SC Riessersee versus EC Peiting - a thriller.
In the main roles: The two goalies, match winner Uli Maurer and the referee.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen -
At Pana Christakakis everything had to come out.
The managing director of SC Riessersee fervently clenched his fist and shouted his joy over the 2-1 success in overtime against EC Peiting.
Seconds earlier, Florian Vollmer had served his specialist Uli Maurer, who netted the much-acclaimed winner.
The mood in the last phase of the game: heated.
Needlessly heated.
With several dubious decisions - above all a five-minute penalty plus playing time against Tom Horschel - the referee team around Andreas Flad had not only annoyed Christakakis.
Ultimately, however, the joy outweighed the fourth victory in a row for the SCR.
The first overtime triumph of the ice hockey league this season.
Dinner with the family, watching the news or ordering Christmas gifts online.
No matter.
Anyone who only watched the Oberliga Süd game on Sprade TV after the first third on Friday evening hadn't missed anything.
Almost nothing at least.
Benjamin Kronawitter missed the hosts' greatest chance when he failed twice against Peiting goalie Florian Hechenrieder when he went it alone.
Many opportunities, many questionable decisions
Section two provided more to talk about.
Much more.
The beginning followed on from the first third.
Half chance on the one hand, half chance on the other.
The busiest man at the Olympic Ice Sports Center - whether there were many interruptions in the game - was the SCR's DJ.
With the 0: 1 from the Riesserseer's point of view, that changed. James Morris shot, Lukas Gohlke faked the target untenable.
The answer came straight away.
Until now, Eetu-Ville Arkiomaa was invisible.
But suddenly he was there and let the SCR cheer.
From then on, the most conspicuous man on the ice wore neither white and blue nor red and white.
He wore black and white.
The starting point was the decision against Horschel.
Five-minute penalty plus playing time for the check against Nardo Natzgaam, who is bleeding from the field - a dubious decision.
The SCR not only survived the five minutes shortfall without damage, he even had better chances.
Vollmer failed from the left position.
Then the hapless Robin Soudek chased the puck single-handedly over the gate.
SCR missed the win after 60 minutes
The last 20 minutes of regular time then clearly belonged to coach Georg Kink's team.
Chance after chance left it behind.
Kronawitter awarded the largest of these from three meters when he shot Hechenrieder, who was already on the ground.
Whatever the SCR tried, the puck refused to go over the line.
Overtime.
So far this year not a good place for the Riesserseer.
But: As is well known, all good things come in threes.
In the third attempt of this season, the SCR prevailed for the first time in overtime thanks to its two storm veterans Vollmer and Maurer.
A victory of will.
Despite all odds.
The voices for the game
George Kink (SCR trainer):
“That was the tough fight we expected.
In the first third we were careful not to make mistakes, not to give out gifts.
That slowed us down a bit in the game.
Nevertheless, we had the best chance through Benjamin Kronawitter.
It's a shame he didn't do that.
Unfortunately, the referee took over the game in the second period.
He could have whistled some things he didn't whistle.
We survived the five minutes outnumbered and should even have rewarded ourselves.
In the last third we were completely there, but we almost missed the empty goal and almost killed ourselves.
I didn't see the scene with Tom Horschel live, but after the game.
The opponent turns inside him and then the referee increases the penalty at the request of the players.
That pisses me off because it portrays us, one of the fairest teams in the league, as one of the most unfair. "
Sebastian Buchwieser (Peiting coach):
“I'm happy with the performance, because last time we didn't look good against SCR.
I see the point with one crying and one laughing eye.
We were the superior team for 40 minutes, but Riessersee could have ended the game after 60 minutes.
Garmisch has many experienced players who can decide the game.
And that's what they did. "
