THOMAS SABO NURNBERG ICE TIGERS V EISBAREN BERLIN
Saturday sees the 1st ever WINTER CLASSIC game to be played in Germany DEL. The 2 teams taking part in this historic game are visitors Eisbaren Berlin, taking on the hometown side of Thomas Sabo Nurnberg Ice Tigers with the game to played at The Frankenstadion or Stadion Nurnberg.
The two sides currently takes positions 5th & 7th Respectively in the table with the Berlin the higher of the 2. The Ice Tigers results have improved since they replaced ex-Eisbaren Berlin player & Coach Jeff Tomlinson with ex Washington Captials players Bengt-Ake Gustafsson. As his last job came with the KHL side Atlan Mytishchi but most of his coaching has been done in his native homeland of Sweden. In the 7 games since he took over he has won 5 out of 7 with one of the losses coming in Overtime.
Since the Polarbears Unsuccessful bid to become European Champions, Berlin have played 5 games since winning every game bar the last one where they went down 4-3 after a Shootout with the current League Leaders Krefeld Penguins.
In the Top 20 scorers charts, The Ice Tigers have 2 players in it with Right Wing Patrick Reimer in at Number 14, Having scored 13 Goals ,15 Assists and 38 PIM in 28 games. His team Eric Chouinard who plays Center is Ranked 12th and in 30 Games this season has racked up a total of 9 Goals, 21 Assists and 30 PIM.
For Eisbaren, they have 3 players in the top 10, Ranked 9th in the DEL , is their superstar Center from the Philadelphia Flyers, Daniel Briere, His numbers posted are Played 21 scored 10 goals and 24 Assists and 24 PIM.
Above him is T.J Mulock the Left Winger in 8th place with 31 Games played, 12 Goals, 22 Assists and 20 PIM.
And the top points scorer for the Eisbaren Berlin is Andre Rankel with 12 Goals, 25 Assists and 32 PIM sitting currently in 5th spot.
The side have only met Once this season with a win for Berlin coming back in October when a LATE goal by Mads Christensen 36 seconds left in regulation to beat the Ice Tigers in Nuremberg.
So come saturday it should be a great game with a BIG CROWD on had to watch this match happen.
PREDICITON: I`m going for a Berlin 4-2 win as i think Eisbaren will have enough to win out and also..as i`m biased;)
The two sides currently takes positions 5th & 7th Respectively in the table with the Berlin the higher of the 2. The Ice Tigers results have improved since they replaced ex-Eisbaren Berlin player & Coach Jeff Tomlinson with ex Washington Captials players Bengt-Ake Gustafsson. As his last job came with the KHL side Atlan Mytishchi but most of his coaching has been done in his native homeland of Sweden. In the 7 games since he took over he has won 5 out of 7 with one of the losses coming in Overtime.
Since the Polarbears Unsuccessful bid to become European Champions, Berlin have played 5 games since winning every game bar the last one where they went down 4-3 after a Shootout with the current League Leaders Krefeld Penguins.
In the Top 20 scorers charts, The Ice Tigers have 2 players in it with Right Wing Patrick Reimer in at Number 14, Having scored 13 Goals ,15 Assists and 38 PIM in 28 games. His team Eric Chouinard who plays Center is Ranked 12th and in 30 Games this season has racked up a total of 9 Goals, 21 Assists and 30 PIM.
For Eisbaren, they have 3 players in the top 10, Ranked 9th in the DEL , is their superstar Center from the Philadelphia Flyers, Daniel Briere, His numbers posted are Played 21 scored 10 goals and 24 Assists and 24 PIM.
Above him is T.J Mulock the Left Winger in 8th place with 31 Games played, 12 Goals, 22 Assists and 20 PIM.
And the top points scorer for the Eisbaren Berlin is Andre Rankel with 12 Goals, 25 Assists and 32 PIM sitting currently in 5th spot.
The side have only met Once this season with a win for Berlin coming back in October when a LATE goal by Mads Christensen 36 seconds left in regulation to beat the Ice Tigers in Nuremberg.
So come saturday it should be a great game with a BIG CROWD on had to watch this match happen.
PREDICITON: I`m going for a Berlin 4-2 win as i think Eisbaren will have enough to win out and also..as i`m biased;)
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