Peiting's problems before the duels against the top teams

Created: 01/05/2022, 07:00 AM

From: Roland Halmel

A so far rare pleasure: The Peitinger (in red jerseys, here Thomas Heger) met Rosenheim only once this season.

At home, the ECP had to admit defeat 2: 5.

In the next five days, the people of Peitingen will have two opportunities to return the favor.

© Rene Säuberlich

Most recently, the league club EC Peiting suffered a few defeats.

Coach Anton Saal therefore did not draw an all-round positive interim balance.

He was also cautious about new signings.

Peiting

- After the interim results last autumn, Peiting's trainer Anton Saal announced a new inventory at the turn of the year. The sixth of the table in the Oberliga Süd is again mixed. "There are players with whom we are satisfied and others who still have room for improvement," said Saal. The extreme fluctuations in performance during the EC Peiting in the past few weeks were noticeable. “Not only in the game, but also from one game day to the next,” Saal complains about the often lack of consistency, which caused the Peitinger to lose many points. “That was certainly also due to our many failures,” said Saal investigating the cause. "There were a lot of games, and one or the other might be outplayed," continued Saal.

Ice hockey: EC Peiting does not want to take any financial risks with new signings

The young players, who therefore had to step into the breach more often, “did their job, but they cannot replace a seasoned league player,” said Saal. Not least because of the thinned out squad, caused by the protracted injuries of Manuel Bartsch, Daniel Reichert, Marco Habermann and Simon Maier, the ECP is still looking for reinforcements. “But the market has been swept empty,” admits Saal. "If you could get one then, the price-performance ratio is not right," reports the ECP trainer about his experience. But he also makes it clear that the Peitinger do not want to take any financial risks when it comes to “new commitments”. For the time being, the Pfaffenwinkler will have to cope with their small line-up, as Maier's comeback is not expected until three weeks at the earliest.Reichert and Habermann will probably not be available again until mid-February.

We have to take it as it is.

After all, the repertoire is not a request concert.

Peiting's trainer Anton Saal

From this point of view, it seems anything but ideal that the Peitinger have to face a top team in the league three times within a very short time in this phase. “We have to take it as it is. After all, the game plan is not a request, ”said Saal before the guest appearance this Wednesday at Starbulls Rosenheim (7.30 p.m.), who will come to Peiting for the second leg on Sunday (6 p.m.). In between, the ECP will be a guest at EV Regensburg on Friday, third in the table (8 p.m.). "We still have something to make up for against the EVR," said Saal. Peiting's coach expects a completely different appearance from his team than in the 3-8 home defeat against the Upper Palatinate two weeks ago. At the first guest game in Regensburg at the beginning of the season, the Peitinger had sold dearly in the 1: 2 defeat.

Ice hockey: Peiting meets Rosenheim twice within five days

For the first time this season, the Peitinger had to deal with the Rosenheimers, who are looked after by the former ECP coach John Sicinski. There was a 2: 5 home defeat against the current runner-up in the table. “We just need a win against a top team, if necessary a dirty one. That would be extremely important for the head, "Saal's assessment in view of the negative streak of his protégés against the teams in places one to four. It has proven several times that his team can keep up with the favorites - but never over the entire season. “We need that to be able to surprise us,” says Saal, who does not see his team completely without a chance in the three difficult games in the next five days. Should it not work out with points,What could result in the loss of the current sixth place, however, will not be despaired at the ECP. “After that there are still a lot of games. The deciding factor is the placement at the end of the round, ”says Saal.