EC Peiting twice against defensive “Starbulls”

It's going to be tough: The EC Peiting has to compete against the “Starbulls Rosenheim” twice within three days. They are a power in the top division, especially in defense work.

Peiting - Twice within three days against the same opponent - that sounds like play-offs. It's not that far in the Oberliga, even if the EC Peiting contests two duels against the “Starbulls Rosenheim” this weekend. The traditional club will take place on Friday, and Sunday will be the home game against Rosenheimer, who was coached by former ECP trainer John Sicinski. Peiting's coach Sebastian Buchwieser sees this double pack pragmatically: "For me as a coach, a double assignment is a bit easier, I just have to prepare for an opponent and watch videos."

EC Peiting: “Starbulls” twice favorite according to coach

The constellation with back and forth on one weekend already existed in the main round against Sonthofen and Lindau. In the second duel, things can get really high between the players on the ice, "if something may build up in the first game," says Buchwieser. For him, the Rosenheimers, who currently occupy fourth place but are only two points behind second place, are clear favorites. "They have a very strong squad," Buchwieser says of the "Starbulls", which only slowly revved up in the championship round. Not least because of the second best defensive in the league, the Rosenheimers, who have two former ECP strikers in their ranks with Michael Baindl and Michael Fröhlich, worked their way forward.

An important factor here is the strong penalty killing of the “Starbulls”, which have also proven to be extremely strong at home in recent weeks. In nine home games in a row, they went off the ice as winners. Before that, however, the Peitinger - in the 5-1 away win - managed to kidnap the points from Rosenheim. The ECP also won the home game 7: 5. The Buchwieser squad was practically complete at both encounters, which is still not the case at the moment.

EC Peiting: squad is still not complete

Martin Mazanec, Daniel Reichert, Lukas Haninger and Wayne Lucas are still missing. Manuel Bartsch and Nardo Nagtzaam, who are slowly returning to training, are still unable to play. Only Max Oswald is available from the promotion license players, as Markus Schweiger plays for the DEB young talent selection. "We only keep looking from game to game," Buchwieser hides the table and any thoughts about potential play-off opponents. "We still have to score points."

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