Release from 08.04.2022

Asiago and Jesenice start final series

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Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey and HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice will start the "best-of-five" final series on Saturday. While the yellow-reds have already become champions in the Alps Hockey League once, Jesenice could ensure that the cup goes to Slovenia for the third time in a row with its premiere title.

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Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey is in the final of the Alps Hockey League for the fourth time. In the premiere season, the yellow-red team was defeated by the Rittner Buam in the finals. In the following season, Asiago achieved the big coup. The team from the Vizentino Alps won the title in the "best-of-seven" final series against the Rittner Buam in the all-important seventh game. After a season without finals and another season in which the playoffs were not played due to Corona, Asiago was defeated by HK SZ Olimpija Ljubljana in the finals last year. One year later, they are now aiming for the second title in the club's history. Their opponent is once again a team from Slovenia - this time, however, from another city. For Jesenice it is the first final series in the Alps Hockey League. Jesenice failed in all previous seasons just in the semifinals. A week ago, the Slovenians managed to win a semifinal series for the first time. The winner of the first phase of the Regular Season beat the Rittner Buam 3:1 after an overtime victory. Asiago also qualified for the finals with the series final score of 3:1 - also by winning after overtime (against Lustenau).

The last time the two teams met in the playoffs was in last year's semifinals. Back then, the "best-of-five" series went the full distance - with the better end for Asiago. This was also the case in the first semifinal meeting between these two teams in 2017. The Slovenians have only once won a playoff series against the Yellow-Red - the quarterfinals in 2019, which they won 4:0.

The victories in the duels of the current season divided Asiago and Jesenice so far fairly. While the Slovenians prevailed twice in the first phase, Asiago captured the maximum points against Jesenice in the Master Round. However, one of those games was verifies in favor of the Italians without playing.

Alps Hockey League | FINALS
Sat. 09.04.2022, 20:30 Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey - HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice
Referees RUETZ, SCHAUER, Eisl, Weiss | PPV-Livestream