A couple of mood lifters

Created: 01/13/2022, 4:24 PM

Guarantee for the upswing: Goalie Manuel Hanisch, here supported by Vincenz Steiger in defensive work.

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The national league turns into the home straight, the Black Bears play three more games.

Freising

- On Friday, January 14th, the “EHC Bayreuth die Tigers” await the “EHC Bayreuth die Tigers” in the Weihenstephan Arena from 8:15 pm onwards.

“Bayreuth is a very important game for us,” says sports director Gregor Tomasik.

For the last time in the preliminary round it is against a team from the bottom third of the table.

In addition, the Bears still have something to do well.

In the first leg they conceded a 2-5 defeat after an indisputable first third, Bayreuth had already been 4-0 in the front after the first 20 minutes and scored two goals outnumbered. In the table, the EHC is currently in eighth place, just one place better than SE Freising, which has not been last since last weekend. The team of trainer Nils Hanfstingl can of course not catch up with the Upper Franconia even if they win at home, because the Tigers celebrated a 10-2 shooting festival against ESC Vilshofen last Sunday in front of their home crowd and are seven points ahead.

The Freising already proved in January that they can win against Vilshofen in their own hall.

The result against the Wolves was 3: 1 on the day after the New Year.

Only five days later the Black Bears even managed to beat the top team from Dingolfing 4-1.

And also on Sunday against the "EV Pegnitz Ice Dogs", the hosts from the cathedral city were still 3: 2 in front eight minutes before the end, before the guests were able to turn the game to 3: 5.

New start for winning streak

The small winning streak was broken in 2022, and the aura of invincibility of sports director Gregor Tomasik as a coach on the bench was gone. He didn't want to know anything about a “Tomasik effect” on the bench: “It just didn't work against the Ice Dogs today. Nevertheless, we played well and we're not losing our fighting spirit. The small series ends today, but that had nothing to do with whether I or Nils were sitting in the dugout during the game. Rather, with the fact that we have had almost the entire squad available in training and games for a few weeks now and the morale in the team is also good. "

SEF striker Christian Birk also confirms that the atmosphere in the team is good. He believes: “If we are all in a good mood and play like we did in the last three games, then we can beat any team.

We don't need to deal with the opponent very much, we should concentrate on ourselves.

If we put the commitment, the ambition and the commitment on the ice again, then I am sure that we can beat Bayreuth too. "

Sepp Fuchs