Almost 800 spectators experienced a great ice hockey evening at the preparatory game between the Geretsrieder River Rats and the Tölzer Löwen, which the favored Oberliga team won 7:2, befitting their status.
Geretsried/Bad Tölz – When the Geretsried ice hockey team took the lead against the Tölzer Löwen after 13 minutes on Sunday evening and also finished the first third on an equal footing, one or the other ESC fan was probably hoping for a little surprise.
But in the end, the Oberliga played the preparatory game befitting their ranks and deservedly won 7-2 (1-1, 4-0, 2-1) at the Bayernliga club.
"It was a must for us, and my team showed the necessary will," stated guest coach Ryan Foster, also with a view to last week's defeat with the same result at Bayern league club TEV Miesbach.
"It wasn't perfect yet, but I've seen a lot of good things."
Due to injury, the Tölzers only had 14 field players in the Heinz-Schneider-Eisstadion, but they set the pace right from the start.
However, Geretsried held back and took the celebrated 1-0 lead through Klaus Berger (13').
In between, ESC keeper Johanna May had the opportunity to excel before Felix Ribarik made it 1-1 with a flick from the blue line (18th).
ESC puts two goals on the lions
The River Rats put their guests in position with two nasty mismatches on the defensive: Goalkeeper and defender didn't agree when Timo Sticha made it 1-2 (22');
the 1: 3 (27th) put on an ESC player for Tyler Ward.
“In this phase we gave up the game.
After that it was difficult for us,” Geretsried's coach Stefan Roth later stated.
The lions took advantage of the confusion in the ranks of the hosts with two nice direct acceptances by Maximilian Brandl (28th) and Dillan Eichstädt (31st) to extend the lead to 5:1.
Due to many penalties, the spectators saw a confused match in the final section.
Again Ribarik (41st) with a great solo and Christoph Fischhaber (43rd) increased the majority to 7:1 from Tölzer's point of view.
Ryan Foster wasn't completely satisfied with that, but said: "Over and under numbers will be an issue in training next week."
River Rats score the first and last goals
But the home side also had the opportunity to make the result more friendly in a number of power play situations.
But lion goalie Enrico Salvarani was on the post with three violent shots by Ondrej Horvath.
On the other hand, Florian Strobl managed to double the number of goals to make it 2:7 (46th).
"For us it was all about damage limitation, and that worked out," said Stefan Roth.
In the end, the underdog was praised by the guest coach ("Geretsried wasn't as strong as Miesbach, but fought to the end") and was happy about the visit of the Tölzer Löwen: 766 spectators enjoyed a thoroughly entertaining, but unfortunately rare game become derbies.
River Rats Geretsr. - Tölzer Löwen 2:7 (1:1, 1:4, 1:2)
Goals: 1: 0 (12:54) Berger (Fox, Haloda 5-4), 1: 1 (17:36) Ribarik (Angel, Fischhaber 5-4), 1: 2 (21:33) Sticha (Angel, Hörmann), 1: 3 (26:13) Ward (Schlager), 1: 4 (27:07) Brandl (Fichtner), 1: 5 (30:17) Ward (Eichstädt 5-4), 1: 6 (40 :10) Ribarik (Fichtner 5-4), 1:7 (42:15) Fischhaber (Sticha 5-4), 2:7 (45:08) Strobl (Berger, Heigl 5-3).
Referee: Meinecke/Roth.
– Penalty minutes: ESC 16, ECT 18. – Spectators: 766.
