Release from 18.12.2017
Tue, 19.12.2017: HC Orli Znojmo - EC-KAC (18:30)
Referees: BABIC, BALUSKA (SVK), Nemeth, Soos
- With a 3:0 home win against Znojmo, who rank 9th before the return game, Klagenfurt climbed to second place again
- The Carinthians have won the last eight games against Znojmo with Klagenfurt even winning the last ten in the Czech Republic
- In every of the last six games against Znojmo, KAC scored three goals
- In the previous three season meetings KAC has won 65.5 per cent of the faceoffs
- Klagenfurt's Thomas Koch has earned at least one point in all three season meetings (four assists)
Jamie Lundmark (EC-KAC): „Yesterday's home win was a bosst for an intense time. In the video analysis we have seen some points to imprive, though.“
Tue, 19.12.2017: EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz - Moser Medical Graz99ers (19:15)
Referees: BULOVEC, STOLC, Pagon, Verworner
- Yesterday Graz beat Linz at home thanks to two third-period powerplay goals 43 and only 47 hours later both teams will meet again
- The Black Wings dropped from 2nd to 3rd with this defeat but still have a 12-points advantage to 7th-placed Styrians
- Linz tries to take revenge and want to prolong their winning streak at home with three victories lately
- The 99ers suffered three consecutive road defeats, though, and only won one of the last four meetings in Linz
- Linz leads PP stats with 25.9 per cent while Graz is ranked fourth (23.8 per cent after scoring three pp goals on Sunday)
Troy Ward (Coach Liwest Black Wings Linz): „We gave them the chance to win it and they took the chance. So good for them and shame on us."
Absentee: Jonathan D'Aversa
Doug Mason (Coach Moser Medical Graz99ers): „We always try to play with speed and it really worked out yesterday. Linz is a tough opponent as they are physically very strong. But we are ready to play the league's top teams."
Tue, 19.12.2017: EC Red Bull Salzburg - KHL Medvescak Zagreb (19:15, Sky Sport Austria HD live)
Referees: LEMELIN, STERNAT, Angerer, Seewald
- With a 6:2 home win against Villach the Red Bulls continued their good run and earned the 5th successive victory
- Zagreb has lost seven games in a row, suffering a 2:1 home defeat against Bolzano lately
- In the previous two season meeting the home teams took the points
- Zagreb's Sondre Olsen scored four goals in these two matches, Salzburg's Alxeander Rauchenwald netted once in each game
- Salzburg has won 14 of 18 home games against Medvescak in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga
Florian Baltram (EC Red Bull Salzburg): „We really want to prolong our winning streak but we lost our last game in Zagreb. We know about their strength and have to play our best game.“
Absentees: Dominique Heinrich, Matthias Trattnig, Alexander Rauchenwald, Alexander Pallestrang, Daniel Jakubitzka (all injured) and Matt Generous (suspended)
Connor Cameron (Coach Medvescak Zagreb): „7 loses but we're not playing terrible hockey, we're giving jsut two goals per game. We're not getting blown our, we need to find a way to score. Our focus for tuesday is to get a lead we know what to do.“
Tue, 19.12.2017: HCB Südtirol Alperia - Fehervar AV 19 (19:45)
Referees: KELLNER, M. NIKOLIC, Pardatscher, Schauer
- After today's game in Innsbruck Fehervar's road trip continues in Bolzano tomorrow
- For the first time this season the foxes earned two successive road wins last weekend (5:4 against Fehervar and 2:1 against Zagreb)
- With these two wins Bolzano came closer to the rest of the table, only having a three-point deficit to 11th-placed Fehervar anymore
- Bolzano has won two of three season meetings with the Hungarians
- Fehervar's Janos Hari gained points in all three season meetings with Bolzano (two goals and two assists)
Kai Suikkanen (Coach HCB Südtirol Alperia): „Last time we played them we had a very bad start, but after that we got our game together and we started to play a lot better. The key was in my opinion to kill penalties, they have a good powerplay and we did a good job with that.“
Absentees: Austin Smith, Anton Bernard, Matt Climie, Mat Clark and Chris Carlisle
Hannu Jarvenää (Coach Fehervar AV19): „It was one of those game you would like to forget but you can’t because you have to watch it and analyze it. We are trying to get better and I hope it will be better on our road trip in Innsbruck and Bolzano.“