Derby defeated UH Appenzell Men 1

The third game of the season featured the Eastern Swiss derby between the UHA and the Rheintal Gators in Gringel Hall. The game always promises excitement and emotions because many of the players on both teams know each other so you want to lose even less. The men from Appenzell had big plans accordingly. However, this plan became more difficult in the fourth minute when the Gators scored their first goal. Anyone hoping for a response from Appenzeller was sorely disappointed. Between the ninth and twelfth minutes, the Rheintalers were able to increase their lead to 0:4. When the teams took the first break, nothing had changed in the score.

In addition to the large deficit, the Appenzell team had to start the second third outnumbered. The Gators knew how to use this advantage and increased their lead to 0:5 with a second before the penalty expired. The first ten minutes of the second third were unrelated and there were several penalties on both sides. It wasn’t until the end of the second third that Men 1 found their way into the game for the first time. First, a double under was overcome, and then there were several decent missions with many goal chances, almost all of which were blocked by Widnau’s strong goalkeeper. Anyone who read the last sentence carefully will have noticed the little word “almost”, because shortly before the end of the third period, Jonas Neff gave up one of the few clear spots in Appenzell and got score to make it 1:6.

In fact, Joel Untersander scored the first goal in the last third, and UHA was able to regain the majority soon after. Anyone hoping to catch on was once again disappointed. The Gators were able to turn this number of situations in their favor and even get shorthanded. Towards the end, the UHA had to prove itself twice the number again, but they could not hold out, and the Gators got a score of 2: 8, which was also the final score.

If this game went against a rival just for the completely wrong playing places, the UHA has a chance to make amends next week on Sunday night against Floorball Uri.