High hurdles: Starbulls meet Krefeld and Dresden – Starbulls Rosenheim eV

The Starbulls Rosenheim finish the first DEL2 quarter of the season with the longest away trip. The Green-Whites will be the guests of the Krefeld Penguins on Friday night (7:30 p.m., Yayla Arena). The second season of the main round starts on Sunday with Rosenheim’s home match against Dresden Eislöwen (5pm, ROFA Stadium). Both opponents are aiming for promotion to DEL and have underlined this with a successful start to the season.

With 22 points (Dresden) and 20 points (Krefeld), the opponents of the Starbulls next week are among the four best teams in the league after eleven game days. However, the Rosenheim team proved in their recent 3-2 home win against the Kassel Huskies and in the 3-2 overtime win on the first matchday in Dresden that they can overcome obstacles. to beat the bigs and heavyweights of the league.

On Friday, the Green-Whites will have to deal with this project on the Lower Rhine after a journey of more than 700 kilometers. “It is important that we get through the first third well after a ten-hour bus journey,” warns Jari Pasanen. Starbulls head coach is happy that the game weekend will be played away for last time on Friday. This has now been the case six times in a row and won’t be the case again until the end of January – but then again six times in a row.

Last season, the Starbulls showed themselves strongly on the Krefeld ice, losing once unfortunately 1:2 after extra time and winning 5:3. “This season, Krefeld has a very good coach behind the team Thomas Popiesch, who can bring out the great potential of the team. We still want to get points there again,” said Pasanen.

The second season of the main round starts for the Starbulls on Sunday with the home game against the Dresdner Eislöwen. At the start of the season, the Green-Whites got a well-deserved 3-2 extra time victory over the Elbe after a stunning performance. Ludwig Nirschl scored the winner after a few extra minutes – the new man, who joined Mangfall from Freiburg, has not scored since. “Nirschl one goal, Ewanyk one goal, Järveläinen no goal, Sarault no goal – of course that’s not enough so far,” said Jari Pasanen clearly. Rosenheim’s head coach sees the four forwards named on the right track: “Their performances in the last few games were very good and the result will come automatically. We will continue the formation as we go against Kassel.” So Nirschl joins Charlie Sarault and Ville Järveläinen joins Travis Ewanyk.

The young Sebastian Zwickl will not be in the Rosenheim lineup this time due to illness. The young Kilian Kühnhauser returns to the team, not as a defender, but in a role as an outsider in the fourth line of attack.

With the ambitious Dresden Ice Lions, who like the Krefeld Pinguins want to have an important voice in promotion to DEL, a balanced and comprehensive team will present themselves in the ROFA stadium on Sunday. The 31 goals scored after eleven days are spread among 16 goals! If head coach Niklas Sundblad gets his way, he will come to Rosenheim with his Eislöwen as DEL2 leaders. The 51-year-old Swede has declared his goal to lead the league, and a home win in Friday night’s top game against EV Landshut should make it possible. The Starbulls are also looking to retain the three points at Mangfall against their decorated opponents from the Elbe and achieve their fourth home win in a row.

Live broadcasts of Starbulls matches on Friday in Krefeld (7:30pm) and Sunday at home against Dresden (5pm) will be offered on sportdeutschland.tv. Tickets for the Rosenheim home game can be booked at www.starbulls.de/tickets and are available at the box office at the ROFA Stadium two hours before kick-off.

Press release Starbulls Rosenheim eV