Clever, constructive passes, consistent defense and often a shot from the back area at the opposing goal - that is the game of the captain of the Löwen Frankfurt, Max Faber.

He played a big part in the home win on Tuesday evening in the 5-3 win against Bad Tölz.

The lions started dominantly into the game, only the finishes lacked precision. Josef Hölzl, who played his first entire game in the Tölzer Löwen goal, was mostly able to intercept the attempts. After the many missed chances of the Frankfurt team to take the lead, Cam Spiro from Tölz scored 1-0 (13th). The Frankfurt team then tried numerous shots at the Tölzer Tor until Yannick Wenzel made it 1: 1 (16 th). His shot from the right slipped Josef Hölzl unhappily between the schooners.

The second third was entertaining for the 3,047 spectators. The Löwen Frankfurt took a 2-1 lead through Sykora (25th), but five minutes later the Tölzer Brandl (30th) made it 2-2 and gave Jake Hildebrandt no chance in the Frankfurt goal with his placed backhand shot from the turn. The pattern was repeated: The Löwen Frankfurt again took the lead 3-2 in Power Play (34th), this time Bad Tölz equalized two minutes later. Because the strongest defense in the league did not defend consistently enough in the decisive situations. Max Faber didn't want to see any defensive weaknesses worth mentioning: “They keep proving that Bad Tölz is a good counter team, so they play all year round. We could still feel a bit of the rust from the Germany Cup break. "

In the last third, Bad Tölz tried almost exclusively to achieve success through counter situations.

At the beginning of the third, the Frankfurters lacked determination in the offensive actions.

Too many pucks were simply played into the curve behind the goal in the hope that someone would reach them, but this rarely happened.

But the quality of a top team is revealed in difficult situations.

Max Faber played Ryon Moser the pass into the barrel, the Tölz goalkeeper saved with his schooner.

Finally, Rylan Schwartz (52nd) made it 4: 2 for the lions, the 5: 3 was due to Ryon Moser.

Hessian duel of the formally strong

Max Faber emphasized the value of the fans for their own game.

“They carry us through the game.

Even 3000 spectators can make hell out of the ice rink. ”The captain is happy to be back on the ice.

Last season he was only allowed to watch from the stands due to a serious injury to his lower body.

"That hurt," he said.

The next task for the Frankfurters comes quickly: On Friday, the Kassel Huskies play in Frankfurt, who will perform with confidence after four wins in a row.

Max Faber expects a close game: “Kassel has shown in the last few games that they are a very good team.

We won 6-1 in Kassel, but it will be a really intense game and very, very tough.