The small finale turns into an Augsburg goal party

The Augsburg Panthers are a guarantee of success in the Dolomites Cup: with five tournament victories, the German runner-up from 2010 holds the record in Neumarkt/South Tyrol. This year it wasn't enough to make it to the final, but Bayern put in a memorable performance in the game for third place: against the top Swiss club and defending champions EHC Biel-Bienne, the Panthers celebrated a 3-5 win and secured their place 2.

“Home game in Neumarkt, we have a home game in Neumarkt”: These chants echoed through the Neumarkt Würtarena on Sunday after the first third. The Augsburg fans (around 500 in number) celebrated an exhilarating party in the stands and emulated their idols on the ice, who enchanted opponents Biel with uncanny efficiency (20 shots, 8 goals) in the first 4 minutes. In the 7th minute, the Swiss defense was lacking coordination, so Matthew Puempel suddenly found himself completely free in front of the goal after a Niklas Länger pass and ice-coldly scored to make it 1-0. After 15 minutes it is 4-0 That was the start of an attack by the Augsburg team, who were now in a real frenzy. Above all, Michael Clarke, who hit the mark twice within 120 seconds (10th, 12th). Augsburg's dream start was made perfect by new signing Samuel Soramies, who gave a Henry Haase shot the decisive change of direction and was credited with his first goal in the AEV jersey (15th). One could feel sorry for Biel's backup goalie Simon Rytz, who was guarding the goal instead of world champion and Olympic champion Harri Säteri.

As a result, Augsburg slowed down its attack pace, while Biel had to cut its teeth a few times on the strong Dennis Endras (at the age of 37, he is still one of Germany's top goalies). The celebrated returnee (after 10 years in Mannheim, Endras is back for his old love) still had to admit defeat twice: Mike Künzle (from close range, 46th) and Jesper Olofsson (wrist shot, 55th) made cosmetic results for Biel, while Sebastian Wännström scored the fifth Panther goal (54th). The Augsburg party in the stands had long been underway. The grand finale takes place at 20 p.m The grand finale of the Dolomites Cup will take place shortly. From 20 p.m. the Eisbären Berlin and Dynamo Pardubice will face each other in the Würtarena. One thing is already certain: There will be a new winning team, because the DEL record champions, like the tournament newcomer from the Czech Republic, have never won in Neumarkt. The match will be broadcast live on the Internet at www.dolomitencup.com.

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The small finale turns into an Augsburg goal party

The final day of the 16th edition of the Dolomites Cup began on Sunday with a goal party: In the game for third place, the Augsburg Panthers swept EHC Biel-Bienne off the ice.

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