Heart-stopping finale: EV Landshut defeats Starbulls in the ice hockey derby!

Heart-stopping finale: EV Landshut defeats Starbulls in the ice hockey derby!

An exciting derby between Starbulls Rosenheim and EV Landshut thrilled fans in the ROFA stadium today. On January 2nd, 2026, the two teams met in the DEL2 for the third time this season. The game started at 7:30 p.m. and attracted numerous spectators who didn't want to miss out on watching this important meeting between Upper and Lower Bavaria.

The signs were very different, because the Starbulls had recently suffered two defeats, while EV Landshut was only one place behind the Starbulls in the table after a win against Eisbären Regensburg*. Despite the current form crisis and the injuries to players like Lukas Laub and Ville Järveläinen, the Starbulls started optimistically, while Landshut had to compete without their captain Andreas Schwarz and other key players. But in the end the EVL was ahead.

The course of the game

The game developed into a real ice hockey thriller. Rosenheim took the lead early on: Stefan Reiter made it 0-1 in the 15th minute. But EV Landshut countered strongly in the second third. When outnumbered, Jack Doremus equalized to make it 1-1 (20:35). Norman Hauner gave the Starbulls the lead again (2:1, 27th minute), but Doremus didn't take long and scored again to make it 2:2 (38th minute). The next goal was scored a few minutes after the second half-time break: Yannick Wenzel gave the EVL a 3-2 lead (48th minute).

The final phase was characterized by tension: both teams didn't give each other anything and EV Landshut had to survive a tricky outnumbered situation between the 54th and 56th minutes. Jesse Koskenkorva made everything clear shortly before the end and scored into the empty Rosenheim goal with 44.4 seconds left to increase the score to 4:2. Norman Hauner scored the next goal for the Starbulls (4:3, 29.4 seconds before the end), but David Zucker made the final score 5:3 with his goal in the last second, which meant that the EVL moved past the Starbulls in the DEL2 table.

The current table position

After this derby, EV Landshut has now taken the lead and is in fourth place, one place and five points above the Starbulls. The Starbulls first have to sort themselves out after this disappointing performance, especially after the recent weaker performances against the Eisbären Regensburg and the Bietigheim Steelers.

Finally, we can only hope that the Starbulls draw the right conclusions from this game in order to go into the next games stronger. Ice hockey in the DEL2 remains exciting and fans can look forward to the upcoming encounters. Rosenheim24 reports about all developments surrounding the Starbulls, while the details of the derby can be found on the website EV Landshut can be read. Further information about the DEL2 such as current tables and statistics are also available DEL2 News available.