Release from 16.01.2021

Duel of the best defensive teams on Sunday

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On Sunday, the best defensive teams of the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League will meet. Live on PULS 24, third-placed EC-KAC will host league leader HCB Südtirol Alperia. There will also be a duel between the two most efficient teams this season when Fehèrvár AV 19 hosts HC TIWAG Innsbruck. While EC Grand Immo VSV hosts EC Red Bull Salzburg, the Moser Medical Graz99ers look to get back on the winning track against the Steinbach Black Wings 1992 in Ben Bowns' comeback.

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So, 17.01.2021EC Red Bull Salzburg - EC GRAND Immo VSV 16:30
Referees: SCHAUER, SMETANA, Nothegger, Sparer  >> Free-Stream <<

  • EC Red Bull Salzburg will meet EC Grand Immo VSV for the fourth and last time in the regular season.
  • In the previous three encounters, Salzburg conquered seven of nine possible points.
  • However, the Red Bulls were defeated in their last two games against EC-KAC and spusu Vienna Capitals.
  • EC Grand Immo VSV most recently lost to Bolzano in a penalty shootout after the Eagles posted two wins in a row.
  • The Salzburg team recently slipped back to fifth place. The lead over the sixth place is now only three points, even though Salzburg has played three fewer games so far.
  • The Eagles could climb from tenth to eighth place with a win.
  • Salzburg seems to have advantages in this duel, especially on the power play. While the Salzburgers finish 22.5% of their powerplays with a goal, it is only 15.5% for Villach.
  • The Red Bulls still have to do without Rick Schofield, Alexander Rauchenwald and Filip Varejcka. Defender Daniel Jakubitzka, on the other hand, could make his return.
  • Coach Rob Daum still has to do without convalescents Jamie Fraser, Patrick Bjorkstrand, Christof Wappis and Philipp Kreuzer. Daniel Wachter is also out with an upper-body injury. Martin Ulmer and Raphael Wolf could make their comeback.


Sun, 17.01.2021 EC-KAC - HCB Südtirol Alperia 16:30
Referees: OFNER, STERNAT, Miklic, Zgonc,  >> Free PULS-24-Stream <<

  • In the PULS 24 live game, the third-placed EC-KAC receives the league leader Bolzano.
  • HCB Südtirol Alperia last made a guest appearance in Klagenfurt a few days ago. The Foxes prevailed on Tuesday with 3:2.
  • Bolzano could only conquer five of twelve possible points in the past four games and is thus clearly below its season average.
  • The EC-KAC, on the other hand, captured 15 of 18 possible points in the new year. Only against Bolzano the KAC had to drop points. Most recently the Klagenfurter celebrated a 6:3 victory over Salzburg.
  • In the first meeting of these two teams this season, the KAC celebrated a 3:2 shootout win.
  • This is the fourth home game in a row for the KAC.
  • Paul Postma is the highest-scoring KAC defender in the 2020/21 season so far after his third brace, making just ten appearances.
  • It is the clash of the two best defenses of the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League. While Bolzano concede just under two goals per match, the Klagenfurters concede just over two goals per match.
  • In the second game against HCB Südtirol this week, the KAC will again be without David Fischer, who has been injured for a long time, and Blaž Gregorc, who is already slowly getting back into ice training. Lukas Haudum, who was absent at short notice against Salzburg, will be back.

Sun, 17.01.2021 Hydro Fehervar AV 19 - HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie 17:30
Referees: KINCSES, SOOS, Kis-Kiraly, Muzsik >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • Second-placed Hydro Fehérvár AV19 will meet ninth-placed HC TIWAG Innsbruck.
  • Fehérvár recently suffered a 3-0 defeat to the Dornbirn Bulldogs. It was only their second game this season in which they failed to score.
  • Innsbruck celebrated a 6:3 success over the Moser Medical Graz99ers on Friday.
  • The two teams last dueled a little more than a week ago. Fehérvár clearly controlled the action then and eventually prevailed 6:3.
  • For Fehérvár this is already the fifth last game of the regular season (Phase 1). After the duel with Innsbruck, two home and two away games will follow.
  • It is the clash of the two most efficient teams in the league. Fehérvár scores just over 12% of its shots. For the Sharks, it is still just over 11%.
Sun, 17.01.2021 Steinbach Black Wings 1992 - Moser Medical Graz99ers 17:30
Referees: BERNEKER, RUETZ, Seewald, Tschrepitsch >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
  • The league stragglers Steinbach Black Wing 1992 will receive the Moser Medical Graz99ers on Sunday.
  • The Linz team could only win one of the last eight games.
  • The 99ers suffered defeats in their last three games.
  • These two teams will meet for the fourth time this season. After Linz prevailed on the first weekend of the season, the Grazers celebrated two 3:1 victories.
  • The gap between the Graz99ers and the top-5 has grown further in the last rounds. The gap is already eleven points.
  • Goaltender Olivier Rodrigue has left the Graz99ers as he moved up to the NHL squad with the Edmonton Oilers. Ben Bowns will make his comeback on Sunday.