Almost all teams of the Oberliga Süd They have now completed 24 matchdays and the current league leader is Deggendorfer SC. ECDC Memmingen Indians They are still in contact with the league leaders, while the Heilbronner Falken and the Selber Wolves, in third and fourth place, are already twelve points behind.
After 24 games, Deggendorf has built a five-point lead over Memmingen. Head Coach Casey Fratkin's team boasts a power play success rate of 34,1 percent – the highest of any team in the league. Oberliga Süd They are better in this discipline. And the Lower Bavarians are also the team to beat in penalty killing with 89,3 percent. Furthermore, they have the league's top scorer in Ty Jackson, and Ty's twin brother, Dylan Jackson, the second-highest scorer, also wears the Deggendorf jersey. Their current strong form is also reflected in their winning streak, which the DSC extended to six games with a 14-1 victory against Füssen.
Memmingen lurks behind Deggendorf
The Memmingen Indians have firmly established themselves in second place. The Upper Swabian team can also rely on strong special teams, ranking in the top three in both power play and penalty kill statistics. And with Felix Beauchemin-Brassard, they boast the league's leading goal scorer and second-leading point scorer. Oberliga Süd The skates for the Indians. However, Memmingen has slightly lost its way in the last five games, with two wins and three losses.
Heilbronn and Selb are tied for third and fourth place, but their performance trajectories have led them to these positions. Heilbronn has only managed to secure three points once in their last six games, suffering five defeats. Selb, relegated from the DEL2, has recovered after a poor run from late October to mid-November, during which they suffered six consecutive losses.
Bayreuth's most efficient team
The Tölz Lions capitalized on the weak spells of the two teams ahead of them; in fifth place, they are now only one point behind Heilbronn and Selb. Tölz can rely on Topi Piipponen, who, along with Dylan Jackson, is the league's second-highest scorer. The onesto Tigers Bayreuth occupy sixth place, the last position that grants direct entry to the playoffs. They also boast Kyle Bollers, the league's second-highest scorer along with Beauchemin-Brassard. Furthermore, the Tigers impress with the best shooting efficiency – almost 14 percent of their shots find the back of the net.
Fierce battle for tenth place
The group of teams currently in a pre-playoff position will be determined by the EHF Passau Black Hawks led the way. One place behind them are the EV Lindau The Islanders are ranked one point ahead, with the Stuttgart Rebels one point further back. They are now only tenth. EC Peiting, who after a strong start to the season now have to fight to secure a spot in the pre-playoffs. The gap to ninth place is already five points, but four teams are lurking just behind them: the Höchstadt Alligators, SC Riessersee, EV Füssen, and the Erding Gladiators. Only one point separates places ten through fourteen, further emphasizing the tension in the bottom third of the table. Höchstadt and Riessersee have also played one fewer game than all the other teams in the Oberliga Süd – Both could overtake Peiting with a win. Riessersee and the team that only joined this season from the BayernThe Erding team, recently promoted to the league, leads another statistic, however, as they are the team with the fewest penalty minutes per game. This puts them just ahead of the two top teams from Deggendorf and Heilbronn.