Release from 04.01.2019
Sat, 05.01.2019: HK SZ Olimpija vs. Red Bull Hockey Juniors (17:30)
Referees: LESNIAK, PAHOR, Javornik, Miklic.
• ranking: HKO 4. | RBJ 7.
• streak: HKO 9 straight wins | RBJ 1 defeat
• home-performance HKO: 10 wins (30 points) / 12 games; streak: 4 straight home-wins
• road-performance RBJ: 7 successes (19 points) / 12 matches; streak: two consecutive road-wins
• form (performance during the last 5 rounds): HKO 5 wins / 0 defeats | RBJ 2 wins / 3 losts
• Head-to-Head 2018/19: HKO vs. RBJ: 2:1 (results: 3:2 and 1:2/SO in Salzburg and 4:2 in Ljubljana). The last meeting was played in the Mozart City just six days ago and was won by HK SZ Olimpija 2:1/SO. Zan Jezovsek has scored at least one goal in two straight meetings with RBJ.
• HKO vs. RBJ is the meeting of the two best teams in Penalty Killing. Each club has a PK% of 88,6%! Besides, RBJ have convinced in Power Play so far (PP%: 27.6%).
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 4 wins HKO | 3 wins RBJ
• HKO has won all three home-games in the Alps Hockey League against RBJ. The Mozart Citizens haven’t even earned a point in Ljubljana so far.
• Their teams best scorers:
HKO: Zan Jezovsek 29 points (13G/16A), Ales Music 29 points (13G/16A)
RBJ: Oliver Nordberg 29 points (10G/19A).
Sat, 05.01.2019: EK Die Zeller Eisbären vs. EC-KAC II (19:30)
Referees: A. LAZZERI, LEHNER, Kainberger, Wimmler.
• ranking: EKZ 12. | KA2 16.
• streak: EKZ 7 straight defeats (actually longest loosing streak) | KA2 2 straight wins
• home-performance EKZ: 4 victories (12 points) / 13 matches; streak: 7 straight home-defeats
• road-performance KA2: 1 victory (3 points) / 11 games > worst road-team; streak: 1 road-defeat
• But, watch out: KA2 has earned their only road-win in Zell am See on December 1st (3:0).
• form (performance during the last 5 rounds): EKZ 0 wins / 5 losts | KA2 3 wins / 2 defeats
• Head-to-Head 2018/19: EKZ vs. KA2: 1:2 (results: 3:8 and 7:1 in Klagenfurt and 0:3 in Zell am See). The last meeting has been played in Klagenfurt just 3 days ago and has been won by the Red Jackets (7:1).
• A low-scoring-game is expected: EKZ has potted fewest goals at home (26), KA2 on the road (21).
• But, watch out: KA2 has been on fire in the year 2017 so far, Klagenfurt has already potted 14 goals out of two (home-) games this month.
• EKZ has allowed most goals during the last five rounds (22).
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 6 successes EKZ | 3 wins KA2
• Their teams best scorers:
EKZ: Louke Oakley 36 points (12G/24A)
KA2: Markus Pirmann 18 points (9G/9A).
Sat, 05.01.2019: VEU Feldkirch vs. EHC Alge Elastic Lustenau (19:30)
Referees: GAMPER, MOSCHEN, Bedana, P. Giacomozzi.
• ranking: VEU 5. | EHC 2.
• Big Vorarlberg derby
• streak: VEU 4 consecutive wins | EHC 2 straight victories
• home-performance VEU: 8 wins (24 points) / 12 matches; streak: 2 straight home-wins
• road-performance EHC: 8 wins (24 points) / 13 games; streak: 3 straight road-wins
• form (performance during the last 5 rounds): VEU 4 wins / 1 lost | EHC 4 successes / 2 defeats
• Head-to-Head 2018/19: VEU vs. EHC: 2:1 (results: 6:1 in Feldkirch and 4:1 and 2:3 in Lustenau). The last meeting has been played in Lustenau just 9 days ago and has been won by the VEU (3:2).
• Each team has been on fire so far: EHC has potted most goals (110), while the VEU has already netted 103 goals.
• The League‘s best scorers - Dylan Stanley (15G/32A), Robin Soudek (26G/20A - both VEU) and Christopher D’Alvise (22G/23A - EHC) will be in action in Feldkirch. Besides, Soudek (VEU - 26G), D’Alvise (22G – EHC) and Marc-Olivier Vallerand (21G - EHC) have scored most goals.
• EHC has the best scoring-efficiency (12,6%).
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 7 wins VEU | 4 victories EHC
• Their teams best scorers:
VEU: Dylan Stanley 47 points (15G/32A)
EHC: Christopher D‘Alvise 45 points (22G/23A).
Sat, 05.01.2019: EC „Die Adler“ Stadtwerke Kitzbühel vs. EC Bregenzerwald (20:00)
Referees: PINIE, VIRTA, Bergant, Cristeli.
• ranking: KEC 13. | ECB 14. > meeting of two neighbours in the standing
• streak: KEC 3 straight defeats | EHC 3 consecutive losts
• home-performance KEC: 5 wins (14 points) / 12 games; streak: 4 straight home-defeats
• road-performance ECB: 2 successes (7 points) / 12 matches; streak: 2 consecutive road-defeats
• form (performance during the last 5 rounds): KEC 1 victory / 4 defeats | ECB 1 success / 4 losts
• KEC and ECB showed the same performance (D/W/D/D/D) during the last five rounds. Besides, the two west-clubs allowed most goals during that span (22) and have been defeated by the same teams (VEU Feldkirch, EHC Alge Elastic Lustenau) in their last two games as welll.
• Head-to-Head 2018/19: KEC vs. ECB: 1:2 (results: 4:3/SO and 1:4 in Dornbirn and 1:3 in Kitzbühel). The last meeting has been played just 9 days ago in Dornbirn and has been won by KEC (4:1).
• Each team needs three points in the fight for a Pre Playoff ticket. KEC is missing one point for place 12, ECB seven points.
• KEC and ECB have had problems scoring goals so far: KEC potted fewest goals (61), the „Wälder“ fourth fewest goals (66)-
• ECB has collected second fewest PIM (256).
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 4 wins KEC | 5 successes ECB
• Their clubs best scorers:
KEC: Adam Havlik 33 points (16G/17A)
ECB: Daniel Ban 28 points (9G/19A).
Sat, 05.01.2019: Rittner Buam vs. HC Fassa Falcons (20:00)
Referees: LEGA, STEFENELLI, Basso, Terragni.
• ranking: RIT 3. | FAS 17.
• streak: RIT 6 straight wins | FAS 6 straight defeats
• home-performance RIT: 11 wins (33 points) / 12 games; streak: 9 consecutive home-wins
• road-performance FAS: 1 win (3 points) / 11 matches; streak: 5 straight road-defeats
• form (performance during the lst five rounds): RIT 5 wins / 0 defeats (best form) | FAS 0 wins / 5 defeats (weakest form)
• RIT has played strong defense lately: The South Tyroleans have given away fewest goals (5) during the last 5 rounds.
• FAS is without a road-win for over two month or five games.
• Head-to-Head 2018/19: RIT vs. FAS: 2:0 (results: 5:1 in Klobenstein and 0:4 in Canazei, both meetings have been played after Christmas).
• RIT has been on fire at home so far, has scored the most goals at home (63).
• RIT is the best club in Power Play (PP%: 29.4), FAS the weakest team in Penalty Killing (PK%: 62.6%)
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 10 wins RIT | 0 wins FAS
• FAS stayed without points in all ten meetings in the Alps Hockey League so far.
• Their clubs best scorers:
RIT: Alex Frei 33 points (19G/14A)
FAS: Diego Iori 30 points (12G/18A).
Sat, 05.01.2019: HC Pustertal Wölfe vs. Hockey Milano Rossoblu (20:00)
Referees: F. GIACOMOZZI, SUPPER, Matthey, Rigoni.
• ranking: PUS 1. | MIL 15.
• streak: PUS 4 straight wins | MIL 1 win
• home-performance PUS: 14 wins (41 points) / 14 games > best home-team; streak: 14 straight home-wins
• road-Performance MIL: 1 win (4 points) / 14 matches; streak: 1 road-win
• form (performance during the last 5 rounds): PUS 4 wins / 1 defeat | MIL 2 wins / 3 defeats
• Head-to-Head 2018/19: PUS vs. MIL: 1:1 (results: 6:3 in Bruneck and 3:2 in Milano, Raphael Andergassen netted at least one goal in both season-meetings).
• HCP has allowed fewest goals at home (18) and in total (39). Besides, Bruneck has netted second most goals too (109).
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 1 win PUS | 1 victory MIL
• Their clubs best scorers:
PUS: Markus Gander 31 points (19G/12A), Raphael Andergassen 31 points (15G/16A)
MIL: Francis Verreault-Paul 27 points (8G/19A).
Sat, 05.01.2019: HC Gherdeina valgardena.it vs. Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey 1935 (20:30)
Referees: HOLZER, STRASSER, De Zordo, Piras.
• ranking: GHE 11. | ASH 6.
• streak: GHE 1 lost |ASH 1 defeat
• home-performance GHE: 7 wins (21 points) / 14 matches; streak: 1 home-defeat
• road-performance ASH: 6 victories (18 points) / 12 games; streak: 1 road-defeat
• form (performance during the last 5 rounds): GHE 1 win / 4 defeats | ASH 3 successes / 2 losts
• Head-to-Head 2018/19: GHE vs. ASH: 0:2 (results: 7:3 and 3:2/SO in Asiago, Bardaro and Gellert have netted at least one goal in both season-clashes).
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 0 wins GHE | 8 victories ASH
• ASH has won 13 straight meetings with GHE (including ITA SerieA). The Furies got their last victory against the Champion in ITA Serie A on October 08th 2015.
• GHE has the weakest scoring efficiency (6.86%)
• Their clubs best scorers:
GHE: David Roupec 26 points (6G/20A)
ASH: Anthony Bardaro 43 points (20G/23A).
Sat, 05.01.2019: Sportivi Ghiaccio Cortina Hafro vs. Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan (20:45)
Referees: PODLESNIK, WIDMANN, Bedynek, Holzer.
• ranking: SGC 10. | WSV 8.
• streak: SGC 2 straight defeats | WSV 1 lost
• home-performance SGC: 8 wins (26 points) / 13 matches; streak: 1 home-defeat
• road-performance WSV: 4 wins (15 points) / 13 games; streak: 5 straight road-defeats
• form (performance during the last 5 rounds): SGC 3 wins / 2 defeats | WSV 1 win / 4 losts
• Head-to-Head 2018/19: SGC vs. WSV: 1:1 (results: 3:2 and 2:3/OT in Sterzing, Ayotte (SGC) has netted at least one goal in both season-clashes).
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 2 wins SGC | 4 successes WSV
• A thrilling game is expected: All six meetings between this two teams in the Alps Hockey League have been decided by just one goal, three times the games even went to Overtime or Shoot Out.
• SGC has been convincing at home lately: The Italians got points out of eight straight home-games (six wins). On the other hand, WSV has problems on the road lately: The Broncos have been defeated in five consecutive road-games.
• SGC has scored just one goal per game in the last two rounds.
• Their clubs best scorers:
SGC: Devin Di Diomete 25 points (17G/8A), Riccardo Lacedelli 25 points (13G/12A), Tuomas Vänttinen 25 points (11G/14A), Nicholas Trecapelli 25 points (6G/19A)
WSV: Brandon McNally 37 Punkte (11G/26A).
Sun, 06.01.2019: HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice vs. Red Bull Hockey Juniors (17:00)
Referees: DURCHNER, LOICHT, Arlic, Legat.
• ranking: JES 9. | RBJ 7.
• streak: JES 1 defeat | RBJ 1 lost
• home-performance JES: 9 successes (26 points) / 12 matches; streak: 2 home-wins in a row
• road-performance RBJ: 7 wins (19 points) / 12 games; streak: 2 straight road-wins
• form (performance during the last five rounds): JES 3 wins / 2 defeats | RBJ 2 successes / 3 losts
• Head-to-Head 2018/19: JES vs. RBJ: 0:1 (result: 5:4 in Salzburg).
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 3 victories JES | 4 successes RBJ
• The two teams will face each other for the first time in Jesenice since December 26th 2017 or over one year! On this day, RBJ won in the Steel City (3:1).
• Offensiv power faces defensiv power: JES has scored third most goals (106), while RBJ has allowed third fewest goals (61).
• RBJ is the best team in Penalty Killing (PK%: 88.6).
• Their clubs best scorers:
JES: Tadej Cimzar 39 points (17G/22A)
RBJ: Oliver Nordberg 29 points (10G/19A).
Fotocredit: David S. Wassagruba