Release from 17.10.2020

Duels of the neighbors in standings

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Five games are scheduled for Sunday in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League. In four of these games, neighbors in the standings will meet, separated by a maximum of two points. In the top game, the second-placed spusu Vienna Capitals will host the third-placed EC Red Bull Salzburg - live on Puls 24. Sunday's games will be rounded off by the clash between the new league leader Moser Medical Graz99ers and the league newcomer iClinic Bratislava Capitals, who recently recorded two victories.

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Sun, 18.10.2020 spusu Vienna Capitals - EC Red Bull Salzburg 16:30 | LIVE on Puls 24
Referees: PIRAGIC / SIEGEL / Bedynek / Kontschieder

  • The second placed spusu Vienna Capitals host the third placed EC Red Bull Salzburg - Live on Puls 24 on TV & Stream. Find stream here
  • The EC Red Bull Salzburg had to relinquish the top of the table after the defeat against Innsbruck.
  • Caps-Goalie Sebastian Wraneschitz celebrated his first shutout in the be-at-home ICE Hockey League on Friday.
  • The two teams met twice in the preseason. The Caps won 3:2 after a penalty shootout as guests of the Red Bulls. The Red Bulls later returned the favor at the Red Bulls Salute in Kitzbühel with a 3:2 victory.
  • The two teams are contesting their 139th duel. The Salzburgers won 78 times.
  • Salzburg never won in Vienna in three attempts last season.
  • Caps striker Rafael Rotter was successfully surgically operated, but will be out of action at least until the end of the year.

Sun, 18.10.2020 Hydro Fehervar AV 19 - HCB Südtirol Alperia 17:30
Referees: NAGY / RENCZ / Kis-Kiraly / Muzsik

  • The HCB Südtirol Alperia suffered its first defeat in the overtime on Friday.
  • Hydro Fehérvár AV 19 won the last two games and climbed to seventh place in the standings.
  • The two teams are sperated by one point only in the standings. However, Fehérvár finished one game more.
  • The two teams have already met 36 times. In two thirds of the games the Foxes won.
  • Fehérvár could not win any of the four duels against Bolzano last season.

Sun, 18.10.2020 Dornbirn Bulldogs - EC GRAND Immo VSV 17:30
Referees: BERNEKER / RUETZ / Martin / Tschrepitsch

  • In the duel Dornbirn Bulldogs vs. EC Grand Immo VSV the tenth of the standings meets the eleventh.
  • Dornbirn meets the Villach team for the 41st time. The Eagles won 24 duels.
  • The team of Dornbirn coach Kai Suikkanen did not concede a single goal in the last 140 minutes against VSV.
  • The Bulldogs still have big problems with their powerplay this season. In 23 powerplays they did not score a single goal.
  • Both teams are struggling with their scoring efficiency. Dornbirn and Villach are the only teams in the league whose efficiency of shots on goal is below 7%.
  • Dornbirn was recently forced to make lineup changes after three positive COVID 19 cases.
  • The game will be broadcast live on the PPV stream at http://live.ice.hockey.

Sun, 18.10.2020 Moser Medical Graz99ers - iClinic Bratislava Capitals 17:30
Referees: GRUBER / OFNER / Kaspar / White

  • The Moser Medical Graz99ers took over the top of the table on Friday after an OT victory over Bozen.
  • The iClinic Bratislava Capitals brought in their first 3 of the season against Linz on Friday.
  • The two teams met already in the preseason. At that time the Capitals won 4:1.
  • As in the two previous seasons, the Graz team had a strong start to the season. For the third time in a row, the 99ers recorded five wins in the first seven games of the season.
  • After two defeats in a row, league newcomer iClinic Bratislava Capitals won its last two games.
  • Daniel Oberkofler, Clemens Krainz and Ben Bowns are missing from the 99ers.
  • The game will be broadcast live on the PPV stream at http://live.ice.hockey.

Sun, 18.10.2020 EC-KAC - HC TIWAG Innsbruck 17:30
Referees: VIRTA / ZRNIC / Mantovani / Miklic

  • In the duel EC-KAC (6.) vs. HC TIWAG Innsbruck (5.) neighbors in standings meet.
  • While the Klagenfurt team was free on Friday, the Sharks celebrated a 4:1 victory over EC Red Bull Salzburg.
  • Braden Christoffer shot the Innsbruckers to success on Friday with two goals and one assist. With 62.5% scoring efficiency over the season, he is currently the most efficient player in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League.
  • Innsbruck won two of the last three matches against the KAC last season.
  • The EC-KAC lost two of its previous three home games.
  • Both teams are still struggling with their powerplay this season. The Klagenfurt team was able to finish 13% of their powerplays with a goal, the Innsbruck team only scored 10.5%. The Sharks have additional problems with penalty killing: Only 64.7% of their plays in numerous disadvantage was survived without a goal.
  • Against no current opponent in the ICE Hockey League the EC-KAC has scored more goals per game on average in home games than against HC Innsbruck.
  • The KAC has to play without four defenders in this home game: In addition to the long-term absences of David Fischer and Steven Strong, David Maier (injured) and Niklas Würschl (injured) are also missing against Innsbruck.
  • The two defenders Lukas Bär and Kevin Tansey are still missing from the Sharks due to injury.