Release from 18.02.2023
Only three full rounds are left in the Regular Season of the win2day ICE Hockey League. However, the battle for the Top-6 and Top-10 is still wide open. In the PULS 24 live match on Sunday, there will be a direct duel for the important sixth place in the table. This is currently held by the EC-KAC. The Klagenfurt team plays against seventh-placed Steinbach Black Wings Linz, who are only one point behind the KAC but have already played one game more. The HC Pustertal Wölfe (10.) and the Moser Medical Graz99ers (11.) are once again in a long-distance duel for the Pre-Playoffs. In addition, the league leader HCB Südtirol Alperia can fix the Champions Hockey League ticket at the spusu Vienna Capitals. For this, the South Tyroleans need one point. The Capitals, on the other hand, can clinch a spot in the quarterfinals with a win after regular playing time and some help from the KAC.
win2day ICE Hockey League | 19.02.2023:
Sun, 19.02.2023, 17:30: BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg - HK SZ Olimpija
Referees: HOLZER, HUBER, Eisl, Pardatscher. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Both the BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg and the HK SZ Olimpija have no more chance to reach the Pre-Playoffs. Olimpija is in twelfth place in the table with 37 points, while the Pioneers are bottom of the table with 33 points. In two of three season duels the Slovenians had the better end for themselves. Only in the last encounter, on January 4th, the Vorarlberg side celebrated a clear 4:0 away win.
Sun, 19.02.2023, 17:30: Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey - EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV
Referees: NIKOLIC M., SMETANA, Riecken, Sparer. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey lost at home to Vienna on Friday with 1:4 and must again fight for the Pre-Playoff qualification. Four games before the end of the Regular Season, the league newcomer is only three points ahead of the eleventh place and Graz. The EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV on the other hand has place four already fixed and also still has theoretical chances to reach the third place. Currently, they are five points behind third-placed Innsbruck, with a maximum of six points still to be gained. With six wins in a row and eleven wins from the past twelve games, the Eagles are currently the strongest team in the league alongside Bolzano. Asiago is also in very good form, with seven wins from the past ten games. In the H2H, VSV had the better end for itself in all three season duels (6:3, 6:4, 5:3).
Sun, 19.02.2023, 17:30: Moser Medical Graz99ers - EC Red Bull Salzburg
Referees: PIRAGIC, ZRNIC, Konc, Seewald E. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
The Moser Medical Graz99ers celebrated an important 4:2 away win in Innsbruck on Friday and thus still have all chances to reach the Pre-Playoffs. Although the Styrians are still in eleventh place and thus one place outside the Pre-Playoffs, they have the same number of points as tenth-placed Pustertal. However, the South Tyroleans have decided the direct duel against the 99ers in their favor. With the EC Red Bull Salzburg, Graz will face the second-placed team in the standings on Sunday. However, the 99ers won two out of three duels against the Red Bulls so far. The team from Salzburg was free from play on Friday, before that they lost two games in a row. They are four points behind leader Bolzano, with one game less played than the South Tyroleans.
Sun, 19.02.2023, 17:30: Hydro Fehérvár AV19 - HC Pustertal Wölfe
Referees: HRONSKY, OFNER, Durmis, Jedlicka. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
In the long-distance duel for tenth place between the HC Pustertal Wölfe and Graz, the South Tyroleans face Hydro Fehérvár AV19 on Sunday. The Hungarians are in eighth place in the table and have only theoretical chances to reach the Top-6. Four games before the end of the Regular Season, they are already seven points behind sixth-placed KAC. Pustertal, on the other hand, is currently in tenth place and has the last Pre-Playoff spot, followed by Graz with the same number of points. The Wolves recently celebrated two wins in a row. On Friday they were victorious at home against Linz with 4:2. Fehérvár claimed a clear 8:2 away win in Ljubljana on Friday. It was one of only two wins from the Hungarians' past seven games. In the H2H with Pustertal, the team from Székesfehérvár was victorious in all three previous season duels, twice without conceding a goal (1:0/SO, 2:0, 4:1).
Sun, 19.02.2023, 17:30: Steinbach Black Wings Linz - EC-KAC
Referees: BERNEKER, NIKOLIC K., Bedynek, Muzsik. | >> LIVE ON PULS 24 <<
In the PULS 24 live match, it comes to the direct duel for the sixth place in the table. This is currently held by the EC-KAC with 70 points. Only one point and place behind them are the Steinbach Black Wings Linz, who have already played one game more than the Klagenfurt team. The current form also speaks for the guests from Klagenfurt, who could win five of the last seven games. On Friday, they were defeated by league leader Bolzano only narrowly with 2:3/SO. The Black Wings, on the other hand, could not win any of the past four games and thus slipped out of the direct quarterfinal places. On Friday, they were defeated in Bruneck with 2:4. Before that, they lost in Vienna with 1:4. The Upper Austrians have always had the KAC under control this season. In all three meetings, the Black Wings prevailed (1:0, 5:3, 5:3).
Sun, 19.02.2023, 17:30: spusu Vienna Capitals - HCB Südtirol Alperia
Referees: GROZNIK, SIEGEL, Gatol-Schafranek, Hribar.
One point is missing for the Champions Hockey League qualification of the HCB Südtirol Alperia. The Top-2 teams after the Regular Season will clinch the ticket for the top league in ice hockey. The spusu Vienna Capitals, on the other hand, can clinch a place in the quarterfinals. If the fifth-placed team in the table wins against Bolzano after regular playing time and the KAC wins against the Black Wings Linz - after regular playing time - then the Capitals are fix in the Top-6. Recently, both Vienna and Bolzano have been in strong form. The Capitals won all of their past three games, with a goal differential of 13:3, while Bolzano was victorious in a remarkable 18 of their past 21 games. In the direct seasonal comparison with the Capitals, the South Tyroleans lost in one encounter.