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Bolzano can secure semifinal ticket | Linz and Pioneers aim to equalize at home

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While the HC Pustertal and Hydro Fehérvár AV19 already face each other in the fourth quarterfinal duel on Friday evening, the other teams are next in action on Saturday. The HCB Südtirol Alperia leads 3:0 against the EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV and can therefore be the first team to secure a place in the semifinals in the PULS 24 live match. So far, only Linz was able to turn around a 0:3 series deficit against Vienna in the 2010 playoffs. The Steinbach Black Wings Linz and the BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg are aiming to equalize the series at home.

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win2day ICE Hockey League | 09.03.2024 | Quarterfinals 4:
Sat, 09.03.2024, 18:00: Steinbach Black Wings Linz - EC Red Bull Salzburg
Referees: OFNER, ZRNIC, Bärnthaler, Konc. | >> live.ice.hockey <<
Standings in the "best-of-7" series: 1:2
The Steinbach Black Wings Linz were beaten for the second time in the current series in Salzburg on Thursday. The Upper Austrians won the only game in Linz so far 3:2. It was their second home win against the Red Bulls in a row. The outstanding player in the series so far is Salzburg captain Thomas Raffl. The 37-year-old has scored in all three games, even netting a brace in the 5:1 home win on Thursday. In his 14th season with the Red Bulls, the Villach native has scored 41 points in total so far. The away defeat in game two of Salzburg on Tuesday was one of seven away defeats in the last ten games for the Red Bulls. So far in 2024, RBS have only won in Graz on January 1 after regulation.

Sa, 09.03.2024, 19:30: BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg - EC-KAC
Referees: NIKOLIC M., PIRAGIC, Nothegger, Zgonc. | >> live.ice.hockey <<
Standings in the "best-of-7" series: 1:2
After the 0:2 opening defeat, the EC-KAC first won with 1:0 at the BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg before the Regular Season champion took the series lead with a clear 7:0 home win on Thursday. Manuel Ganahl was the only player to score twice. The KAC are 153:26 minutes without conceding a goal. The Pioneers suffered two consecutive defeats on Tuesday and Thursday for the first time since mid-January. The best power play of the Regular Season has yet failed to score a goal against the KAC in a man advantage and has now been replaced by the Klagenfurter team as the best PP team.

Sat, 09.03.2024, 19:30: EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV - HCB Südtirol Alperia
Referees: FICHTNER, STERNAT, Gatol-Schafranek, Riecken. | >> PULS 24 <<
Standings in the "best-of-7" series: 0:3
The HCB Südtirol Alperia has its first chance to secure a place in the semifinals on Saturday. Last year's finalist have a 3:0 lead against the EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV, having won 5:2, 4:2 and 6:1 so far. The South Tyroleans have won six games in a row. The last time Bolzano won three games in a row against Villach was between December 20, 2019 and November 29, 2020. In game two, Villach conceded its first home defeat against Bolzano this season. It was also the first defeat in front of the home crowd after four wins in a row. Bolzano had won five of its last ten away games. Only Linz have managed to turn around a 0:3 series deficit in the 2010 playoffs against Vienna so far. They then lost with 2:4 to Salzburg in the final. Watch the match live on PULS 24 (available worldwide).