The SC Riessersee and the Selber Wölfe have fought a high-class duel in the ice hockey league.
In the end, however, the SCR came away empty-handed.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen -
Something was wrong, Benjamin Kronawitter just didn't know what it was.
The striker of SC Riessersee put on his beard three times within two minutes in the first part of the game.
He examined one of his skates in disbelief.
Strange, he seemed to think, because there was nothing there.
From the outside it looked weird, a bit like slapstick.
Otherwise, Kronawitter and the SCR cut a very good figure in the home game of the ice hockey Oberliga Süd against the Selber Wölfe.
He would have deserved the better end, but the new league leaders booked it 4: 3 for themselves.
Full throttle ice hockey in the first third
In general, this game against Wolves was anything but a reflection of the first leg.
The SCR had lost that with 0: 5 in Selb.
This time the Riesserseer played along, stood up to the competition and were the better team in the first section.
From the beginning, the men of coach George Kink gave full throttle and put Selb under pressure.
The guests, in turn, responded at a great speed.
The result: top-class league ice hockey.
Despite strong wolves, the SCR set the tone.
First Robin Soudek failed on the guest goalie, then Eetu-Ville Arkiomaa took aim after a strong attack over Florian Vollmer: the well-deserved leadership of the hosts.
And on it went, on at full throttle.
First Christopher Chyzowski failed, then he was served by Soudek with a dream pass, but his pass in front of the guest box did not find a buyer.
On the other hand, the white-blue team were able to thank goalie Christian Schneider for taking the narrow lead into the break.
The game rotates itself in the second section
Again the first chance belonged to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, again Kronawitter was on the ground.
This time, however, he was put in a promising position by himself, there was no penalty for the incomprehension of the hosts.
Then somehow the pace was out and the SCR was out of the game.
Selb now determined the action and initially equalized with Nicholas Miglio, before Florian Ondruschka put the guests 2-1 ahead in their first power play.
But what Selb can do, Riessersee can also do.
After five minutes played in the final third, the hosts were outnumbered for the first time.
And they also knew how to use them: Soudek, the best man in the SCR offensive that day, made it 2-2.
Now it was back, the pace.
And with it the chances of the SCR.
Simon Mayr failed at the post in minute 48 before Thomas Radu made a serious mistake.
The defender let Brad Snetsinger chase the window off from behind his own goal.
Pass into the back area, shot, from Schneider's schooners the puck bounces right in front of Jan Hammerbauer's feet - 3: 2 for Selb.
Cheers from the wolves including provocation against the SCR bank.
Riessersee replied directly on the ice.
Captain Vollmer shoots from the background and scores 3: 3.
Both teams are pushing for the winning goal
From then on it went back and forth.
Both teams wanted to win, both teams had a chance.
The high-class ice hockey from the first third was back.
The hosts pressed on the winning goal, but the self drove the decisive counterattack.
Ondruschka prevailed over the outside lane and brought the puck with a cross pass in front of Schneider's box.
He quickly pinched his legs when Lukas Klughardt shot, but somehow the target slipped through his schooners and over the line.
The bitter end from an SCR point of view.