On the last day of the year, the Geretsrieder River Rats achieved a tedious 4:1 victory against EC Pfaffenhofen at the bottom
Geretsried – Even though the fire alarm just before the start luckily turned out to be harmless, in the Bavarian league match of the Geretsried ice hockey team on Friday evening against EC Pfaffenhofen the sparks didn't really jump over.
In the end, the River Rats celebrated a tedious but well-deserved 4-1 (1-0, 1-1, 2-0) win against the bottom team.
"In the end, the result is all that counts," said Hans Tauber jun.
fixed.
The ESC coach complained that "we had a lot of shots on goal again, but the quality was lacking".
In addition, Pfaffenhofen defended well.
The game started half an hour late: the smoke from the bratwurst grill had triggered the smoke detector in the Stüberl's kitchen;
all spectators had to leave the stadium, but were then allowed to quickly return to their seats.
The hosts, who started without the sick Martin Köhler, Bernhard Jorde, Martin Morczinietz and Benedikt Ma, were looking for a quick goal, but found it difficult against the deep-seated guests.
Only after 13 minutes did Florian Strobl make it 1-0 on the power play.
In the second period, too, the River Rats were constantly in control, often outnumbered.
But it was precisely in such a situation that they ran into a counterattack, which Jan Tlacil converted to make it 1-1 for the Icedogs (27th).
Luckily, Xaver Hochstraßer brought ESC back up 2-1 in the next power play (29').
In the final third Pfaffenhofen gradually ran out of breath.
Geretsried almost settled into the opposing third, but ECP keeper Patrick Weiner had a great day.
He was powerless when Klaus Berger scored 3-1 (53') and Ondrej Horvath (54') 4-1.
Geretsried - Pfaffenhofen 4:1 (1:0, 1:1, 2:0) - Goals: 1:0 (12:22) Strobl (Fuchs, Englbrecht 5-4), 1:1 (26:09) Tlacil ( 4-5), 2: 1 (28:33) Hochstrasser (Strobl, Englbrecht 5-4), 3: 1 (52:13) Berger (Fuchs, Strobl), 4: 1 (53:28) Horvath (Bursch, haloda).
– Penalty minutes: ESC 6, ECP 16. – Spectators: 373.
