On the second day of the Inline Regionalliga Süd the Vikings almost delivered a perfect tournament – gaining 8 out of 9 possible points.
In the first game against Herborn the Vikings wanted to make up for the loss on day one of Regionalliga Süd and did so by winning 6:5 – although it took overtime to win it.
After a good start by the Vikings with a 3:1 lead at halftime and 4:1 early into the second half. However, Wiesbaden again struggled to play well when in the lead. Sloppy play led to Herborn scoring the 4:4 equalizer with 5 minutes to go. Jason Malak scored the 5:4 shortly after but again the Vikings did not manage to hold of the Crocodiles, who scored on a giveaway two minutes later. So the 5 minute overtime was necessary to decide the game, and despite the Vikings outshooting Herborn largely in these last minutes they could not get one past their strong goalie – until the very last second of overtime: Patrick Zell put in a rebound, giving Wiesbaden 2 out of 3 possible points.
Chris Bräuning led the team in scoring with 2 goals and 2 assists while four different players scored in that game.
Directly after that the Vikings had to play a back to back game – against Mainprimaten Frankfurt.
This one was won 7:4, although Frankfurt had the better start, scoring two minutes into the game. After that it was all Vikings, with 5 unanswered goals in the first half and the sixth one early in the second half. Frankfurt scored two of their own but never really got back into the game. Both teams scored one more 10 minutes in but not much more happened in that game, with temperatures reaching 31°C/87°F. Shane Steenberge was in net for both games while Patrick Zell and Jason Malak had 2 goals and 1 assist each.
In game three the Vikings found their offence , led by Patrick Zell with 1 goal and 4 assists while Chris Bräuning had another big game, scoring 4 goals in a 9:2 victory over the Kronberg Crusaders. It was the third game for both teams so the energy level was already a bit low on both sides. However, the Vikings got two quick goals in the first two minutes. Kronberg netted one halfway through the first period, but the Vikings got on the board twice to make it 4-1. In concequence, the Vikings took the foot off the gas, leading to a little run-and-gun period with both teams trading chances and Kronberg getting one more goal to make it a 4-2 game. The Vikings used the halftime break to get back on track, taking full control of the match, having puck possession most of the time and relying on solid goaltending by Chris Kennedy who played the last game of the day. Doobee scored 3 of his 4 goals in the second half with Simon Sanchez assisting on three of them in his first tournament as a Viking.
The next tournament is on the 9th of July.
