Release from 15.02.2019

Eight games within 23 hours

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There will be fights for points in the Alps Hockey League in Bruneck, Dornbirn, Feldkirch, Jesenice, Klobenstein, Lustenau and in Salzburg on Saturday and in Zell am See on Sunday. Sportivi Ghiaccio Cortina Hafro has signed with Daniel Stumpf a new forward. The 27-year old Slovakian has already went for goals and points in Finland, Czech Republic, Belarus and in his home-country, where he has already scored 50 points (20G/30A) out of 47 games for HK Skalica during this season...

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Sat, 16.02.2019: EHC Alge Elastic Lustenau vs. Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey 1935 (17:30)
Referees: DURCHNER, LEGA, Legat, Terragni.
• ranking: EHC 3. | ASH 6.
• streak: EHC 4 straight wins | ASH 1 defeat
• home-performance EHC: 13 wins (40 points) / 17 games; streak: 2 consecutive home-wins
• road-performance ASH: 8 victories (23 points) / 15 matches; streak: 2 straight road-wins
• form (performance during the last 5 rounds): EHC 4 wins / 1 defeat | ASH 4 successes / 1 defeat
• Head-to-Head 2018/19 (in the Alps Hockey League): EHC vs. ASH: 0:1 (4:3 in Asiago)
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 3 successes EHC | 4 wins ASH
• EHC Alge Elastic Lustenau has the best scoring% (12.21%): The Vorarlberger have already potted 141 goals out of 1.155 shots on net 2018/19. But, watch out: ASH arrives with the League’s best scorer, Anthony Bardaro, in Lustenau on Saturday: The Italo-Canadian has already scored 57 points out of 33 games during this Alps Hockey League season. Besides, the „Yellow-Reds“ have netted most goals (29) during the last five rounds as well.
• EHC vs. ASH is the meeting of the teams spending most time in the penalty box. The „Lions“ spend on average 13.1 minutes per game in the penalty box, the Italians on average 13.3 minutes per game.
• Their teams best scorers:
EHC: Christopher D‘Alvise (51 points - 25G/26A) and Marc-Olivier Vallerand (51 points – 28G/23A).
ASH: Anthony Bardaro (57 points - 26G/31A).

Sat, 16.02.2019: HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice vs. Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan (18:00)
Referees: METZINGER, RUETZ, Huber, Javornik.
• ranking: JES 9. | WSV 8. >meeting of two neighbours in the standing
• streak: JES 2 straight losses | WSV 6 consecutive wins
• home-performance JES: 10 victories (29 points) / 17 games; streak: 2 straight home-defeats
• road-performance WSV: 8 successes (26 points) / 18 matches; streak: 4 consecutive road-wins
• form (performance during the last 5 rounds): JES 2 successes / 3 losses | WSV 5 wins / 0 defeats
• Head-to-Head 2018/19 (in the Alps Hockey League): JES vs. WSV: 0:1 (4:3/SO in Sterzing)
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 3 wins JES | 2 victories WSV
• JES has won both home-games against WSV so far and has given away just one goal per game (07.01.2017: 7:1 and 27.02.2018: 2:1/SO).
• JES is better ranked then WSV in all special statistics (Power Play, Penalty Killing, scoring efficiency, Fair Play and number of spectators).
• Their clubs best scorers:
JES: Tadej Cimzar (45 points – 21G/24A)
WSV: Brandon McNally (45 points – 14G/31A).

Sat, 16.02.2019: Red Bull Hockey Juniors vs. Hockey Milano Rossoblu (19:15)
Referees: LOICHT, VIRTA, De Zordo, Reisinger.
• ranking: RBJ 4. | MIL 16.
• streak: RBJ 8 straight wins | MIL 6 consecutive defeats
• home-performance RBJ: 12 victories (37 points) / 16 games; streak: 3 straight home-wins
• road-performance MIL: 1 victory (4 points) / 15 matches; streak: 1 road-defeat
• form (performance during the last 5 rounds): RBJ 5 wins / 0 losses | MIL 0 successes / 5 defeats
• Head-to-Head 2018/19 (in the Alps Hockey League): RBJ vs. MIL: 1:0 (2:4 in Milano)
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 1 win RBJ | 0 wins MIL
• RBJ will welcome MIL for the very first time on Saturday.
• The two teams have shown different faces lately: While RBJ has left the ice as the winner in eight straight matches, MIL has earned no points in six straight games and has potted fewest goals on the road too (27).
• Their teams best scorers:
RBJ: Oliver Nordberg (56 points – 21G/35A)
MIL: Edoardo Caletti and Francis Verreault-Paul (each 27 points – 8G/19A).

Sat, 16.02.2019: VEU Feldkirch vs. HC Fassa Falcons (19:30)
Referees: STEFENELLI, WALLNER, P. Giacomozzi, Wimmler.
• ranking: VEU 7. | FAS 17.
• streak: VEU 1 success | FAS 14 straight defeats
• home-performance VEU: 9 wins (29 points) / 17 games; streak: 1 home-win
• road-performance FAS: 1 success (3 points) / 17 matches; streak: 11 straight road-defeats
• form (performance during the last 5 rounds): VEU 1 victory / 4 losses  | FAS 0 wins / 5 losses
• Head-to-Head 2018/19 (in the Alps Hockey League): VEU vs. FAS: 1:0 (4:7 in Canazei)
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 4 wins VEU | 1 victory FAS
• VEU has been successful in both home-games against FAS so far and has allowed just two goals per game (19.11.2016: 8:2 and 20.02.2018: 4:2).
• VEU vs. FAS is the meeting between the weakest Power Play team and the weakest Penalty Killers. While the VEU has the weakest Power Play (PP%: 14), the Falcons have the weakest Penalty Killing (PK%: 62.8%).
• Their clubs best scorers:
VEU: Robin Soudek (52 points – 30G/22A, he scored most goals) and Dylan Stanley (52  points – 16G/36A)
FAS: Diego Iori (31 points – 12G/19A).

Sat, 16.02.2019: EC Bregenzerwald vs. HK SZ Olimpija (19:30)
Referees:  HOLZER, PINIE, Kainberger, Slaviero.
• ranking: ECB 14. | HKO 2.
• streak: ECB 1 victory | HKO 7 straight wins
• home-performance ECB: 5 successes (16 points) / 16 games; streak: 2 consecutive home-defeats
• road-performance HKO: 13 wins (38 points) / 17 matches; streak: 9 straight road-wins
• form (performance during the last 5 rounds): ECB 1 win / 4 losses | HKO 5 wins / 0 defeats
• Head-to-Head 2018/19 (in the Alps Hockey League): ECB vs. HKO: 0:1 (5:1 in Ljubljana)
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 2 wins ECB | 1 victory HKO
• HKO is still without points in Dornbirn. ECB has won the only home-game against the Slovenes on December 1st 2017 (5:2).
• EC Bregenzerwald has the weakest scoring% (7,52%). The Wälder have netted 89 goals out of 1.184 shots on net so far.
• Their clubs best scorers:
ECB: Daniel Ban (35 points – 12G/23A)
HKO: Ales Music (44 points – 19G/25A).

Sat, 16.02.2019: HC Pustertal Wölfe vs. Sportivi Ghiaccio Cortina Hafro (20:00)
Referees: MOSCHEN, STRASSER, Basso, Vignolo.
• ranking: PUS 1. | SGC 10.
• streak: PUS 2 straight wins | SGC 3 defeats in a row
• home-performance PUS: 17 wins (51 points) / 18 matches; streak: 1 home-win
• road-performance SGC: 7 successes (19 points) / 17 games; streak: 2 straight road-defeats
• form (performance during the last 5 rounds): PUS 4 wins / 1 defeat | SGC 1 victory / 4 losses
• Head-to-Head 2018/19 (in the Alps Hockey League): PUS vs. SGC: 3:0 (0:5 and 1:2/SO in Cortina and 3:1 in Bruneck)
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 8 victories PUS | 6 wins SGC
• PUS has given away fewest goals so far (49). Besides, goalie Colin Furlong has the best save%: 95,0 and GAA: 1.31.
• PUS is better ranked then SGC in all special statistics (Power Play, Penalty Killing, scoring efficiency, Fair Play and number of viewers).
• Their clubs-best-scorers:
PUS: Markus Gander (40 points – 22G/18A)
SGC: Riccardo Lacedelli (31 points – 18G/13A).

Sat, 16.02.2019: Rittner Buam vs. HC Gherdeina valgardena.it (20:00)
Referees: A. LAZZERI, SUPPER, Bedana, Oberhuber.
• ranking: RIT 5. | GHE 11.
• streak: RIT 2 straight defeats | GHE 2 consecutive wins
• home-performance RIT: 14 wins (42 points) / 16 matches; streak: 1 home-defeat
• road-performance GHE: 6 victories (19 points) / 17 games; streak: 2 straight road-wins
• form (performance during the last 5 rounds: RIT 3 successes / 2 losses  |GHE 3 wins / 2 defeats
• Head-to-Head 2018/19 (in the Alps Hockey League): RIT vs. GHE: 3:0 (5:3 in Klobenstein and 0:4 and 1:4 in Gröden)
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 7 victories RIT | 0 wins GHE
• RIT has potted most goals so far (145).
• RIT is leading the Power Play- (PP%: 28,9), Penalty Killing- (PK%: 88,2) and Fair Play-statistics (PIM: 313).
• Their clubs best scorers:
RIT: Alex Frei (49 points – 26G/23A)
GHE: David Roupec (34 points – 6G/28A).

Sun, 17.02.2019: EK Die Zeller Eisbären vs. Hockey Milano Rossoblu (16:00)
Referees:  DURCHNER, VIRTA, De Zordo, Legat.
• ranking: EKZ 13. | MIL 16.
• streak: EKZ 5 consecutive defeats | MIL 6 straight losses
• home-performance EKZ: 5 wins (16 points) / 17 games; streak: 3 straight home-defeats
• road-performance MIL: 1 victory (4 points) / 15 matches; streak: 1 road-defeat
• form (performance during the last 5 rounds): EKZ 0 wins / 5 losses | MIL 0 successes / 5 defeats
• Head-to-Head 2018/19 (in the Alps Hockey League): EKZ vs. MIL: 1:0 (3:6 in Milano)
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 1 success EKZ | 0 wins MIL
• EKZ will welcome MIL fort he very first time.
• Each team will try to return on the winning street. EKZ has lost five straight games, MIL has been defeated in six consecutive matches and has potted fewest goals on the road as well (27).
• Their clubs best scorers:
EKZ: Louke Oakley (47 points – 13G/34A)
MIL: Edoardo Caletti and Francis Verreault-Paul (each 27 points – 8G/19A)

Fotocredit: David S. Wassagruba