Release from 09.01.2023

Capitals with the chance to move into the Top-6

Short text 494 CharactersPlain text

Three games are scheduled in the win2day ICE Hockey League on Tuesday. The spusu Vienna Capitals have the chance to move into the Top-6 at home against second-placed HCB Südtirol Alperia, as the currently sixth-placed EC-KAC is free from play. Last year's final rematch between the EC Red Bull Salzburg and Hydro Fehérvár AV19 will take place for the fourth time this season, while the Moser Medical Graz99ers can take another big step towards the pre-playoffs at the BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg.

Press release 2968 CharactersPlain text

win2day ICE Hockey League | 10.01.2023:
Tue, 10.01.2023, 19:15: EC Red Bull Salzburg - Hydro Fehérvár AV19
Referees: NIKOLIC K., OFNER, Nothegger, Seewald. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
For the time being fourth and last time it comes to last year's final rematch between champion EC Red Bull Salzburg and runner-up Hydro Fehérvár AV19 on Tuesday. Both teams faced each other for the last time last Friday. The Red Bulls prevailed with 3:1 in Székesfehérvár and celebrated their seventh success over the Hungarians in a row. On Sunday, both teams were also in action and victorious. Salzburg beat Asiago 2:1 and, as third in the table, have already a comfortable 17 points lead over the seventh place. Fehérvár celebrated an important 3:2 home win against second-placed Bolzano. As eighth in the table, their gap to the sixth place is now just three points. With a win on Tuesday, the Hungarians, who were victorious for the first time after previously losing three in a row, can draw level on points with sixth-placed KAC.

Tue, 10.01.2023, 19:15: spusu Vienna Capitals - HCB Südtirol Alperia
Referees: HRONSKY, SIEGEL, Durmis, Riecken.
The spusu Vienna Capitals, who were last in the Top-6 on November 29th, can even move past sixth-placed KAC. The seventh-placed team is currently only one point behind the Klagenfurt team, with two games still to play. On Tuesday, they host second-place HCB Südtirol Alperia, who lost 2:3 in Székesfehérvár on Sunday, their first loss after previously winning six straight. The gap to league leader Innsbruck is now five points with one game less to play. The Vienna Capitals have always been able to score at least one point in the past eight games, even winning six of them. The duel Vienna vs. Bolzano took place only twice this season. Both times were played in South Tyrol. In the first encounter, the Capitals prevailed 5:3. In the second game, Bolzano took revenge with a clear 6:2 win.

Tue, 10.01.2023, 19:30: BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg - Moser Medical Graz99ers
Referees: BERNEKER, HUBER, Martin, Pardatscher. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
In the third and last game of the day, the BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg and the Moser Medical Graz99ers face each other. While the Pioneers lost with 1:5 in Villach on Sunday, after two wins in a row before, the 99ers celebrated a 5:3 home win against Linz. For the Styrians it was already the third success in a row in front of their home crowd. In between, they lost 0:3 in Bruneck, but away it was their third defeat in a row. The 99ers are currently in ninth place in the table. They are six points ahead of the eleventh place. For the Pioneers Vorarlberg, who are bottom of the table, the pre-playoffs are currently ten points away, with two fewer games played than Pustertal, who are tenth in the table. In the win2day ICE Hockey League, the Pioneers and 99ers have faced each other twice so far. In both duels, the away team won.