EHC: Without strength at the end of the marathon
Created: 01/10/2023, 02:00 p.m
The Grafingers around Philipp Quinlan and Florian Gaschke (left) got out of balance in the Allgäu.
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Ice hockey coach Dominik Quinlan from EHC Klostersee had already suspected it on Epiphany after the penalty home coup against Deggendorfer SC (4:3).
Memmingen was no cakewalk (1:5).
Grafing – “It will be difficult to get this performance back on the ice in two days.
Such a show of strength is not possible on a regular basis,” said the Grafingen head coach before the league guest appearance at the ECDC Memmingen Indians.
The Allgäu - like the Lower Bavarians - provide a complete professional squad, which appeared against the EHC in full.
And in the 1:5 defeat from the point of view of the Red and Whites, the hosts were able to turn the lever after a weak start and from the second third also increase.
"We played well in the first half, were the better team and had good chances.
Unfortunately, we were only able to complete one of them successfully and then conceded the equalizer, which was a little unfortunate,” Quinlan regretted.
"After that the Indians increased the pressure and after an extremely intense two weeks we were simply no longer able to counter it," he summed up.
His boys were simply exhausted and exhausted.
Memmingen's trainer Daniel Huhn said: "Actually quite satisfied" after three points, with which the Allgäu can continue to hope for the direct playoff qualification: "Today we didn't get into the rhythm well at first, we started rather weakly.
But then we were able to up the ante and moved our legs well against an opponent who was difficult to play and who did a really good job in their own zone.”
On the way home from the Allgäu, the Klostersee head coach looked back on the entire marathon with the seven competitive games in 14 days.
With two home victories and stable performances in Rosenheim or against Riessersee, they got over it quite well overall.
"We can live with that quite well.
After all, this phase was not easy in terms of personnel either, with seven permanent employees missing in some cases.”
In the middle of last week, the EHC only got three complete blocks together against Garmisch when two U20 talents moved up.
An unforgettable experience was so much ice time against a team like SC Riessersee for striker Stefan Würmseer and defender Tobias Hilger, Quinlan emphasized afterwards.
For the young defender in another respect: As it turned out a few days later, Hilger suffered a metatarsal fracture while blocking a shot.
Due to the same injury, Raphael Kaefer has missed half the season so far.
The Klostersee captain wants to start training again these days – provided that the final examination gives the go-ahead.
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