It was shortly before midnight, when it was restless in the Munich ice rink. The Park house in the Olympic Park closes point to zero at. Many of the audience left the Arena to your car umzuparken. Many a hockey fan, it will probably have barely managed to back in time in the hall, Mark redeemed Voakes, the Fans of RB München. To 0.06 o’clock on Thursday morning, he scored the winning goal for 2:1 in the first Play-off semi-final game against Augsburg – four hours and 36 minutes after the first Bully on Wednesday, in the third extension, minute of the game 102.

hockey ‘ til you drop, this is in the Play-offs, a normal program point. The game in Munich was the siebtlängste in the history of the German hockey League (DEL), but it is quite common that the games take a little longer if the Teams are of the level, near. Even in the Second League there is, a few days ago, a Play-off took game between Freiburg and Bad Tölz 107:48 minutes. The DEL-record is 168 minutes of the game. This makes sense, or something goes not so to the detriment of the health of the players?

health, promote such games, of course, says the Berlin sports physician, Thorsten Dolla, also a former team doctor in football in the capital. Training, condition and Regeneration, as well as proper nutrition are important, but the professionals in the DEL have very good basics. The normal mortal four and a half hours of effort are not advisable in a “interval sports” but, says Thorsten Dolla. Because: “You must also say: high-performance sport is not a sport for your health.”

it was Nice to watch on Wednesday at the end of not always, the looked from the Tempo is not always to hockey. No wonder, then, refers to the sport and its dynamics, also from the fact that, normally, after 40, 50 seconds will be changed. But after four and a half hours of play also change after 20 seconds of not be of more help, surprisingly, were not plagued players of cramps.

penalty a matter of luck

is won, shoot The Good at the outcome of the game from The better team. Munich was physically stronger. The Augsburg are not blessed with such a squad, such as the Munich – from the quantity of strong players you can’t keep up. Munich’s victory was a victory with force, and he could be programmatic for the Rest of the “Best of seven” – played series, which is set to go on Friday in Augsburg.

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extensions in the professional had to hockey are athletic seen, a fair type of the determination of a winner. Five-minute extension for some time, with three on Three play and the penalty have to shoot but a touch of Vermilion. The DEL does not trust this type of decision-making, therefore, it runs in the Play-offs – international practice so long, until a goal for the winner. Now all it needs is someone to explain in the Olympic Park of Munich, the car Park operators with the rules of the Play-offs: curfew 24 hours, in ice hockey.