The Black Bears Freising threaten to lose touch with the top group of the district league.
The next two games will be groundbreaking.
Freising
– It would be a chance for revenge in front of a home crowd.
But it seems questionable whether the SE Freising puck hunters can even keep up with the district league leaders EV Königsbrunn on Friday from 8:15 p.m.
The same applies to Sunday, when the Munich ice hockey club will be guests in the Weihenstephan Arena at 6 p.m.
The Black Bears ice hackers only lost to these two teams a few days ago and now they urgently need to win their home games in order not to lose touch with the top places in the table.
But an acute lack of personnel on the defensive could complicate this endeavor just as much as the fact that the Landesliga relegated team was far from their best last weekend and therefore suffered two defeats.
Coach Nils Hanfstingl criticizes: "Always the same mistakes."
After their 2:6 in Königsbrunn two weeks ago, the Freising puck chasers went into the recent away weekend with the aim of getting six points.
But what coach Nils Hanfstingl then had to watch against Munich (3:6) and Dachau (4:5 after a penalty shoot-out) made him doubt the abilities of his protégés: en masse loss of targets, poor tackling behavior and too little commitment built up the opponents .
"Of course we have some very good players who, with their quality, ensure that we take the lead one day.
But in the end we always make the same mistakes afterwards and bring the opponents back into play," criticizes Hanfstingl.
“As a coach, I can take that on my cap.
But at some point it would have to click that this isn't ice hockey,
if you don't get the disc low and get slower and slower in the middle third.
That's just a hobby league and not a district league."
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Does the coach lace up the skates?
In this precarious situation, the SEF also lost a few well-established defenders.
Daniel Schmidt will be missing until Christmas - and after his injury from the Dachau game, Florian Heilmaier will not be there either.
He was discharged from hospital on Tuesday but will miss some games after suffering a concussion.
In the case of defender Vincenz Stegner, it is not clear to what extent he is fit for action again after his injury.
Hanfstingl may go onto the ice himself to provide more stability.
The Black Bears had held up well for at least 30 minutes in the first leg against Friday's opponents Königsbrunn before the league leaders closed the sack with four goals in the final third at 2:6.
But the "penguins" are a tough nut to crack.
There could be more on Sunday against the MEK.
Provided that the SEF men find their fighting power and their will to win again by then.
Joseph Fuchs
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