Release from 26.11.2022

Bolzano has league leadership in its sights

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HCB Südtirol Alperia wants to regain the top of the table in the win2day ICE Hockey League on Sunday. While the current leader - HC TIWAG Innsbruck - remains match-free, Bolzano can regain the top position with a full success at Hydro Fehérvár AV 19. The Hungarians, however, are currently the hottest team in the league with four wins in a row. EC Red Bull Salzburg, meanwhile, is looking to end its goal drought - in its first home game in nine days - against Steinbach Black Wings Linz. Klagenfurt's offense also needs to work on its attacking efficiency against league newcomers Asiago Hockey. The spusu Vienna Capitals, meanwhile, have their sights set on the top-6 against the Moser Medical Graz99ers.

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win2day ICE Hockey League, 26.11.2022 | Schedule:
27.11.2022 15:00 EC Red Bull Salzburg - Steinbach Black Wings Linz
Referees: BERNEKER, HUBER, Nothegger, Seewald | >> Live in PPV-Stream

Sunday's matchday will be opened with the encounter between the two neighbors in the standings - EC Red Bull Salzburg and Steinbach Black Wings Linz. In this encounter, the two best defensive teams of the win2day ICE Hockey League meet. In the offense, especially the reigning champion in the past two league games, the engine has stuttered. The Red Bulls have not managed to score a goal in the win2day ICE Hockey League for 130 minutes and 15 seconds. Since Salzburg joined the league (2004), this is the fourth-longest goal drought for the seven-time champions. On Friday Night an intense road trip for the Red Bulls, which took them via Graz to Ängelholm (CHL) and Vienna, ended. After nine days, the Salzburgers are now back in their home arena. Linz ended their two-game losing streak with a shootout win over Olimpija on Friday. The Upper Austrians led 2-0 in the first period and the two teams are separated by just one point in the standings. The Red Bulls won the first meeting three weeks ago 5:2, but had to wait a long time into the final period for the redeeming goals. As in Vienna, there is little relief in sight for Salzburg's squad planning. A large part of the established players must be compensated again.

27.11.2022 16:00 EC-KAC - Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey
Referees: FICHTNER, SIEGEL, Riecken, Snoj | >> Live in PPV-Stream

The EC-KAC will host Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey for the first time on Sunday. The first ever meeting of these two teams decided the KAC sovereign with 4:1 for themselves. Most recently, however, the KAC suffered two defeats in a row. In the past two games, the Klagenfurt team scored only one goal. The gap between Klagenfurt, still in eighth place, and sixth place thus grew to five points. Asiago, on the other hand - their Friday game against the Pioneers was postponed - travel to Klagenfurt on a streak of two league wins. The Italians also competed in the IIHF Continental Cup semifinal tournament in Slovakia last weekend, where they qualified for the Final Four in January with wins over clubs from Poland and Ukraine. The Klagenfurt team will have to do without Lukas Haudum, who will be out for a longer period of time after suffering an injury on Friday. In addition, Johannes Bischofberger, Daniel Obersteiner, Jesper Jensen Aabo and Thomas Koch continue to be missing and are not expected to return to the ice this calendar year.

27.11.2022 16:30 Moser Medical Graz99ers - spusu Vienna Capitals
Referees: GROZNIK, RENCZ, Bärnthaler, Zgonc | >> Live in Free-Stream and on PULS 24

The Moser Medical Graz99ers welcome the spusu Vienna Capitals on Sunday live on PULS 24. For the Styrians, this is the first encounter this week. Last Sunday, the 99ers celebrated a 1-0 win over EC Red Bull Salzburg in their last match. The Caps were also able to defeat the reigning champions with a shutout last time. Vienna celebrated a 3-0 win at home on Friday and remains within striking distance of the top-6. Graz is currently in ninth place in the table - eight points behind Vienna. Graz's last win against Vienna was more than a year ago. This was followed by three wins in a row for the Caps in this duel - one of them in the current season. However, the victory this season was hard-fought. The Viennese turned around a 0:2 deficit in early November - James Sheppard finally providing the deciding goal in overtime. But the Graz side will also be warned against Matt Bradley. With a total of 14 goals he leads the scoring together with Brady Shaw (HCI). On the 99ers' side, Aleksi Salonen and Sam Antonitsch will continue to miss two players.

27.11.2022 16:30 Moser Medical Graz99ers - spusu Vienna Capitals
Referees: GROZNIK, RENCZ, Bärnthaler, Zgonc  >> Live in PPV-Stream

The Moser Medical Graz99ers welcome the spusu Vienna Capitals on Sunday. For the Styrians this is the first encounter this week. Last Sunday, the 99ers celebrated a 1-0 win over EC Red Bull Salzburg in their most recent match. The Caps were also able to defeat the reigning champions with a shutout last time. Vienna celebrated a 3-0 win at home on Friday and remains within striking distance of the top-6. Graz is currently in ninth place in the table - eight points behind Vienna. Graz's last win against Vienna was more than a year ago. This was followed by three wins in a row for the Caps in this duel - one of them in the current season. However, the victory this season was hard-fought. The Viennese turned around a 0:2 deficit in early November - James Sheppard finally providing the deciding goal in overtime. But the Graz side will also be warned against Matt Bradley. With a total of 14 goals he leads the scoring together with Brady Shaw (HCI) and Tylyer Coulter (HCI). On the 99ers' side, Aleksi Salonen and Sam Antonitsch will continue to miss two players.

27.11.2022 17:30 Hydro Fehérvár AV 19 - HCB Südtirol Alperia
Referees: SOOS, TRILAR, Durmis, Vaczi  >> Live in PPV-Stream

Hydro Fehérvár AV 19 will face HCB Südtirol Alperia after their comeback win at EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV. The Foxes recently celebrated a 1-0 win over KAC and earned the chance to regain the lead in the standings on Sunday. To overtake Innsbruck, however, they need three points against Hydro Fehérvár AV19 - and the Hungarians are currently "on fire". The win against Villach was already their fourth success in a row, so they have the longest running winning streak. Bozen, meanwhile, could only win one of the last three encounters. In the 1-0 win against KAC, a power play goal from Brad McClure made the difference. Fehérvár and Bolzano are meeting for the first time this season. Last season, all four duels went to the home team.

27.11.2022 17:30 HK SZ Olimpija Ljubljana - ED iDM Wärmepumpen VSV
Referees: PIRAGIC, SMETANA, Gatol-Schafranek, Weiss  >> Live in PPV-Stream

EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV missed the chance to set up the longest winning streak this season on Friday. After five wins in a row and a 3:1 lead against Hydro Fehérvár AV 19, the Eagles finally had to admit defeat with 3:4. VSV remained in third place in the table. For Ljubljana it was already the third defeat of the season in a row, respectively the fifth defeat in the last six games. Before the only Saturday game (Pustertal-Pioneers), Ljubljana is still in tenth place in the table, but could still be overtaken by Pustertal on Saturday evening. Only last Wednesday VSV last met Ljubljana in Slovenia and celebrated a 5:2 success. The Eagles also clearly decided the first meeting in the current season at the beginning of November with 6:2 for themselves. The Slovenians are now aiming for a win against Villach in their third attempt.