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Cortina and Unterland meet for the top clash

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Six games will take place in the Alps Hockey League on Thursday. In the top game, second-placed S.G. Cortina Hafro will face third-placed Hockey Unterland Cavaliers. Both teams are separated by only two points. League leader HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice wants to get back on the winning track after the surprising defeat against the EC-KAC Future Team at the SHC Fassa Falcons. Klagenfurt, in turn, hope to confirm their success at the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it. All games of the day will be available in the livestream.

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Alps Hockey League | 08.12.2022:
Thu, 08.12.2022, 18:00: Rittner Buam SkyAlps - Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan
Referees: BENVEGNU, GIACOMOZZI, Brondi, Ze Zordo. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
The Rittner Buam SkyAlps and the Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan open the match day on Thursday. Both teams faced each other right at the start of the season. The "Buam" kept the upper hand in Vipiteno with 4:2. It was their eighth win from the past ten direct duels. Currently, both teams are not in good shape. Ritten, sixth in the table, was only victorious in two of the past six games. Tenth-placed Sterzing has won only one of its last seven games. The two teams are separated by seven points in the table.

Thu, 08.12.2022, 19:15: Red Bull Hockey Juniors - Steinbach Steel Wings Linz
Referees: HLAVATY, OREL, Legat, Schonaklener. | >> FREE-LIVESTREAM <<
Already for the second time this week the Red Bull Hockey Juniors are in action. The second in the table prevailed in the Salzburg derby at the EK Die Zeller Eisbären with 6:5/OT on Tuesday and celebrated the first victory after previously two losses in a row. The Steinbach Steel Wings Linz are at the bottom of the table, but are getting in better and better shape, with four wins from the past six games. Among others, the Upper Austrians were victorious against Ritten and Zell am See. In the form table, the Steel Wings thus also are in the strong fourth place. The Young Bulls are in ninth place in the form table. RBJ won the first duel of the season 4:2. It was the sixth win for Salzburg in the seventh AHL duel with SWL.

Thu, 08.12.2022, 19:30: EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel - EHC Lustenau
Referees: HOLZER, KAINBERGER, Müller, Rinker. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
The EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel still has all chances to finish the first phase of the Regular Season among the top-5 and thus solve the playoff ticket early. As seventh in the table, the Tyroleans are currently only four points behind the fifth place. The EHC Lustenau, on the other hand, is already six points behind fifth-placed Zell am See in ninth place. Both teams were victorious in their last game. The "Eagles" prevailed against Merano with 3:2 and celebrated their third home win in a row. Lustenau kept the upper hand against the EC-KAC Future Team clearly with 4:0. It was the first win for the Vorarlberg team after three defeats in a row before. The first direct duel of the season was a close affair. The EHC Lustenau lost in the end with 4:5 after shootout despite an intermediate 4:2 lead.

Thu, 08.12.2022, 20:30: S.G. Cortina Hafro Hockey - Hockey Unterland Cavaliers
Referees: PINIE, WUNTSCHEK, Cristeli, Wucherer. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Second in the table S.G. Cortina Hafro Hockey and third in the table Hockey Unterland Cavaliers meet for the top clash of the day. Both teams are separated by just two points. With six wins in a row, Cortina is currently the hottest team in the Alps Hockey League. Most recently they were victorious in Gherdeina after overtime. The Cavaliers, who narrowly lost the first meeting of the season with Cortina 2:3, won eight of the past ten games. A six-game winning streak between October 26th and November 19th came to an end against Jesenice. This was also followed by a loss against Merano, before they returned to winning ways with an overtime win in Lustenau. A big strength of Unterland in their AHL debut season is their away performance. With 19 points from eleven games, the South Tyroleans are the best away team in the league. In contrast, Cortina is the second best home team, with only one defeat after regular playing time.

Thu, 08.12.2022, 20:30: SHC Fassa Falcons - HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice
Referees: BAJT, MOSCHEN, Arlic, Pace. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
A 16-game winning streak of league leader HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice came to a surprising end on Tuesday at the EC-KAC Future Team. Last year's finalist lost 1:2 to the 14th-placed team in the standings, conceding only its second defeat of the current season. The SHC Fassa Falcons, on the other hand, ended a five-game losing streak last week with victories over Vipiteno and Gherdeina. In the standings, the Italians are in thirteenth place. Both teams already faced each other this season on October 22nd. Jesenice prevailed 4:1 and celebrated the fifth victory over the "Falcons" in a row.

Thu, 08.12.2022, 20:30: HC Gherdeina valgardena.it - EC-KAC Future Team
Referees: EGGER, LEGA, Eisl, Huber. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
In the sixth and last game on Thursday, the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it and the EC-KAC Future Team face each other. While Gherdeina could not win either of the past two games, the Future Team celebrated a sensational 2:1 victory against league leader Jesenice on Tuesday. It was the first win for the Klagenfurt team after three defeats in a row before. Ten points separate the two teams in the standings. The "Furie" is in eighth place with 29 points. The Future Team has 19 points as 14th in the table. In the first duel of the season, the South Tyroleans kept the upper hand with 5:2. It was their seventh win over the Future Team in a row and the twelfth success in the 15th AHL duel overall.