6:2 – Brière’s celebration in Wolfsburg

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The Berlin Polar Bears (Eisbären Berlin) won the match against their favorite rival EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams this sunday afternoon. With a 6:2 (2:1, 1:1, 3:0) they celebrated their third away game win in series. (Viewers: 3300) The Berlin Polar Bears changed for the better, they are in fourth place in the table now and Wolfsburg is still the bottom of it.

The head coach of the Berlin Polar Bears, Don Jackson, changed only one position in comparison to the Cologne Sharks (Kölner Haie) match. Instead of Rob Zepp, Sebastian Elwing kept the goal.

The Polar Bears got the better start and after five minutes in the first period Barry Tallackson scored the 1:0. The goalie of Wolfsburg, Daniar Dshunussow, was an Berlin Polar Bear 2005-2007.
But the olar Bears were wide awake so this was not the end. Two minutes later the guests scored again the 2:0. The new first line including Brière, Giroux and Rankel were on ice and scored it. Claude Giroux passed to captain André Rankel, he put the puck on net and Danny Brière scored the goal. It was the first DEL goal for the NHL-Star.
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