What an evening: perennial favorite Florian Vollmer celebrates a special anniversary, the SC Riessersee triumphs on family day and beats the Selber wolves clearly after the 4: 1 from Friday also at home with 7: 3
Garmisch-Partenkirchen - They did not let up. No, on such a happy day they wanted to see "the blue ones" again. Finally there was a lot to celebrate before and in the east curve. A top performance by the SCR, a 7: 3 against the Selber Wolves, thus a six-point weekend, and a player, "as they actually no longer exist today," says coach George Kink about him - about his former companion and teammates: about Florian Vollmer. He completed the 700 games for SC Riessersee on Sunday evening. After Ignaz Berndaner (741 games), the 35-year-old is now number two in the perpetual list with the old master. A real life's work. One that he crowned - and that fit perfectly into the picture - with two hits that evening.
Logical that this round thing was celebrated a little. In front of the opening bully, the man with the whisker was given a jersey with the number 700 by Managing Director Pana Christakakis. The fans sang, the teammates paid homage, and even the Wolves themselves applauded this long-running favorite. It is logical that Kink later released a little hymn of praise: "He is an absolute leader, an important figure for Garmisch-Partenkirchner ice hockey, he has been playing for SCR for twelve years in a row." Stadium spokesman Seppi Brückner gave him a signal before the game Aim on the way to the first bully: "Make the 800 still full!"
Then it was played. Logo. And there was a lot on offer at the family day: the Riegsee brass music played in the north-east curve, had even rehearsed the "Riesserseer Buam", the U11 talents got their appearance - only when they started with the players, then in the first break - and then the presentation of the professionals also fully fit into the picture. An all-round successful ice hockey day in the Olympic ice sports center.
The superiority of the Riesserseer also recognized in the press conference Herbert Hohenberger, the new coach of the Selber, who took over only last week, without envy. "We didn't have a chance. Riessersee played a super weekend there and beat us twice with absolute confidence. ”Open words that you rarely hear in the industry.
But it was indeed a gala performance by the hosts. Except for the minutes in the second third in which the high spirits struck a little. "Everyone wanted to score a goal, we were sloppy," notes Kink. But he took his time off - this time very early - and everything was back to normal.
The SCR had gotten off to a good start. Emil Quaas, who offered an outstanding game, pulled dry after the pass from Vollmer - 1-0. The defender was just one of the young Munich players who were overflowing with joy this evening. Of course Justin Schütz played in the foreground. Yes, almost inevitably. It has a power that can hardly be tamed. A goal outnumbered and the final point to 7: 3 were the reward for a turbo appearance of the Munich jewel, which was not too good to give the SCR full throttle twice.
But one thing has to be clarified fairly: It was not a pure EHC festival. The Riesserseer was in no way inferior to that. It only works in a collective. Vollmer contributed the 2: 0, after the first break Quaas and Zitterbart increased to 4: 0. The 1: 4 seemed to be a small beauty spot, which Schütz immediately corrected in the outnumber. The phase of exuberance followed. Play errors and inaccuracies are also immediately used by an apparently underpowering opponent like Selb.
After the 3: 5, Kink pulled the handbrake, delivered his speech - and Vollmer got the 6: 3 just a minute later. The points were finally collected. In the last section, the SCR controlled the action. "We have certainly left something there," says Kink. But he could look beyond that. And Schütz made 7: 3 in the final minute.
"That was a nice six points for us this weekend, important victories," sums up Kink. That on family day in front of many potential fans - it could hardly be better.