It has been a long time since there were almost 2000 spectators in Schongau.
Those who came to the play-off derby against Peißenberg saw an ultimately superior winner.
Schongau
– The play-off duel between the district rivals ends after just two games.
With a 7:4 (3:1, 3:1, 1:2) success at EA Schongau, the Peißenberg "Miners" made it into the semi-finals as quickly as possible.
"We are totally happy after this intense series," beamed "Miners" coach Stefan Ihsen at the press conference after the end of the game.
"Of course we are disappointed, we lost the series on Friday", was the decisive factor for EAS coach Markus Ratberger, the 1:2 of the "Mammuts" two days earlier in Peißenberg.
We scored the goals at the right time today.
Peißenberg's coach Stefan Ihsen
"We scored the goals at the right time today," said Ihsen, describing his team's recipe for success, which once again had secure support in goalie Korbinian Sertl.
"His commitment didn't really surprise me, I know the Peißenbergers," Ratberger said about the games played by the "Miners", who had previously reported that Sertl was out for a long time.
Several hundred "Miners" fans pop balloons at the same time
In front of the record crowd of almost 2000 spectators in Schongau, the game began very atmospherically with musical accompaniment from the Schongau town band.
The first bang was provided by the several hundred "Miners" fans, who burst the red balloons they had brought with them shortly before the first face-off.
The thinking behind it was probably that they wanted the same from the EAS play-off dreams.
Both teams immediately put the forward gear
Compared to the first meeting on Friday, things got down to business this time.
"We knew that Schongau was coming," confessed Ihsen, whose team scored the first chance through Valentin Hörndl (2').
Ryan Murphy (4th) and Tobias Estermaier (6th) then missed the home side's first chances.
On the other side, EAS goalie Daniel Blankenburg prevented a possible deficit in the follow-up against Dominic Krabbat (8th).
Shortly thereafter, however, he had to admit defeat.
Niko Fissekis scored with the pawn trick to make it 1-0 (9th).
Afterwards, "Mammuts" attacker Simon Maucher injured himself when he made an unpleasant acquaintance with the gang.
Peißenberg immediately answered EAS hits with the 3:1
There was another low blow for the home side when the Peissenbergers netted again shortly after the end of a majority situation.
A long-range shot by Dominik Ebentheuer somehow slipped into the net to make it 2-0 (12').
As a result, the Peißenberg received penalties in series.
After almost five minutes outnumbered, the Schongauers scored a goal through Matthias Müller (18').
However, the Miners' response was quick to follow.
A pointer turn later, Dejan Vogl was allowed to pull away unhindered, the puck flew into the top corner to make it 3:1 (19th).
Peißenberg countered mercilessly effectively in the second third as well
Murphy missed the second goal for the EAS early in the middle section (23').
The Peißenberger, on the other hand, countered mercilessly effectively.
First, Martin Andrä served the ideally positioned Krabbat – 4:1 (28th).
After a missed chance by Daniel Holzmann (30'), Vogl did better on the other side, increasing to 5:1 (32').
The "Mammuts" fans, who were already vocally behind the extremely loud "Miners" appendix, fell silent almost completely afterwards, so that the stadium announcer felt compelled to demand more commitment from her own spectators.
Gloomy mood among Schongau's fans and the players
The body language of the EAS players matched the gloomy mood among the fans.
It only brightened up again when the Peißenberg team, outnumbered, made a big blunder that made it 2:5 through Paré (35th).
Then the same game again: Jonas Lautenbacher missed another chance for the home side (38'), in return the disc tumbled over the line after a counterattack by Krabbat to make it 6:2 (39').
Peißenberg fans chant loudly "semi-finals, semi-finals"
The "mammoths" got off to a better start in the final section.
Florian Seelmann shortened the lead to 3:6 (43rd) with a turning shot.
A strong solo by Murphy, which he crowned with the fourth EAS goal (45th), made the game exciting again.
After that, however, two penalties against Schongau prevented another race to catch up.
While the "Miners" fans were already loudly chanting "semi-finals, semi-finals" and Ratberger took his goalie off the ice, Vogl made it 7: 4 (59th) with his third shot into the empty box.
statistics
EA Schongau - TSV Peißenberg 4: 7 (1: 3, 1: 3, 2: 1)
1st period:
0: 1 (8:36) Fissekis, 0: 2 (11:30) Hellmann (D. Vogl, Ondörtoglu), 1: 2 (17:38) Schuster (Paré, Murphy/5-4), 1:3 (18:48) D Vogl (Frankenberg, D Mecrones).
2nd period:
1: 4 (27:55) Krabbat (Andrä), 1: 5 (31:26) D. Vogl (D. Mecrones, B. Mecrones), 2: 5 (34:41) Paré (Murphy/ 4-5), 2:6 (38:54) Krabbat (Andra).
3rd period:
3: 6 (42:49) Paré (Murphy/4-5), 4: 6 (44:51) Seelmann (Müller, Schuster), 4: 7 (58:55) D. Vogl (Empty- net goal).
Penalty minutes:
Schongau 22, Peißenberg 16.
Spectators:
1942.
