Too complicated in the powerplay: Tölzer Löwen also lose the third comparison against promoted Landshut: 4: 5 after penalty shootout.
Bad Tölz - Once a hobbyhorse, now a core problem: The powerplay of the Tölz lions has completely lost functionality. It is too complicated, he lacks brilliant ideas and efficient deals. Because the defensive behavior also showed optimization potential, the third showdown with the EV Landshut also went wrong. As in the first home game, the lions lost 4: 5 - only this time after a penalty shootout. "It's the same song from the previous weeks," commented trainer Kevin Gaudet. "It remains difficult for us to get the momentum at home."
At first everything looked like a duplicate of the previous week. Almost every serious deal was reflected on the scoreboard. Hannes Sedlmayr met the Tölz leadership because, unlike Landshut's defense, he had not switched off after the expired penalty for Philipp Messing. The second hit from Tölz was scored by Shawn Weller, who cleverly finished from the left position. Landshut scored goals against numerical advantage. They always posted two players in front of Max Franzreb and kept the thicket around the Tölzer goal area in rotation. Nevertheless, the third attempt of the guests was always sitting because Tölz did not resolve resolutely. In between a dry wrist shot by Robbie Czarnik, which didn't seem untenable, but Niki Heinzinger briefly took the view from Franzreb.
The middle third won flattered the lion. They got little structure in their building game, had problems against the pressing of the Lower Bavaria. Nevertheless, Tyler McNeely equalized through a picture book solo. But the Buam were unable to break free from their paradigm of the past few weeks. Overall, the attacks are pretty nice to look at, only little or nothing comes around.
Landshut did not actively apply for game control. But the attacks by the climber often seemed more dangerous than the ornate goings-on of the townspeople. As the post hit by Marc Schmidtpeter proved. One of these rare moves led to the supposed winning goal of the guests. Because the narrow lead lasted for a long time. Max Forster was left alone in the goal area when assault partner Hofbauer arrived.
Tölz tried everything, but seemed to despair more and more of himself and the long-shot Patrick Berger - just the number three in the box. "We die in beauty," ECT boss Hubert Hörmann said before the overtime. Until time out and sixth field player came into play again. Weller's second goal saved the Isarwinkler in overtime, where the outnumbered fierce fighting and blocking. The wealth of ideas in the Penaltys was far more manageable than the team's morale.
Already on Sunday (5 p.m.) there will be a second leg on Gutenbergweg in Landshut. Then, however, without defender Sasa Martinovic, who will miss the lions for a longer period of time with a lower body injury that has not yet been identified.
Tölzer Löwen - Landshut 4: 5 nP (2: 3.1: 0.1: 1/0: 1)
Goals: 1: 0 (2:37) Sedlmayr, 1: 1 (6:19) Forster (Ehl / Kronthaler, 5-4), 2: 1 (7:03) Weller (Dibelka / McNeely), 2: 1 ( 7:52) Czarnik (Pompei / Bohac), 2: 3 (18:01) Plihal (Czarnik / Pompei, 5-4), 3: 1 (26:36) McNeely (Eberhardt / Weller), 3: 4 (45 : 51) Forster (Hofbauer / Ehl), 4: 4 (59:25) Weller (Dibelka), 4: 5 (65:00) Forster (GWS), - Penalty minutes: Tölz 10, Landshut 14, - Referee: Sicorschi, Altmann, - viewers: 3523.
