Release from 26.08.2023

Defeat for Salzburg at Red Bulls Salute | Ljubljana wins tournament in Bled

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At the Red Bulls Salute in Zell am See, the EC Red Bull Salzburg lost to Helsinki IFK with 3:5 in the semifinals. Thus, the reigning win2day ICE Hockey League champion will meet Zurich, which lost 1:3 to Munich in the second semifinal, in the third-place match on Sunday at 15:00. There was an ICE internal final at the 19th International Summer Hockey League Tournament in Bled (SLO). The HK SZ Olimpija won against the EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV with 6:3. The third place went to Hydro Fehérvár AV19, while the HC TIWAG Innsbruck and Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey also claimed preseason victories on Saturday. The spusu Vienna Capitals on the other hand lost.

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Salzburg loses at Red Bulls Salute
The EC Red Bull Salzburg conceded a narrow 3:5 semifinal defeat against Helsinki IFK at the Red Bulls Salute in Zell am See. The Red Bulls had a dream start against the fourth-placed team of the previous season. Mario Huber scored twice in minutes thirteen and fifteen, with which the reigning win2day ICE Hockey League champions went into the first period break with a 2:0 lead. In the second period, however, the Finns came back into the game with two power play goals. The final period was full of goals. First, Thomas Raffl gave Salzburg the lead again in the 54th minute. Helsinki, however, came back again in the final minutes and scored three goals within four and a half minutes to win 5:3 in the end. In the second semifinal, Munich won against Zurich 3:1, so Salzburg will face the Swiss tomorrow at 15:00 in the third-place match. Munich and Helsinki will face each other in the final at 19:00.

Ljubljana wins International Summer Hockey League
At the 19th International Summer Hockey League Tournament in Bled (SLO), the HK SZ Olimpija beat the EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV 6:3 in the ICE internal final. In the match for the third place, Hydro Fehérvár AV19 kept the upper hand against Alps Hockey League champion HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice clearly with 5:2.

Wins for Innsbruck and Asiago | Defeat for Vienna
Preseason games were also played on Saturday by the HC TIWAG Innsbruck, Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey and the spusu Vienna Capitals. The Austrian Capitals were defeated in Klagenfurt by the Grizzlies Wolfsburg with 0:4. Innsbruck also had to deal with a representative of the DEL. However, the Tyroleans celebrated a 4:1 victory against the Nürnberg Ice Tigers. In the meantime, the Sharks were already leading 3:0. Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey celebrated a 4:2 victory against Alps Hockey League representative Rittner Buam SkyAlps. Nick Saracino and Michele Marchetti scored a brace each.

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