The EA Schongau continues in the Bayernliga: This time the opponents are ESC Kempten and ESC Dorfen.
There is also news in terms of “squad”.
Schongau - After just a few game days, Corona is almost as present in the Bavarian ice hockey league as it was last season.
Ten players were hit by the Schweinfurt “Mighty Dogs”, so the Lower Franconians paused until further notice.
Waldkraiburg and Königsbrunn also paused last.
The cancellations also affected ESC Kempten, where EA Schongau will be guest on Friday (7.30 p.m.).
"A very compact, well-staffed team," says EAS coach Rainer Höfler about the Allgäu.
In preparation, the EAS lost 4: 5 against the ESC.
ESC striker Colton Leiter scored two goals at the time.
However, the Canadian is no longer there.
For this, the "Sharks" signed his compatriot Robert Lepine.
The best scorer for Kempten is currently the former Max Schäffler from Peitinger with 14 points.
"We are outsiders in the game," says Höfler before the duel against the ESC, which he counts as one of the title contenders.
Jason Lavallee is now firmly in the EAS squad
The situation is different in the home game on Sunday (5 pm): The "Mammoths" meet the still pointless "Ice Pirates" of the ESC Dorfen.
Höfler does not want to be blinded by the previous record.
On the one hand, the Dorfeners have only played three games, on the other hand "they also had a few injured players".
The demand for both games is: “We have to play properly and be focused.” The goal is at least three points.
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Jason Lavallee is a permanent fixture in the EAS roster.
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In terms of personnel, Coach Höfler can currently draw on a wealth of resources. The “mammoths” also have to do without Jakub Muzik - the Czech is currently in advanced training and will soon be able to play again. Jason Lavallee is again in the squad for Muzik. The 25-year-old French-Canadian (last year at ERC Lechbruck) got a contract with the Schongauers until the end of November. "Things are going better and better for him," said Höfler, recognizing an upward trend. "If all three foreigners are fit, then the performance decides which of them plays."
Jason Lavallee comes from Thetford Mines in the southern Canadian province of Quebec. The 1.80 meter tall striker “always stood out for his good scorer scores”, according to the EAS. Last year he moved to Europe for the first time. He got a contract with the neighbor ERC Lechbruck, but was only able to shine in preparation because the national league season was canceled before it really started. For the 2021/22 season he was actually signed by the Bayern league club EHC Königsbrunn. But still in preparation, his contract was canceled in favor of the American Hayden Trupp, who returned from Landsberg to the penguins. The EAS officials noticed Lavallee in the EHC's 7-3 victory over the "Mammuts".In the test against the EC Peiting, Lavallee was on the EAS side. After Jakub Muzik was injured and Jason Lavallee wanted to stay in Germany, the possibilities were examined - now it was a commitment.
