Release from 02.12.2020

Capitals celebrate shootout victory against 99ers

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The spusu Vienna Capitals won the only game on Wednesday of the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League against the Moser Medical Graz99ers with 4️:3️ after Shootout. Ty Loney (VIC) and Oliver Setzinger (G99) scored twice. While the Capitals won their third game in a row, the 99ers suffered their third consecutive defeat. In the league table, Graz is in second place with 29 points, Vienna follows in third place with one point less.

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The spusu Vienna Capitals won their first duel of the season with the Moser Medical Graz99ers with 4:3-SO. At the beginning the hosts were the better team. After eight and a half minutes, Ali Wukovits gave the Vienna Capitals the 1:0 lead. The answer from Graz followed promptly. Not even a minute later Hunter Fejes equalized the score to 1:1. All in all, the Capitals were the better team in the first period, which was also confirmed by the scoring statistics (19:9 for VIC).

In the middle period the Vienna Capitals had a powerplay after about five minutes. However, they did not manage to take the lead, but Oliver Setzinger scored the 2:1 shorthanded goal for the 99ers. The 37-year-old also scored the 3:2. On the Capitals side, Ty Loney scored twice. The American scored the equalizer for both the 2:2 and the 3:3, nine seconds before the end of the second period. In total, the 28-year-old scored the season's goals eight and nine, making it his second double score of the season this evening.

In the final period there were still numerous chances on both sides, but no further goals were scored. In the overtime, the capitals set the tone, with Ali Wukovits firing a shot against the bar. One minute before the end of extra time, Graz became a powerplay, but could not benefit from the numerical superiority. In the shootout, Marco Richter was the only player who could score. In the league table Graz is in second place with 29 points, Vienna follows on the third place with one point less. Already tomorrow, Thursday, the spusu Vienna Capitals will be back in action. The opponent is the HC TWK Innsbruck - Die Haie.



BET-AT-HOME ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE:

SPUSU VIENNA CAPITALS – MOSER MEDICAL GRAZ99ERS 4:3 SO (1:1, 2:2, 0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
REFEREES: BULOVEC, ZRNIC, GATOL, KASPAR.
Goals VIC: 1:0 Wukovits A. (9.), 2:2 Loney T. (32.), 3:3 Loney T. (40.), 4:3 Marco Richter (65./SO)
Goals G99: 1:1 Fejes S. (10.), 1:2 Setzinger O. (26./SH1), 2:3 Alsing O. (38.)