Release from 01.03.2024

Cavaliers advance to the quarterfinals | Kitzbühel equalizes

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The Hockey Unterland Cavaliers clinched their seventh quarter-final ticket in the Alps Hockey League on Thursday evening. The decision on the eighth place in the quarterfinals was postponed: EC die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel forced a third game in the series against HC Meran/o. in overtime.

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Unterland already took the lead in the series on Tuesday and stole home ice advantage from HC Gherdeina valgardena.it. On Thursday evening, the Cavaliers secured their place in the quarter-finals with a resounding victory over HC Gherdeina. However, the visitors from Val Gardena took the lead in the first period. However, the Cavaliers turned the game around in the first period. Unterland finally prevailed 7:2 and can now wait for its quarter-final opponent. A total of seven different cracks got on the scoresheet.

Kitzbühel manages to equalize the series
After EC Stadtwerke Kitzbühel conceded home ice on Tuesday, the Eagles celebrated an overtime win in the away game of the pre-playoff series against HC Meran/o. The hosts took the lead after just 30 seconds, but Kitzbühel followed suit. Meran went ahead again, but the Eagles successfully fought back against the end of the season and finally forced an overtime. It was Joonas Niemelä who decided the game and the deciding game.

Alps Hockey League | Pre-Playoffs 2:
Hockey Unterland Cavaliers - HC Gherdeina valgardena.it 7:2 (2:1,2:0,3:1)
Endstand in der „best-of-three“-Serie 2:0

Goals HCU: 1:1 HCU Goldner L. (18:03 / Wieser F. ,Nyman L. / EQ), 2:1 HCU Galassiti D. (19:50 / Sullmann M. ,Wieser F. / EQ), 3:1 HCU Egger A. (21:41 / Kaufmann M. ,Hällfors E. / EQ), 4:1 HCU Hällfors E. (32:27 / Brighenti T. ,Käyrä A. / EQ), 5:1 HCU Kaufmann M. (43:01 / Girardi D. ,Egger A. / EQ), 6:2 HCU Wieser F. (58:39 / Girardi D. ,Sullmann M. / 5:3 PP), 7:2 HCU Nyman L. (59:04 / Markkula M. ,Hällfors E. / 5:3 PP)
Goals GHE: 0:1 GHE De Luca A. (17:45 / unassisted / EQ), 5:2 GHE Sölva M. (55:37 / Deluca S. ,Cristellon Y. / EQ)

HC Meran/o Pircher - EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel 2:3 OT (2:1,0:1,0:0,0:1)
Referees: OREL, REZEK, Arlic, Puff |
Stand in der „best-of-three“-Serie 1:1

Goals HCM: 1:0 HCM Brunner P. (00:30 / Gellon D. ,Borgatello C. / EQ), 2:1 HCM Ricci F. (16:12 / Garreffa J. ,Dellagiacoma F. / EQ)
Goals KEC: 1:1 KEC Lehtonen W. (08:30 / Podlipnik M. / PP), 2:2 KEC Maxa A. (32:18 / Hochfilzer H. ,Kreuter D. / EQ), 2:3 KEC Niemelä J. (60:23 / unassisted / EQ)

(c) Vanna Antonello