saves. Daniel Sparre and Calvin Elfring scored for Straubing