Release from 28.01.2021

Caps separated by just one point from playoff qualification

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With HCB Südtirol Alperia, EC KAC and Hydro Fehérvár AV19 three teams have already booked their ticket for the Pick Round starting on February 13. With the spusu Vienna Capitals the fourth team could follow on Friday. The Viennese need only one point in the clash with the Moser Medical Graz99ers to fix their playoff participation early. EC Red Bull Salzburg, who will face EC-KAC in the SKY live game on Friday, also has a good chance of doing so.

bet-at-home ICE Hockey League, January 29, 2021:
Fr, 29.01.2021 spusu Vienna Capitals - Moser Medical Graz99ers 18:00
Fr, 29.01.2021 EC GRAND Immo VSV - iClinic Bratislava Capitals 19:15
Fr, 29.01.2021 Steinbach Black Wings 1992 - HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie 19:15
Fr, 29.01.2021 Hydro Fehervar AV 19 - HCB Südtirol Alperia 19:15
Fr, 29.01.2021 EC Red Bull Salzburg - EC-KAC 19:15 | LIVE auf Sky Sport Austria

January 30, 2021:
Sa, 30.01.2021 iClinic Bratislava Capitals – HC TIWAG Innsbruck – Die Haie 17:30

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 Fr, 29.01.2021 spusu Vienna Capitals - Moser Medical Graz99ers 18:00
Referees: FICHTNER, SMETANA, Gatol, Riecken >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • The spusu Vienna Capitals can become the fourth team to qualify for the playoffs early with a point against the Moser Medical Graz99ers.
  • The 99ers have taken seven out of a possible nine points from the previous three duels against the Caps.
  • The two teams last met ten days ago. The Graz team prevailed 4:1.
  • Both teams had to admit defeat in their last ICE game. While the Viennese only lost in overtime in Innsbruck, the 99ers lost outright at HC Bozen.
  • The original start time of this match has changed to 18:00.

Fr, 29.01.2021 EC GRAND Immo VSV - iClinic Bratislava Capitals 19:15
Referees: TRILAR, VIRTA, Hribar, Pardatscher  >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • EC Grand Immo VSV will meet the iClinic Bratislava Capitals for the fourth and last time. So far, all season duels went to Bratislava. The Eagles could only take a point in the first meeting.
  • The team from Villach got a little better into the swing of things lately and could win two of the last three ICE games.
  • The Eagles remained without points only once in the past six games despite a number of absences.
  • Bratislava even won three of the last five games, but suffered significant defeats against Dornbirn and Salzburg.
  • The two teams are in a direct duel for important bonus points for the Qualification Round. Currently, the two teams are tied in ninth and tenth place. Innsbruck, which is currently in eighth place, also has 41 points, as do Villach and Bratislava.
  • Latvian newcomer Renars Krastenbergs will make his first appearance for VSV. However, Rob Daum will have to do without convalescents Patrick Bjorkstrand, Christof Wappis, Phillipp Kreuzer, Daniel Wacher and Benjamin Lanzinger, as well as Jordan Caron and Daniel Wachter, for whom the season is already over due to injury.
  • The iClinic Bratislava Capitals are challenged again less than 24 hours later. They will meet HC TIWAG Innsbruck on Saturday.

Fr, 29.01.2021 Steinbach Black Wings 1992 - HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie 19:15
Referees: PIRAGIC, REZEK, Bedynek, Bärnthaler  >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • HC TIWAG Innsbruck starts into an away double against Linz. Less than 24 hours later, the Sharks are guests in Bratislava.
  • These two teams faced each other only twice this season. Both times, the Sharks prevailed in commanding fashion. The fourth and final meeting will be played on February 5.
  • The Linz team has managed to pick up seven points in its last six games. From the last two games against Salzburg and KAC, however, the Black Wings 1992 could not take anything countable.
  • Innsbruck last celebrated a 5:4 overtime win against the spusu Vienna Capitals. Braden Christoffer scored the game-winner.
  • The Sharks will have to do without defenseman Kevin Tansey on their road trip, who was suspended for both games.

Fr, 29.01.2021 Hydro Fehervar AV 19 - HCB Südtirol Alperia 19:15
Referees: NAGY, RENCZ, Kis-Kiraly, Vaczi  >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • Third-placed Hydro Fehérvár AV19 will meet leader HCB Südtirol Alperia. The Foxes' lead over the Hungarians is already nine points.
  • The two teams will meet for the fourth time this season. Fehérvár prevailed in two of the previous three duels in a one-goal game each time.
  • The South Tyroleans won their last three games and even came to points in the last six games.
  • For Fehérvár it is the first game after an eleven-day break. Before that, the Hungarians celebrated an overtime win over Innsbruck.
  • HCB Südtirol Alperia impresses with its defense this season. The goals against average of 1.77 is not only the top value of all European top leagues, but could also claim for a new record.
  • Coach Greg Ireland must continue to do without the long-term injured Tauferer, while the two defenders Gleason Fournier and Karl Stollery are fit again and therefore return to the team lineup.

Fr, 29.01.2021 EC Red Bull Salzburg - EC-KAC 19:15 | LIVE auf Sky Sport Austria
Referees: OFNER, STERNAT, Nothegger, Seewald >> SKY SPORT AUSTRIA <<

  • EC Red Bull Salzburg welcomes EC-KAC live on Sky Sport Austria.
  • While EC-KAC has already secured its playoff ticket, EC Red Bull Salzburg still needs points to secure the top five.
  • Even if the Salzburgers take a full three points, the Top-5 would not yet be finally confirmed.
  • In the three duels so far this season, the home team has prevailed in each case.
  • EC-KAC has won each of its last four games and has only been defeated once - by league leader HCB Südtirol - over the course of the last nine rounds.
  • Manuel Ganahl has scored in each of the three season duels with Salzburg so far and has collected a total of five points (three goals, two assists).
  • The EC-KAC has conceded just 1.97 goals per game this season, making it the only team among the top six European leagues (CHL ranking) with a goals against average of less than two that does not top its league table.
  • With the exception of David Fischer, who has been injured for a long time, all the players in the squad are available for the KAV. Blaž Gregorc, who recently missed six games with an upper-body blister, returns to the lineup in Salzburg as an additional seventh defender.

Sa, 30.01.2021 iClinic Bratislava Capitals – HC TIWAG Innsbruck – Die Haie 17:30
Referees: TRILAR, VIRTA, Hribar, Pardatscher  >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • The Capitals won the three previous meetings with HC TIWAG Innsbruck. Two of them in shootout.
  • Both teams are already in action the day before.
  • For Bratislava it is after the meeting with EC Grand Immo VSV another encounter with a currently equal points table neighbor.