The ECDC Memmingen Indians can defend his title in the German Women's Ice Hockey League (DFEL). With a Sweep In the best-of-five final series, the Memmingen women took on the main round champions and reigning cup winners ERC Ingolstadt through. This means the Indians can look forward to the fifth championship title in the club's history.
Striker Laura Kluge (ECDC Memmingen Indians), who had already received the honor last year and was able to score the decisive goal today.
For the trophy presentation are the DEB-Vice President Marc Hindelang and the deputy DEB-General Secretary Nicholas Rausch traveled to Ingolstadt.
In the previous season, only three games in the final series were enough for the women of the Memmingen Indians to secure the title in the DFEL. The opponents back then were them Mad Dogs Mannheim.
DEB-Vice President Marc Hindelang (responsible for LEV/leagues): "Congratulations to the Indians, who deservedly secured the championship title and thus took revenge for the cup final. The games between the two best German teams were much closer than the series final score would suggest. The viewer numbers reflect exactly that, but also the general increased interest in women's ice hockey and its potential. The 13 national players from Memmingen and Ingolstadt in particular delivered top performances and are now heading to the upcoming World Cup with a lot of self-confidence."
Head coach ECDC Memmingen Indians Waldemar Dietrich: “Winning the title feels good to me. We knew it would be close because we had already played three games in the main round and the final against Ingolstadt this year DEB-Cup lost. The ERC has a really strong team and the playoff final was on par, but in the end we deserved to win. We are proud that we managed to secure the championship title in three games.”
Results DFEL playoff final
March 16.03.2024, 16| 00:XNUMX p.m. | ERC Ingolstadt - ECDC Memmingen Indians 2:4
March 17.03.2024, 13| 00:XNUMX p.m. | ECDC Memmingen Indians - ERC Ingolstadt 4:3nV
March 23.03.2024, 16| 15:XNUMX p.m. | ERC Ingolstadt - ECDC Memmingen Indians 3:4nV
All results, statistics and further information can be found at: deb-online.live