Herner EV took it 4-2 at home, and the game was effectively decided before the second intermission. A three-goal middle period turned a narrow lead into a four-goal cushion the Ice Dragons never recovered from.
Herne led 1-0 after twenty minutes, then put up a 3-0 second period to go in front 4-0. Herforder won the third 2-0 to close it to 4-2, but the comeback started too late to matter.
The number that frames it: 4-0 through forty minutes. Herne scored all four of its goals in the first two periods and did not need any in the third, while the Ice Dragons' only production came after the game was out of reach.