Bitter pill for the lions: Another victory very close, fate struck in the final minute.
On top of that, the Tölzer refused the additional point in the penalty shootout;
in the end it was 3-2 for the East Saxons.
Weißwasser / Bad Tölz
- Bitter pill for the lions: Very close to another victory, fate struck in the final minute.
On top of that, the Tölzer refused the additional point in the penalty shootout;
in the end it was 3-2 for the East Saxons.
"I can't complain, we played great," said Kevin Gaudet, preventing any criticism.
The topic of the bus legs discussed by the coach in advance turned out to be less serious.
There was a tendency to give the home side a little overweight in the game, but the boys were never slow.
On the contrary: An Upper Bavarian disruptive maneuver was mixed in with all of the foxes' attempts to shoot and finish.
In the few exceptional cases, Maxi Franzreb skilfully made use of it.
The Tölzer goalie has been delivering brilliant performances for weeks;
two more were added against Nirschl and Mik.
In addition, the lions competently killed three outnumbered situations.
The first chance to take the lead opened up for Reid Gardiner.
When it came to the counterattack, the Canadian (see also the interview below) opted for stubbornness, which was not a good option with a view to Max French and Marco Pfleger, who were also in an ideal position.
Gardiner didn't have to apologize for the missed opportunity.
Not even for the unsuccessful wrist shot a little later.
Tosto carried out for the Tölzer leadership
Remedy followed at the beginning of the middle section, when the Tölzer were once again rewarded for their intransigence.
Pflegeer's follow-up against Philipp Kuschel unexpectedly brought the guests into possession of the discs, and Luca Tosto carried out Pflegeer's pass.
French should have hit from close range and on the left, but aimed at goalie Tobias Ancicka's stomach.
"We had a chance of winning the game," said Gaudet, referring to these opportunities.
A few moments later, Weißwasser's most prominent purchase, Rylan Schwartz (from the DEL Club Bremerhaven), marked the equalizer with a robust shot at the inside post.
Goalie Franzreb again with a strong game
A match at a knife edge awaited the decision in the final chord.
Shot statistics, proportions of the game, chance - everything has been fairly distributed so far.
Only the latest 6-0 success of the Lausitzer against Bietigkeim, which was long out of the heads of the fox cracks.
With their four rows they faced a small but determined ensemble.
The best proof: the 2: 1 of the lions, in which Max French once again chased a top-class player over the bar but successfully corrected the scene shortly afterwards.
The straight threesome was within reach;
also because of Franzrebs strong positional play.
Only because of Sasa Martinovic's mishap during the liberation, which Gaudet commented with “a bit of bad luck”, the foxes came late in the majority and 17 seconds before the end to equalize.
Lausitzer Füchse - Tölzer Löwen nP 3: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1/1: 0)
Goals:
0: 1 (22:21) Tosto (nurse), 1: 1 (31:05) Schwartz (Kania, Martin), 1: 2 (45:38) French (nurse, Gardiner), 2: 2 (59 : 43) Ross (Schwartz, Kerbashian 6-4), 3: 2 Schwartz (65: 00 / GWS).
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Penalty minutes:
Weißwasser 6, Bad Tölz 8. -
Referees:
Bruce Becker, Marek-Fynn folds.
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