The ESC Dorfen still has two home games in the relegation round. Today he will meet TSV Peißenberg at 8 p.m. in the Dr.-Rudolf-Halle. There is no alternative to victory for the ice pirates.
Dorfen - In the fight for the saving place five, ERV Schweinfurt and EA Schongau are on their necks. From a purely mathematical point of view, this goal can no longer be achieved without outside help - regardless of whether the Isenstädter still successfully complete the last two tasks (last game on Sunday, March 1, at 5 p.m. in Dorfen against Geretsried). If the Schweinfurters win their four outstanding games, they would definitely be ahead.
Dorfen can only hope that the Mighty Dogs will fail in the upcoming games (twice against Schongau as well as in Königsbrunn and in Pfaffenhofen) - as recently with the 2: 3 after penalty shootout in Peißenberg.
And these Peißenbergers now come to Dorfen as third in the table. So far, they have played in the group of seven and scored 18 points in ten games. The team of coaching team Simon Mooslechner and Rainer Höfler has three fairly balanced blocks and, with the 27-year-old Korbinian Sertl, has an experienced goalie, who has already played in Waldkraiburg and Lindau and has a lion's share of the low, third-best goal-scoring statistics.
The most powerful attacker is Florian Höfler. The 24-year-old striker was fourth after eight appearances with seven goals and eight assists, followed by Lukas Miculka (ESC) from Dorfen with nine goals and ten assists after nine appearances.
With the strikers Lukas Novacek (Czech Republic) and Brandon Morley (Canada) committed before the season, the Peißenbergers also did a good job.
At ESC Dorfen, who lost 2: 6 in the first leg, the personnel situation is not yet the best. Ailing players such as Andi Attenberger, Sandro Schöpfer and Michael Numberger inevitably have to lace up their skates again. The all-clear was given to top scorer Miculka, who most recently dropped out of his ranks prematurely in the final minutes against Pfaffenhofen after a shot on the wrist.
The second quota will be occupied by Tomas Vrba, and Andi Tanzer will in turn ensure security between the posts. Also back is the last battered junior defender Erik Walter and junior top scorer Josef Folger. The situation is serious. The final training was correspondingly despite the nonsensical Thursday, which is known to have a special meaning in Dorfen.
Georg Brennauer