Release from 28.02.2024

Decisive game for last quarter-final ticket

Short text 542 CharactersPlain text

While the BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg have already made it through to the quarter-finals of the win2day ICE Hockey League, the second Pre-Playoff duel will have a deciding game. The HK SZ Olimpija beat the HC Pustertal with 6:2 at home on Tuesday to level the “best-of-3” series. Watch the do-or-die game from the Intercable Arena in Bruneck on Thursday in the free livestream on live.ice.hockey and puls24.at/eishockey. Immediately after the game, the Playoff pick will take place, which will also be streamed live and can be viewed worldwide.

Press release 1805 CharactersPlain text

win2day ICE Hockey League | 29.02.2024 | Pre-Playoff 3:
Do, 29.02.2024, 19:30: HC Pustertal – HK SZ Olimpija
Referees: NIKOLIC M., OFNER, Nothegger, Zgonc. | >> free livestream on live.ice.hockey & puls24.at (available worldwide) <<
Standings in der “best-of-3” series: 1:1
After HC Pustertal's 3:0 home win to open the Pre-Playoff series, the HK SZ Olimpija responded with a 6:2 victory in front of their home crowd on Tuesday. This means there will be a deciding game, in which the seventh-placed team of the Regular Season from Bruneck will have home advantage. Olimpija finished the Regular Season in eighth place. In the win2day ICE Hockey League, Pustertal has only suffered two home defeats against Olimpija. This season, they were beaten 2:4 on October 1. The South Tyroleans also lost 0:3 in front of their home crowd on 28 January 2022. Last Sunday's defeat at Pustertal was the fourth away loss in a row for Ljubljana, who finished the Regular Season in fifth place in the away table with 36 away points.

Watch the do-or-die game from the Intercable Arena in Bruneck on Thursday in the free livestream on live.ice.hockey and puls24.at/eishockey. Immediately after the game, the Playoff pick will take place, which will also be streamed live on puls24.at/eishockey and can be viewed worldwide.

Marcel Mahkovec is Top Performer
The player of the game in HK SZ Olimpija's 6:2 home win on Tuesday was Marcel Mahkovec, who scored two goals and made one assist. The 20-year-old was thus named win2day Top Performer on the second Pre-Playoff matchday. Overall, the Slovenian has 22 points (10G | 12A) in his first ICE Hockey League season. The forward is currently also nominated for the "Young Star of the Month February". >> To the voting <<