Release from 05.10.2023

Capitals on road trip in Italy

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The weekend in the win2day ICE Hockey League starts on Friday with four games. The winning streaks of Steinbach Black Wings Linz and Hydro Fehervar AV 19 will be put to the test in a direct duel. The spusu Vienna Capitals first travel to Asiago, then the Viennese will face the runners-up in Bolzano on Saturday. All games will be shown on www.live.ice.hockey (PPV).

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win2day ICE Hockey League:
Fri, 06.10.2023, 19:15: Steinbach Black Wings Linz - Hydro Fehervar AV 19
Referees: SMETANA, ZRNIC, Eisl, Snoj | >> live.ice.hockey <<

For the first time this season, the Black Wings last celebrated two wins in a row. The Linz team could always rely on Graham Knott so far, the forward gained at least one point in each of the seven games. Hydro Fehervar has a 4-game winning streak. The Hungarians have won six of their last eight games and currently have the best goalie in Dominik Horvath: The 22-year-old Hungarian has a . 965 save percentage, he never conceded more than one goal against per game. On the offensive side, Guillaume Leclerc has scored two goals and provided an incredible nine assists in the last five games. The last meeting in Linz went to the hosts, before that Fehervar celebrated six away wins in a row.



Fri, 06.10.2023, 19:15: HC TIWAG Innsbruck - EC-KAC
Referees: BERNEKER, PALKÖVI, Nothegger, Wimmler | >> live.ice.hockey <<

In their already fifth away game, the Red Jackets take on HC TIWAG Innsbruck, where they have been successful in eight of their last ten appearances. With 3.86 goals scored per game, the Klagenfurters are currently the offensively strongest team in the win2day ICE Hockey League - they now meet the highest-scoring team of the past season. The Tyroleans are currently sixth in the standings with an almost entirely balanced record - four wins, four losses, 12:12 points and 19:20 goals. In front of their home crowd, the "Sharks" are still undefeated in regular season. Florian Vorauer will again start in goal for the KAC.

Fri, 06.10.2023, 19:45: Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey - spusu Vienna Capitals
Referees: MOSCHEN, PIRAGIC, Fleischmann, Hribar | >> live.ice.hockey <<

The spusu Vienna Capitals will play two games in Italy this weekend, starting with a match at Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey. Head coach Tom Barrasso's team celebrated its first win of the season against Graz on Tuesday and moved up to eleventh place. The Viennese are in ninth place with nine points after six completed games. Twice the Caps walked off the ice as winners in four duels so far, twice the Italians. Caps head coach Marc Habscheid is not available to the team this weekend for private reasons, assistant coach Christian Dolezal takes over the Canadian's agendas on an interim basis.

Fri, 06.10.2023, 19:45: HC Pustertal Wolves - Moser Medical Graz99ers
Referees: HRONSKY, M. NIKOLIC , Durmis, Konc | >> live.ice.hockey <<

The high flight of HC Pustertal was stopped last. After six victories at the start of the season, the team from Bruneck had to admit defeat twice recently. While the South Tyroleans are in second place, the situation is different for Graz. The Styrians are the only winless team in the league after the defeat in Asiago. Out of seven defeats, five were by only one goal difference. The two teams have faced each other eight times in the win2day ICE Hockey League so far, with Pustertal winning the last five and six games in total.

Sat, 07.10.2023, 19:45: HCB Südtirol Alperia - spusu Vienna Capitals
Referees: HRONSKY, SCHAUER, Durmis, Konc | >> live.ice.hockey <<

The Viennese finish their Italy road trip on Saturday with the game in Bolzano. Head coach Glen Hanlon makes his home comeback for the last-placed team. In the 2023 playoffs, HCB and the Capitals already faced each other three times at Sparkasse Arena. All duels were decided with only one goal difference, the South Tyroleans walked off the ice as winners twice.