The puck hunters from ESC Dorfen are challenged twice again this weekend and want to be able to build on the performance from the 4:2 win against Miesbach.
EA Schongau is visiting today at 8 p.m., before the second leg at EC Pfaffenhofen on Sunday at 5.30 p.m.
Dorfen – Today's guests from Pfaffenwinkel have performed surprisingly well so far in the Bayernliga main round and are sixth after 16 games with 31 points – tied with ERSC Amberg.
Eight wins plus three successes in overtime are in the record of the mammoths, who surprisingly parted ways with coach Rainer Höfler.
According to the most recent press release, co-trainer Helmut Maucher and 1b coach Markus Ratberger will temporarily take care of the team.
The goal difference of 69:48 speaks for the well-known defensive strength (third best value in the Bavarian league).
In front of the two top goalkeepers, 27-year-old Daniel Blankenburg and Philipp Wieland (22), the Schongauers have stable defenders.
The best-known player is all-rounder Daniel Holzmann, who with 20 points scorer is the second-best defender behind Mark Waldhausen from Erding (25 points).
In addition to the Canadians Samy Paré and Tristan Gagnon, who were committed at the beginning of the season, Florian Höfler (27) is one of the driving forces.
In the first leg, a heavily minimized ESC squad scored a point at 3: 4 after extra time.
Now coach Steer is forced to change the attack lines again.
Lukas Kirsch has been suspended due to his game suspension.
Fellow striker Sandro Schroepfer, who has been consistently in top form this year, will be out for the rest of the season after suffering another shoulder injury.
He was operated on Tuesday in Erding.
Otherwise, according to the latest information, captain Christian Göttlicher will be available again at the weekend.
The squad is supplemented with one or two juniors.
On Sunday in Pfaffenhofen it shouldn't be easier for the Eispiraten to score points after the 6:7 bankruptcy in Dorfen, especially since the Eishogs are now starting with a tailwind after the change of coach.