Release from 21.01.2025

Celje and Sisak celebrate narrow victories on Tuesday

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KHL Sisak celebrated a 3:2 home win over HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice on Tuesday. The Croatians turned the game in their favor in the middle period and moved closer to the top 5 again. In addition, HK RST Pellet Celje won at Red Bull Hockey Juniors for the second time this season. Thanks to a brace within ten seconds, the Slovenians prevailed 2:1.

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In front of over 1,200 fans, Sisak and Jesenice played out an open exchange in which the visitors took the lead after eight minutes through Tadej Cimzar. However, Vlastimil Dostalek equalized for the home side before the end of the first period. In the middle frame, the Croatians turned the game in their favor: first Carson Briere scored (27th), then Ivan Puzic (29th) even made it 3:1. The visitors came close again through Maks Selan, but the third duel of the season also ended with a 3:2 win for the home team. Sisak thus moved closer to the top 5 again.

The first period between the Juniors and Celje ended goalless. After 26 minutes, the visitors, playing with three lines, took the lead with a powerplay goal from Ahmet Jakupovic. Just ten seconds later, Mikus Mintautiskis made it 2:0 with his 14th goal of the season. The Red Bulls closed the gap before the second period break with a goal from Florian Lanzinger. However, the score remained 1:2 until the final buzzer, as Celje goalie Heiskanen made several good saves. With their second away win in Salzburg, the Slovenians moved up to tenth place.

Alps Hockey League
Tue, 21.01.2025:
Red Bull Hockey Juniors - HK RST Pellet Celje 1:2 (0:0,1:2,0:0)
Referees: LEHNER, WIDMANN, J. Seewald, Zacherl
Goals 0:1 HKC Jakupovic A. (26:00 / Grahut N. ,Povse J. / PP), 0:2 HKC Mintautiskis M. (26:10 / Grahut N. ,Tsarkovskyi D. / EQ), 1:2 RBJ Lanzinger F. (37:18 / Kessler N. ,Oberhauser P. / EQ)

KHL Sisak - SIJ Acroni Jesenice 3:2 (1:1,2:0,0:1)
Referees: MEIXNER, VOICAN, Jeram, Legat
Goals 0:1 JES Cimzar T. (08:03 / Koblar G. ,Svetina E. / EQ), 1:1 SIS Dostalek V. (17:45 / Malenica N. ,Mandusic M. / EQ), 2:1 SIS Briere C. (26:41 / unassisted / EQ), 3:1 SIS Puzic I. (28:42 / Dostalek V. ,Bronte T. / PP), 3:2 JES Selan M. (45:20 / Sillanpaa S. ,Sturm J. / EQ)