Release from 20.10.2018
On Sunday six teams can take revenge as the second quarter of the regular season begins. Leaders spusu Vienna Capitals have the chance to equal their starting record of last season (12 wins in a row) in the Servus Hockey Night live game against Liwest Black Wings Linz.
3 facts before round 12:
- The second quarter begins and six teams have the chance to take revenge - four home teams want to settle an outstanding score
- On Sunday there are four live coverages with the games in Croatia and Hungary being shown on TV. The Servus Hockey Night shows the game between Vienna and Linz
- Leaders spusu Vienna Capitals have the chance to equal their starting record of last season (12 wins in a row)
Sun, 21.10.2018: HC TWK Innsbruck 'Die Haie' - HC Orli Znojmo (17:30)
Referees: STOLC, TRILAR, Rezek, Sparer
- After suffering two successive defeats, Innsbruck earned a 5:4 home win against Villach and moved up to 8th place again
- Znojmo opens their weekend on Saturday night with a road game against Dornbirn
- In the first season meeting Innsbruck got a 6:2 win at Znojmo
- Znojmo has not won a road game this season but earned one point each in Villach and Graz
- Innsbruck's Andrew Clark leads Erste Bank Eishockey Liga scoring charts with 6 goals and 11 assists, team mate Andrew Yogan has scored most goals (9)
Ondrej Sedivy (HC TWK Innsbruck): „Znojmo has a young team and they will hit the ice with power and speed. We have to be fully focused and need a better start than yesterday.“
Sun, 21.10.2018: Fehérvár AV 19- EC Red Bull Salzburg (17:30, DIGI TV live)
Referees: PIRAGIC, ZRNIC, Pagon, Zgonc
- After losing 4:2 in Vienna on Sunday Salzburg continue their road trip in Hungary
- Fehérvár plays two games within 24 hours as the Hungarians welcome Bolzano on Saturday night
- The Red Bulls took a 9:0 home win in the first season meeting with defender Dominique Heinrich scoring a hat trick
- After a good season start the Hungarians lost four of their last five games
- The Red Bulls are still without Brent Regner and Alexander Cijan. Matthias Trattnig's appearance is doubtful
Dominique Heinrich (EC Red Bull Salzburg): „Yesterday we played a solid road game in Vienna and could have taken points. It's never easy in Hungary but we want to win this game.“
Sun, 21.10.2018: Dornbirn Bulldogs - EC-KAC (17:30)
Referees: BERNEKER, STERNAT, Pardatscher, Schauer
- After suffering a shootout defeat against Graz, KAC travels to Vorarlberg for a second time this season
- A 3:0 win in Dornbirn on September, 30 was Klagenfurt's last road victory - afterwards they lost all three road games by one goal
- Dornbirn lost the last six games but have the chance to gain momentum on Saturday when they host bottom club Znojmo
- The hosts have been struggling with their special team, beingt last on power play as well as shorthanded
- The teams meet for their 30th EBEL game with Klagenfurt having 16 wins in the books
Niki Kraus (Stürmer EC-KAC): „Dornbirn has an experienced team, they use every single mistake and do not need much for goals.“
Sun, 21.10.2018: KHL Medvescak Zagreb - HCB Südtirol Alperia (17:30, HRT live)
Referees: BULOVEC, SMETANA, Kaspar, Nedeljkovic
- On Friday Zagreb came back from a 0:2 deficit to earn their first home win (5:2 against Linz)
- While Medvescak ranks 11th, Bolzano - after 4 successive wins in EBEL and CHL - is third
- On Saturday the champions are in action when facing Fehervar - after the game they are travelling to Zagreb
- In the first season meeting the foxes earned a 5:1 home win
- This weekend HCB coach Kai Suikkanen has all palyers available for the first time as Dan Catenacci returns to the lineup
Aaron Fox (Head coach Medvescak Zagreb): „We know it will be a tough game against Bolzano. We played a hard-fought match against them away, but we hope we can keep the momentum going from Friday and get the crowd behind us. We need to again play well all game long, be effective in the attack and defend well. We have a talented team and if we play hard and battle hard we can get the win.”
Sun, 21.10.2018: spusu Vienna Capitals - EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz (17:30, servushockeynight.com live)
Referees: KINCSES, M. NIKOLIC, Nemeth, Soos
- While Linz left Croatia without points on Friday, the Caps kept their clean sheet with a home win against Salzburg
- Vienna opened the season with a shootout win in Linz and have added ten more wins since then
- The last eight meetings between these clubs were decided by only one goal with the Cpas holding the upper hand five times
- Black Wings forward scored in the past three games against Vienna
- Vienna's netminder Jean-Philippe Lamoureux has the best goal against average (1,71) of all goalies
Andreas Kristler (Liwest Black Wings Linz): „Vienna is a good team but it's about time that someone beats them. In the first game we came close and we are travelling to Vienna to take the points home.“
Dave Cameron (Head coach spusu Vienna Capitals): „Eleven wins are great but our opponents will become stronger now. Everyone has internalized their game plans what means we also have to become better and better.“
Sun, 21.10.2018: EC Panaceo VSV - Moser Medical Graz99ers (17:30 Uhr)
Referees: FICHTNER, GRUBER, Gatol, Kontschieder
- Moser Medical Graz99ers started their Carinthian weekend with a 3:2 shooutout win in Klagenfurt
- Villach suffered their 4th away defeat in Innsbruck - some rounds ago they suffered a defeat in Graz
- Matt Caito of Graz lit the lamp 8 times, being the league's most dangerous defender in front of the opponents goal
- While Villach's Markus Schlacher scored one goal each in the past two home games against Graz, 99ers captain even scored three in these games
- The 99ers are strong with a man advantage with leading power play stats (29,3%)
Felix Maxa (EC Panaceo VSV): „Graz has had a great start into the season. We have to fight for every centimeter and do the details right.“
Doug Mason (Head coach Moser Medical Graz99ers): „Yesterday's win was because of our strong will. We have always believed in ous. We are happy with our current position but it's still a process.“