At the bottom of the list, SE Freising will receive the front runner EV Moosburg on Friday.
The roles are clearly assigned - the Bears also have to cope with a number of failures.
Freising
- The district duel in the ice hockey national league group 1 between the Black Bears Freising and EV Moosburg has something like David against Goliath: The guests from Dreirosenstadt are almost through with the preliminary round, have 27 points and are currently standing in first place on the table. The SEF, on the other hand, has played four fewer games than the district opponent, so far only one win and three points on the credit side and has held the Red Lantern for weeks.
The points of view of the two coaches with regard to the match on Friday at 8.15 p.m. in the Weihenstephan Arena are correspondingly different.
"Actually, it's almost the most important game of the year for me," explains SEF coach Nils Hanfstingl.
“It's a derby and we weren't that far from beating them in the first leg at the Clariant Arena.
Despite numerous injuries, we played a decent game.
I hope we can do that this time too. "
EVM coach Englbrecht: "If we lost, we'd be idiots."
On the Moosburger side, given the playoff ambitions, the game is more of a compulsory task.
“Mei, mandatory victory, that's always said so easily.
But all opponents are difficult, especially those who are behind and have nothing to lose.
They play Hopp or Top - if it works, it works, and if not, then not, ”warns EVM trainer Bernie Englbrecht.
"But of course: if we lost, we'd be idiots - and we don't want that."
All the more so because with the two victories last weekend against VER Selb 1b and especially at EV Pegnitz, the door to the championship round was opened a crack.
“Now we have shaken off Pegnitz and got 27 points.
If we could win two of the remaining four games, we would probably be in the playoffs, ”says Englbrecht.
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Even if the two successes from the weekend were only achieved after a sharp trainer address in the dressing room, the potential of the EVM team is to be rated significantly higher than the Black Bears.
They finally celebrated their first victory at the end of November with a 5: 4 in Selb, but a week later they promptly received a 3:10 swat in Dingolfing.
The bottom of the table once again revealed where the problems lie this season: Individual mistakes and poor concentration mean that the opponents are invited to score goals.
Sometimes the team seems completely indisposed.
The Bears cannot afford that in the derby on Friday: Miloslav Horava, Daniel Schander, Max Retzer and Co. are almost waiting for such opportunities.
Successful Freising assault row blown up
At 1: 3 in the first leg, the SEF managed to keep the gross blunders within limits, possibly the derby character caused a boost in concentration.
The hosts will need it this time too.
Because Moritz Lieb, Matthias Hofbauer and Johannes Sedlmeier will be missing.
In addition, Dmitri Kurnosow is suspended, so that the last successful series of storms with Peter Meier and Nolan Regan will be blown up.
That means: Trainer Hanfstingl has to change.
Vincenz Stegner could play again as a striker.
As a precaution, the trainer himself also tied his skates during training this week in order to be able to compensate for further failures by being a player-trainer.
Josef Fuchs
Good to know
The 2G plus rule also applies to visitors to the Weihenstephan Arena on Friday.
