After the two major league heavyweights Regensburg and Rosenheim, two tasks that can be solved on paper are waiting for the EC Peiting in the next two games.
In the home game on Sunday there will be a derby.
Peiting - After the two major league heavyweights Regensburg and Rosenheim, two tasks that can be solved on paper are waiting for the EC Peiting in the next two games.
Today, Friday, the team of trainer Anton Saal will be at the Höchstadter EC and on Sunday (6 p.m.) the EV Füssen will come to the derby in Peiting.
"Höchstadt has a very strong team," says Saal about the "Alligators" from Middle Franconia, who have so far faced the same opponents as the ECP.
The balance was similar: Against Passau the Höchstadter won (unlike the ECP in regular time), against Weiden, Regensburg and Rosenheim there were defeats.
It is quite possible that there will be extra time this evening: “Additional shifts” are not unusual for the ECP at the guest performances in Höchstadt.
Two of the past three appearances at the Aisch went into overtime, with the Pfaffenwinkler winning once and losing once.
Special duel between EC Peiting and EV Füssen
In terms of personnel, not so much has changed at the HEC in the summer. The former ECP top scorer Milan Kostourek did not get a new contract. But the Middle Franconia brought seven new players, including the American Austin Albrecht. He collected seven points (3 goals / 4 assists) - just as many as his colleagues Jari Neugebauer (4 goals / 3 assists) and Anton Seewald (1 goals / 6 assists). "Playing in Höchstadt is difficult and will be a challenge," explains Saal.
The same applies to the home game against Füssen, which the ECP met in preparation. “That was summer ice hockey,” Saal quickly ticked off the 4-6 defeat against the Allgäu. “Both teams tried a lot.” Saal took another close look at the last 5: 3 victory of the Füssen team against ECDC Memmingen: “They played differently than against us.” The duel with the Allgäuers is something special : "This is a derby, everyone is extra motivated."
The Peitinger can fall back on Marco Habermann, who has recovered from his injury from the friendly against Schongau.
Whether Nardo Nagtzaam is fit after his horse kiss from the Regensburg game up to the Höchstadt game remains to be seen.
Definitely missing are Simon Maier (cold) and Maximilian Söll, whose shoulder is damaged.
The injury is such that the young defender can be expected again soon.
The U20 youngsters who are not available this weekend are not on the bill for Saal.
"We have to get through the fight, find the old strength in excess and avoid stupid penalties," is the recipe from Saal to fill up the sparsely filled points memory in the two games.