The matches in the round of 04 in the Oberliga-Nord have been determined. In more than exciting games in the pre-playoffs, the Wedemark Scorpions met the Hannover Indians and the MEC Halle XNUMX met the Black Dragons Erfurt.
While the Indians from Pferdeturm marched smoothly into the round of 6 of the Oberliga with two wins against Wedemarker, the other pairing had to play a third game. Halle was able to win quite clearly against Erfurt 3-3 in their first home game, but then had to admit defeat 4-1 after extra time on away ice two days later. Yesterday evening there was a showdown in the Sparkasse Ice Dome on the Saale. In a close game, Erfurt was able to hold on to their 0-29 lead until shortly before the end. Shortly before the end of the game, Halle took their goalkeeper off the ice in favor of another field player and actually saved themselves into overtime with the equalizer XNUMX seconds before the end of regular time. Just under five minutes had been played when the hosts, with the momentum on their side, scored the much-celebrated winning goal to advance to the Oberliga round of XNUMX.
The matches in the north are Herner EV against the Hannover Indians Füchse Duisburg against the MEC Hall 04, the ESC Wohnbau Moskitos Essen against the Icefighters Leipzig and the Tilburg Trappers against the Crocodiles Hamburg. The series starts next Friday (March 19.03th).
In the Oberliga-South, the Tölzer Löwen were able to complete the sweep yesterday with a 5:4 win after extra time against Landshut and became the first club to secure participation in the quarter-finals of the Oberliga.
The EC Peiting was able to take a 5-3 lead in the series after a 2:1 win against Deggendorfer SC, just like the Selber Wölfe, who won 5:2 on home ice against them Blue Devils Weiden won.
There seems to be a “home curse” on the series between EV Regensburg and ERC Bulls Sonthofen. In the third meeting there was the third away win. Yesterday evening, the Allgäu team won 3-0 on the Danube and took a 2-1 lead in the series against last year's favorite semi-finalists.
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