EHC Klostersee started the new year with a defeat on Monday evening.
After a strong first third, the Grafingers gave up the Oberliga game in the 3:6 against EC Peiting in the second section, before struggling with some incomprehensible decisions by the referees in the race to catch up.
Grafing – After the “Rosenheim Gala”, before the first competitive game in 2023, a voluntary training session on New Year’s Eve and a mandatory training session on New Year’s Day were on the agenda.
"We want to seamlessly follow the performance against the Starbulls and look for our chance," said coach Dominik Quinlan confidently before the sixth-placed team's guest appearance in the Wildbräu-Arena.
The EHC went into the game with just this broad chest and three half-chances before Lynnden Pastachak pushed in from close range to make it 1-0 (3rd).
The Canadian benefited from a pass that was accidentally deflected by the referee's ice skate.
The Grafingers also had the luck of the target, which always tended to fly to the opponent, with the second goal.
Julian Dengl's half-distance flick turned into an arc lamp after a failed block and landed behind the puzzled Florian Hechenrieder in the away goal (15').
With two or three other first-class opportunities, even more would have been possible before Peiting shortened the lead just before the end of the third (19th).
The guests followed the late one early in the second round (24th).
With this 2:2 the ECP took over the initiative.
Klostersee often lagged behind, lost important duels and did not close the spaces in his own zone in time.
The people of Peiting used their superiority in this phase and defeated Philipp Hähl twice more in the EHC box (28th/33rd).
After the 2:3, Philipp Quinlan had missed a good chance to make it 3:3 in one of the few EHC advances (30th).
In the final minute of the "needed" part of the game from the hosts' point of view, the captain made it exciting again with the 3:4 on the power play.
The EHC was about to equalize before the matter finally slipped away from the overall weak quartet of referees.
The bottom line was that Klostersee did worse, twice outnumbered, making the preliminary decision and finally taking full risk and without a goalkeeper just under two minutes before the end to make it 3:6.
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