In the 2004-05 preliminaries the team qualified for the playoffs. In the quarterfinals they were knocked out by derby opponent EV Regensburg. The following season the club signed among others Daniel Naud as coach and goalie Martin Cinibulk. The powerful squad was ranked second in the first round. Understandably management, players and fans were heavily disappointed as the team was defeated by underdog Dresdner Eislöwen in seven games. Strangely enough the EVL celebrated walkovers in the home games (7-1, 7–1, 4-1), while losing narrowly away. The team lost the final game in Landshut 4–1. In the 2006–07 season the Cannibals knocked out the Schwenninger Wild Wings, but were swept by Wolfsburg in the semifinals.