Bad Tölz - The next fiasco was looming.
But then the Tölzer Löwen put a show of strength on the ice and won after 0: 2 deficit with 4: 3 despite a turbulent final phase.
“We absolutely needed this win,” said coach Kevin Gaudet.
Jimmy Hertel couldn't have imagined a better debut.
Despite a lack of match practice, the 29-year-old kept everything that came within his reach;
the newcomer was absolutely blameless for the goals he conceded.
Richie Mueller, the Lusatian post-contract, took care of the tour in the middle of the game with an untenable conclusion.
In the power play, Arttu Rämö also followed suit in the middle third.
Goalkeeper Ancicka with nimble hands
By then, the Tölz side had already accumulated an abundance of bullet opportunities. But what the lions also tried: Either the Berlin polar bear loaned by Tobias Ancicka stood in the way with nimble legs and craft, or the lions failed on their own. Tyler McNeely alone could have decided the game in favor of the spa townspeople. After just five seconds in the first power play, the 34-year-old tapped the puck on the post in front of the empty box. Maybe it was bad luck because everything happened pretty quickly. The center forward then put the perfect pass from Cam Spiro wafer-thinly past the post.
In the second section, McNeely got stuck on Ancicka's schooner, before he messed up a solo from the blue line.
At no time were the Buam confused.
Rather, it seemed as if the setbacks aroused the fighting spirit all the more.
And the fans also believed in their lions, even though only 841 eyewitnesses passed the strict entrance controls.
Thomas Brandl provides a connection gate and new hope
In the final section, the lions finally bit.
Thomas Brandl took care of the connecting goal by decisively forging a Blueliner from Beppi Eberhardt in the goal area.
Less than three minutes later, Eberhardt was personally the executor.
The dad-to-be met from an acute angle in the power play with his first goal of the season to make it 2-2.
To make up for a deficit in this category, the Tölz team had not yet succeeded in this season.
In the final phase of the game, the initial chronology almost caught up with the boys.
Again McNeely had the big thing on the racket, but the Canadian's fifth attempt also ended unsuccessfully and with disappointed facial expressions.
Füchse hits not recognized due to goalkeeping disability
And in return, the Lions were lucky that a hit by the guests because of the goalkeeper's handicap almost no recognition.
“We were a little lucky,” admitted Gaudet.
So it came to the end that every ice hockey fan and ice hockey player in Tölz had longed for: Philipp Schlager scored 3: 2 two minutes before the end of the face-off, and Besse put the lid on with his "Empty Net Goal".
It didn't matter that Jens Baxmann scored the third Füchse hit.
"I'm happy that we never gave up," said the coach.
"After the 2-0 win, we knocked everything out."
Tölzer Löwen - Lausitzer Füchse 4: 3 (0: 0, 0: 2, 4: 1)
Goals:
0: 1 (26:58) Mueller (Garlent, Baxmann), 0: 2 (38:38) Rämö (Mäkitalo 5-4), 1: 2 (47:45) Brandl (Eberhardt, Schlager), 2: 2 (50:28) Eberhardt (Schlager, Brandl 5-4), 3: 2 (57:33) Schlager, 4: 2 (58:56) Besse (McNeely, Eberhardt EN), 4: 3 (59:47) Baxmann (Breitkreuz, Garlent 6-5).
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Penalty minutes:
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Referees:
Martin Holzer, Ruben Kapzan.
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Spectators:
841.
