Release from 15.03.2023

Cortina witch chance to follow into the semifinals | Ritten and Kitzbühel play for first match puck

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After Red Bull Hockey Juniors and HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice were the first teams to enter the semifinals of the Alps Hockey League on Tuesday, S.G. Cortina Hafro can follow suit as the next team on Thursday. In the duel between the Rittner Buam and the EC die Stadtwerke Kitzbühel Adler it is about the first match puck in the "best-of-seven" quarterfinal series.

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Thu, 16.03.2023, 20:00: S.G. Cortina Hafro - EHC Lustenau
Referees: MOSCHEN, RUETZ, Cristeli, Rinker. |>> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Standings in the "best-of-7" series: 3:1

After the home team prevailed in each of the first three games in the series between Cortina and Lustenau, Cortina managed to strike in the fourth game for the first time in this series as the visiting team, making it 3-1. On Thursday, the fourth-place team in the regular season will have the chance to secure a spot in the semifinals in front of their home crowd. The two teams have now faced each other six times this season, with the northern Italians having the better end five times. However, the 6:1 win on Tuesday was not their highest win of the season. In the second meeting this season - then still in the regular season - the team from Veneto celebrated an 8:1 success. For the Italian champions, it would be their first Semifinal appearance since the 2016/17 AHL premiere season.

Thu, 16.03.2023, 20:30: Rittner Buam SkyAlps - EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel
Referees: LAZZERI, SCHAUER, Fleischmann, Seewald J. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Standings in the "best-of-7" series: 2:2

The Rittner Buam fought their way to a 2-2 series tie in the "best-of-seven" quarterfinal series against EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel on Tuesday. In this encounter, the goalies were particularly convincing, not allowing a goal in regulation time. While Kitzbühel goalie Paul Mocher promptly convinced in his first playoff appearance this season, it was already the second shutout in this series and the fourth in this season for Ritten goalie Hayden Hawkey. In total, three of the four games in this series were decided with a shutout, but while the first three duels were quite clear affairs, a single goal was scored in the fourth encounter.