Release from 14.08.2019

15 test matches until Sunday | contract extensions in Asiago, Cortina and Fassa

Short text 419 CharactersPlain text

In the coming days there will be lots of preparation matches in the Alps Hockey League. Twelve teams will be in action until Sunday. In the past two days there were two games held. The HC Fassa Falcons won 4:3 against HC Gherdeina valgardena.it. The Vienna Capitals Silver lost against SHK Hodonin 4:5. In addition to that, squad updates have been announced by Hafro Cortina Hockey, Asiago Hockey and the Fassa Falcons.

Press release 2302 CharactersPlain text

In the first of the 15 games that are on schedule until Sunday HC Gherdeina Valgardena.it will play against Fassa Falcons. It will be the second game of the league rivals in three days. The Fassa Falcons won the first game 4:3. The game on Wednesday starts at 9 pm.

KAC II and Salzburg Juniors in action on Thursday
On Thursday, the EC KAC II plays against Fehervari Titanok from Hungary. The Red Bull Hockey Juniors meet the Eisbären Regensburg at 9 pm.

AHL-Champion Ljubljana starts preseason against Villach
The champion of the last Alps Hockey League season, HK SZ Olimpija Ljubljana, will start the presason on Friday. The first opponent of the Slovenians will be the EC Panaceo VSV from the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. In addition, the Steel Wings Linz will play in Opava against Unia Oświęcim from Poland on Friday. On top of this there will be an internal AHL duel. The Vienna Capitals Silver play against the EC KAC II. The EK Die Zeller Eisbären play against the Bietigheim Steelers from the DEL2.

Seven preparatory games at the weekend
On Saturday, the Steel Wings Linz play at HC Slezan Opava. EC Bregenzerwald meets EHC Basel. In addition, the Vienna Capitals Silver and the EC KAC II will meet again. On Sunday the Steel Wings Linz will play their last of the three tests in Opova against SHK Hodonin. The Red Bull Hockey Juniors play against EV Landshut from the DEL2. The EC "Die Adler" Stadtwerke Kitzbühel play a preparatory match against the Eisbären Regensburg. The EHC Lustenau will play a game against the EV Zug Academy.

Contract extensions in Asiago, Cortina and Fassa
In addition to the numerous preparatory games three teams have also announced contract extensions. Asiago Hockey extended the contract with Simone Olivero, Davide Dal Sasso and Marco Magnabosco. All three players are part of the offense and scored 44 points (17G/27A) together in the past season. Hafro Cortina Hockey extended the contract with Michele Zanatta. The 30-year-old Canadian plays at the Italians since 2017. Since last season the defender is even captain of the team. In Fassa 19-year-old Dennis Kustatscher extendes his contract for another season. The defender plays since his youth for the Italians.