A derby with a furioso final: ESC Dorfen led 3-0 against EHC Waldkraiburg until seven minutes before the end and then had to go into overtime for the fifth time in eleven games.
At 4: 3 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 3; 1: 0), the ice pirates still got two points.
Dorfen – Even if the lions had more shots in the first seven minutes, the ice pirates impressed from the start with a very concentrated defensive game.
Seconds after Florian Brenninger missed a cross in front of the ESC goal, the ex-Dorfener received a five-minute penalty for a gang check against Josef Folger.
Dorfen couldn't think of much more with a man, but he was the master of the house now.
Folger skillfully deflected a shot from Fabian Kanzelsberger to make it 1-0.
Kanzelsberger put EHC goalie Christoph Lode in great trouble again, and on the other side Max Englbrecht saved the lead against Leon Decker with two saves at the break.
The game became an open exchange of blows from the start.
There was work for both goalkeepers, but really high-quality opportunities were still few and far between.
But this stubborn forechecking by the Ice Pirates: The lions had problems with that, and one of them led to the 2-0 goal from young Felix Lohmaier.
Dusel for Englbrecht when, after a decker shot was blocked, the puck, rolling towards the goal line, was caught by a defender.
The final third began with a Waldkraiburg goal opportunity and the third ESC goal by captain Christian Göttlicher from the subsequent counterattack.
Hradek and Göttlicher had another hit on the racket.
Dorfen seemed to be on course for victory.
Then the lions, who were still free on Friday, threw everything forward.
Pack formation, two goals by Leon Decker and Sebastian Stanik: The derby was now at the boiling point.
82 seconds before the end, the EHC goal had long been orphaned, and the guests received a penalty.
They didn't give up and - still without a goalkeeper - caused a lot of activity in front of the ESC goal.
It happened seven seconds before the siren: Jan Loboda forced extra time.
The ice pirates were allowed to start with a majority.
Complete again, the lions had to admit defeat:
Statistics:
Goals/assists: 1: 0 (13th) Folger (Steiger, Kanzelsberger), 2: 0 (35th) Lohmaier (Hradek, Göttlicher), 3: 0 (42nd) Göttlicher (Fischer), 3: 1 (54th ) Decker (Rott), 3: 2 (55th) Stanik (Judt), 3: 3 (60th) Loboda (Maierhofer, Popelka/4-5), 4: 3 (62nd) Hradek (Fischer, Schroepfer) – Main referee: Robert Paule - Penalty minutes: ESC 2, EHC 7 - Spectators: 410.