The hygiene concept works, and it went well in terms of sport: The first test matches in the home stadium were successful from the point of view of EA Schongau.
Schongau - two wins in the first tests on their own ice - and the implementation of the hygiene concept also worked.
EA Schongau could be satisfied when they returned to their home hall.
"The Corona measures, which mean a significantly increased effort for everyone involved and which viewers first had to adjust to, worked very well," said Gerhard Siegl, spokesman for the EAS, after the test game weekend.
With two 4-2 wins against EHC Königsbrunn and SC Forst, it was also a sporting success.
Against Königsbrunn the game took place without a spectator.
Only against Forst were fans allowed to get used to the mask requirement and a one-way street regulation.
With 150 paying fans, the visit to the game against the national division was also quite impressive.
EA Schongau: "Mammoths" with starting difficulties
The first third was less intoxicating from the point of view of the "mammoths".
The home side did not play at all against Forst, who came up with numerous former Schongauers.
Ex-EAS player Bastian Grundner (6th) shot the guests in the front.
As a result, the "Mammuts" slowly took command, but without being able to break the Forster defensive bar.
Instead, Michael Krönauer (24) added another SCF goal.
Only newcomer Florian Seelmann (28th) ended the home team's sluggishness, who, thanks to the second newcomer, Roman Tomanek (40th), drew even before the second break.
The outsider held the draw into the final phase.
In the majority, Tomanek (54th) then shot the EAS in the front for the first time, before Kevin Steiner's (59th) Empty-net hit brought the decision.
“We mixed up the ranks and got away with a black eye,” summarized Siegl.
EA Schongau: EAS trainer Rainer Höfler sees "a few good approaches"
Before that, the ghost game against Königsbrunn was more spooky as far as the scenery was concerned.
Whereby the empty ranks had something good.
The fans did not notice the unconvincing performance of EA Schongau.
"Our game wasn't that good," noted EAS team manager Martin Resch.
Königsbrunn didn't have any foreigners with them, but brought in the newly signed, former HC Landsberg players - they were still wearing the “mammoth” jersey the previous week because they wanted a sponsorship license.
So now they were on the ice as opponents.
And witnessed the careless exploitation of opportunities by the "mammoths".
The Schongauer playing with four rows brought the puck into the goal only once in the first round, despite their clear superiority.
After the tour by Jakob Muzik (16.), the EHC equalized in the middle section (27.).
Jonas Lautenbacher (35th) and Sebastian Schattmaier (38th) shot the EAS back in the front.
After the guests scored, by ex-forester Anton Rauh (55th), Jeff Szwez (59th) made everything clear with a backhand flick into the empty Königsbrunn goal.
"There have been a few good approaches," said EAS coach Rainer Höfler.