Munich, Germany - A pair of late first period goals proved to be enough as the Hamburg Freezers held on for a 2-1 (2-0, 0-0, 0-1) home win over the Kassel Huskies in the only game in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) Tuesday night.

Hamburg, which opened the season with two straight losses, has won three in a row and moved into third place in the standings. The Freezers' win also ended Kassel's two-game win streak.

With former Freezer Mark Greig in the penalty box for tripping, Brad Purdie opened the scoring on the power-play at 18:11 of the first. Hamburg doubled the lead to 2-0 with only three ticks left in the period when Wayne Hynes knocked home the rebound after a slapshot from Shane Peacock.

Defenseman Christian Laflamme scored Kassel's only goal with 6:11 to go - not enough to spark a comeback against the disciplined Freezers, though.