The ERC Lechbruck does not want any more stuck games: the national ice hockey league has decided to end plans to resume play this winter.
The focus is on the coming season - and on your own stadium.
Lechbruck - Manfred Sitter, head of the ERC Lechbruck, and his colleagues on the board like things to be clear.
That is why the national ice hockey league has now decided to "end all business games and cease sporting operations for the 2020/2021 season." This is how they want to "create clarity" both internally and externally.
Officially, the “ice hockey” department in the Bavarian Ice Sports Association has not yet canceled the season.
However, the ice machines have already been turned off in more and more stages (we reported).
For the Lechbrucker applies: "The focus is now directly on the planning of the 2021/22 season", so the climber in a message.
ERC Lechbruck wants to establish itself in the regional league
In the coming season, the plan is to pick up where "you left off at the end of October 2020", says Sitter.
The aim is to further strengthen the junior division and to fill all age groups from U9 to U20.
In this context, the “Rafters” have registered three applicants for training for the C-Trainer license with the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB).
The senior team has set itself the goal of establishing itself in the national league.
The contract has already been extended with coach Jörg Peters, who made it out of the district league.
The majority of the previous team has also "given their commitment for the new season".
ERC Lechbruck is hoping for events with visitors
The association hopes that public events will again be possible to a certain extent in the summer.
The "raftsmen" would then again hold the weekly twilight pint and be present at the rafters' market and the Advent market.
"What we cannot influence is the development of the corona pandemic and its consequences," said Sitter.
“We have already started planning the season and now have a lot more time than usual.
I can assure you that we have done our homework and will prepare for the next season. "
The chairman also looks at the infrastructure of the stadium.
It is possible that "there will be considerable improvements in terms of the 'refrigeration system'", the ERC announced.
The plant, taken over from Füssen around three decades ago, is old.
Retrofitting will have to take place at some point.
In September 2020, the municipal council decided to carry out a "small maintenance check" as a kind of bridging.
In addition, the purchase of a gas warning device (should ammonia leak) was initiated.
A committee with representatives of the ERC and local councils will now deal intensively with the subject of "cooling systems", it was said at the time.
A decision should be made this year.