Release from 25.10.2018
3 facts for the 13th round:
- The supsu Vienna Capitals have the chance to beat their own record.
- All six games are scheduled for Friday.
- SKY Sport Austria broadcasts the game EC Red Bull Salzburg – Dornbirn Bulldogs
Fri, 26.10.2018: EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz – KHL Medvescak Zagreb (17:30)
Referees: KELLNER, K. NIKOLIC, Seewald, Tschrepitsch
- Both team met last week with Medvescak getting a 5:2 home win
- After two consecutive defeats resp. losing four of the last five game, Linz wants to find back to winning ways with Michael Davies making his debut
- The Black Wings have been struggling on power play with only scoring six goals on 46 occasions
- Zagreb has the best PK available with only conceding four goals against in 37 shorthanded situations (Linz: six goals against in 55 PKs)
- Both teams want to become more efficient - Zagreb has used 7,4% & Linz 6,9% of their chances
Dan DaSilva (Black Wings): „It's the second meeting with all the teams now. We have to show waht we've learnt from the first games.“
Aaron Fox (Head coach Zagreb): “It will be another tough game against Linz. They are a good team at home, so we will need to play our game and play hard for whole 60 minutes. We need to win battles and outwork them, be solid in our own zone. We know we are a talented team and the confidence is high right now amongst the guys.“
Fri, 26.10.2018: Moser Medical Graz99ers – HC TWK Innsbruck „Die Haie“ (17:30)
Referees: PIRAGIC, STERNAT, Bärnthaler, Hribar.
- The second-placed 99ers have won their last four games
- With winning the last two games, Innsbruck moved up to the top 6
- Graz won the first season meeting 6:3
- It's a meeting of the best power play teams: The 99ers converted 31,1% of their PPs, Innsbruck 25,5%
- Innsbruck is the most efficient team in front of the goal with using their chances in 13,4% of cases
Robin Weihager (99ers):„We have to execute our game plan. High pace and good pressure will be the key to success.“
Andrew Yogan (Innsbruck): „Graz has a good team available. It won't be an easy weekend but we need points and will have our chances.“
Fri, 26.10.2018: EC-KAC – spusu Vienna Capitals (17:30)
Referees: M. NIKOLIC, ZRNIC, Rezek, Zgonc.
- After winning the first 12 season games spusu Vienna Capitals have the chance to beat their own start record of the past season.
- The Caps won the first season meeting 2:1 with Chris DeSousa scoring a brace
- In their last five meetings the home team always won
- Both teams have shown a solid defense with Vienna conceding o average 1.75 goals against per game (Klagenfurt 2)
- Chris DeSousa (+14) leads the plus/minus stats of the league
Siim Liivik (EC-KAC): „At the moment the Caps are the league's best team. Two weeks ago we played a good road game and came close to beat them. We want to do make good for that.“
Dominic Hackl (Vienna Capitals): „It's always great to playin Klagenfurt. We have focussed on some things in practice and have to play our game once again.“
Fri, 26.10.2018: HC Orli Znojmo – Fehervar AV19 (18:30)
Referees: SIEGEL, SMETANA, Nemeth, Soos.
- Feehrvar ranks 8th while Znojmo is the bottom-placed team
- The Hungarians lost their last four games
- Fehervar won the first season meeting 5:2
- Fehervar has conceded most goals against - 4,25 (Znojmo 3,9)
- Znojmo has lost seven games, three of them in overtime
Teemu Lassila (Goalie Znojmo): „Our game is improving. Everything won´t change overnight, but we need to keep working hard and slowly we will be a tough team to beat. It is better to have a bad streak now than at the end of the season. We want to play responsibly in defense and for sure want to have a good result on Friday.“
Hannu Jarvenpaa (Head coach Fehervar): "We have to bounce back after the weekend and fight hard. I don’t think we should underestimate Znojmo and we have to be sharp from the first puck drop."
Fri, 26.10.2018: EC Red Bull Salzburg – Dornbirn Bulldogs (19:15, SKY Sport HD live)
Referees: PRAZAK/STOLC, Kontschieder, Nothegger
- Dornbirn Bulldogs have lost their last eight games
- Salzburg has won five of their last six games and moved up to fourth place
- The Red Bulls won the first season meeting 6:3
- Salzburg has the best offense available with scoring 4.2 goals on average
- Dornbirn have struggled on PP with only scoring five goals on 41 PP occasions
Dominique Heinrich, EC Red Bull Salzburg:„The Bulldogs are strong on the attack. We have to be ready right from the beginning and hopefully we can take the lead.“
Stefan Häußle, (Dornbirn Bulldogs): „We have had a good practice week and are ready for the upcoming tasks. We have to play hard right from the beginning.“
Fri, 26.10.2018: HCB Südtirol Alperia – EC Panaceo VSV (19:45)
Referees: BERNEKER, BULOVEC, Pagon, Sparer.
- After losing their last three games Villach dropped to 11th place
- The Carinthians won the first season meeting 3:2 after overtime
- Villach has not lost a single game after overtime
- While Bolzano won their last two home games, Villach lost all four road games
- Villach have recieved most penalty minutes of all teams, spending on average 16.5 minutes per game in the penalty box (Bolzano 10 on average)
Mike Blunden, (Bolzano): “Villach is a pretty good team, we lost at their home, so it isn't going to be an easy game for sure. We’re happy to be back home, we traveled a lot in the last few weeks, so it will be exciting play two games in a row in front of our fans."
MacGregor Sharp, (VSV): „It will be a tough game for us, Bolzano is a physically strong team. Our last games were close but we could not get points. We want to change this on Friday.“