Top teams are hand in hand
Created: 10/28/2022, 1:00 p.m
By: Georg Brennauer
A tough piece of work awaits Sandro Schroepfer (right) and ESC Dorfen.
© Dominik Findelsberger
After two weekends with one game each, the ESC Dorfen puck hunters have two tough challenges on the program this weekend.
Dorfen – This Friday at 8 p.m., the Eispiraten will be playing their fourth away game in a row at second-placed EHC Koenigsbrunn, and on Sunday at 5:30 p.m., front-runner TSV Peißenberg will be making a guest appearance at their home Dr. Rudolf Stadium.
After Miesbach, third in the table, the next potential title contenders are up against them.
And this is actually at the wrong time, after ESC head coach Franz Steer still has to do without a handful of injured leading players.
Both tasks should therefore be difficult to solve for the Isenstadt team.
The Königsbrunner have upgraded powerfully, according to the motto: "Quality first." Nine departures were compensated with seven new signings.
The defensive with goalkeeper Stefan Vajs, from the second division club Kaufbeuren, and defender Lukas Häckelsmiller (DNL 1 Augsburg) as well as the attack with the 24-year-old ex-DEL striker Marco Sternheimer (Augsburger Panther) were committed selectively.
Not to be overlooked, the dangerous Tim Bullnheimer and the American Hayden Trupp.
Sunday guest Peißenberg Miners is not one of the Ice Pirates' favorite opponents anyway, because they are ahead in a direct comparison over the years.
Last Friday, Königsbrunn had to pass 3:6 to the Miners.
In the previous six matches, the Pfaffenwinkler have five regular wins plus a 7:6 after extra time in Schweinfurt and are currently leading the table.
With the commitment of the 26-year-old US twins Brett and Derek Mecrones (most recently Düsburger Füchse), the Peißenberg Miners have probably landed the really big cup.
In addition, there is the long-standing Oberligatorjäger Dominic Krabatt from Peiting.
In almost all rows in front of the experienced goalie Korbinian Sertl, the TSV is well above average in terms of quality.
Dorfen are still missing the injured strikers Tomas Vrba (hand), Christian Göttlicher (chest) and Lukas Kirsch (torn muscle fibre), Maximilian Steiner and defender Maximilian Huber have to sit out due to their job.
Florian Fischer, who had been injured for a long time, has reported back for this.
