Release from 04.10.2024

Derby between Ritten and Gherdeina | Zell am See plays at Sisak

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This weekend, there are six more games in the Alps Hockey League. Five games are scheduled for Saturday, including the derby between the Rittner Buam SkyAlps and HC Gherdeina valgardena.it as well as the match of the EK Die Zeller Eisbären at league newcomer KHL Sisak. The still unbeaten league leader Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel visits the still winless HK RST Pellet Celje. In the only Sunday game, the Hockey Unterland Cavaliers and S.G. Cortina Hafro face each other.

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While the Rittner Buam SkyAlps lost 1:2 to the Red Bull Hockey Juniors on Thursday and thus conceded their first defeat of the season after regulation, HC Gherdeina valgardena.it not only celebrated their first win of the season with a 4:2 home victory against Unterland, but also their first success since February 22nd. Val Gardena have been beaten by Ritten in their last three encounters, the last one in October last year by a clear 2:8. The “Furie” moved up to eleventh place in the table thanks to their first win of the season, while defending champion Ritten slipped back to sixth place and are already six points behind the unbeaten league leader Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel.

The Tyroleans continue to impress. With twelve points out of a possible twelve and a goal difference of +18, Kitzbühel got off to a dream start to the season. With Jayson Ren, Christopher Schutz, Paul Schmid and Niklas Ketonen, four players of the “Eagles” have already scored six or more points. Goalkeeper Alexander Schmidt has saved 94.3% of all shots on goal so far. Only Hayden Hawkey of Cortina has a better save percentage (94.7%). On Thursday, Kitzbühel gave EC Bregenzerwald no chance in a 5:1 home win. For Celje, on the other hand, things are not going according to plan this season. The Slovenians are still waiting for their first win after four games; on Thursday they let a 3:1 lead slip away in Zell am See and were beaten 3:4/SO. However, it was still the first point for HKC, who lost both duels against Kitzbühel last season.

On Saturday, league newcomer KHL Sisak will face the EK Die Zeller Eisbären. While the Croatians were not in action on Thursday, Zell am See narrowly beat Celje 4:3/SO. It was their second win in four games. However, the Salzburg team are still waiting for their first points away from home. Sisak, on the other hand, have only played twice and scored points in both games. After a 2:3/OT defeat in Jesenice, they clearly beat Gherdeina 7:1 in their home debut.

In the remaining two Saturday games, the Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan will face SIJ Acroni Jesenice and the Red Bull Hockey Juniors will take on HC Meran/o Pircher. Both the Juniors and Merano have made a very strong start to the season and are in second (RBJ) and third (HCM) place in the table. The “Eagles” from South Tyrol are still without a defeat as well as Jesenice. The Slovenians are in fifth place in the table with six points. Sterzing, on the other hand, have recently been beaten twice in a row after two opening victories. On Thursday, the South Tyroleans narrowly lost 1:2 in Cortina.

For last season's runner-up, S.G. Cortina Hafro, it was their second win in three games. The Italians' next opponent on Sunday is the Hockey Unterland Cavaliers, who are still winless after four games. On Thursday, the Cavaliers lost 2:4 in Val Gardena, before that they twice let a 3:0 lead slip away. However, Unterland has always been convincing against Cortina recently, with the past three duels going to overtime or shootout, with the team from Neumarkt even winning twice.

Alps Hockey League:
Saturday, 05.10.2024:
18:00: Rittner Buam SkyAlps – HC Gherdeina valgardena.it
Referees: BENVEGNU, GIACOMOZZI, Abeltino, Fecchio. | >> valcome.tv <<

18:00: Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan – SIJ Acroni Jesenice

Referees: LAZZERI, MOSCHEN, Grisenti, Rivis. | >> valcome.tv <<

18:00: HK RST Pellet Celje – Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel
Referees: LEBEN, WIDMANN, Legat, Miklic. | >> valcome.tv <<

18:30: KHL Sisak – EK Die Zeller Eisbären
Referees: BAJT, LESNIAK, Arlic, Markizeti. | >> valcome.tv <<

19:15: Red Bull Hockey Juniors – HC Meran/o Pircher
Referees: BROCK, RUETZ, Weiss, Wendner. | >> valcome.tv <<

Sunday, 06.10.2024:
18:00: Hockey Unterland Cavaliers – S.G. Cortina Hafro
Referees: OREL, VIRTA, Strimitzer, Wucherer. | >> valcome.tv <<