Release from 16.04.2018
EC Red Bull Salzburg would earn the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga title with a win in final-game 6 in Bozen on Tuesday.
Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, final 6 (best of seven):
Tue, 17.04.2018: HCB Südtirol Alperia (8) vs. EC Red Bull Salzburg (2) - 20:20, live at ServusTV, www.servushockeynight.com, SKY Sport Austria and live-streaming SKY TICKET.
Referees: M. NIKOLIC, PIRAGIC, Seewald, Zgonc.
best-of-seven-series, RBS – HCB: 3:2.
Three facts prior final-game 6 in Bozen on Tuesday:
>EC Red Bull Salzburg would earn the Erste Bank Eishockey League title (since 2003/04) with a road-win in Bozen on Tuesday. The Mozart Citizens have already won this Championship 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015 and 2016.
>EC Red Bull Salzburg has been part of a game 6 in seven straight finals in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (including the game in Bozen on Tuesday).The Mozart Citizens have won five consecutive game 6 in a final. The Austrians have been successful in Znojmo 2016, against KAC at home 2011, in Linz 2010, against KAC at home 2009 and in Ljubljana 2008. Four times (2016, 2011, 2010, 2008), the Mozart Citizens earned the title as well. Salzburg has lost a final-game 6 in Villach just 2006 so far.
>In the first five final-games 2018, the team scoring the first goal has won the game.
Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, final 6 (best of seven):
Tue, 17.04.2018: HCB Südtirol Alperia (8) vs. EC Red Bull Salzburg (2) – 20:20, live at ServusTV, www.servushockeynight.com, SKY Sport Austria and live-streaming SKY TICKET.
Referees: M. NIKOLIC, PIRAGIC, Seewald, Zgonc.
best-of-seven-series, RBS – HCB: 3:2.
>EC Red Bull Salzburg would earn the Erste Bank Eishockey League title (since 2003/04) with a road-win in Bozen on Tuesday. The Mozart Citizens have already won this Championship 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015 and 2016.
>HCB Südtirol Alperia has been back 2:3 in a Playoff series twice so far. The Foxes managed to win game 6 in the Quarterfinals against EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz at home 2015, but they have been defeated by the Upper Austrians in a game 6 in the Quarterfinals at home one year later.
>EC Red Bull Salzburg has been on fire lately. The Mozart Citizens netted in total twelve goals in the last two final-games.
>With EC Red Bull Salzburg the best team in Power Play (PP%: 25,1) and with HCB Südtirol Alperia the best team in Penalty Killing will face each other (PK%: 84,9).
>Chris DeSousa (HCB) and Ryan Duncan (RBS) potted at least one goal in each of the the last two final-games.
Quotes:
Greg Poss, Head Coach EC Red Bull Salzburg: „It has a reason Bozen stepped up to the finals. It will be a difficult game again. Each player has to convince and fight.“
Alexander Egger, Captain HCB Südtirol Alperia: „We have to continue the same way. Who works hard, will earn the success as well. We have to continue fighting!“
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