Release from 08.09.2022

Energie Steiermark Trophy, Alperia Cup and other highlights at the end of the Preseason

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At the end of the preseason campaign 2022 the teams of the win2day ICE Hockey League are waiting with some highlights. The first South Tyrolean derbies after the summer break will take place on Thursday and Sunday at the Alperia Cup. The Moser Medical Graz99ers, meanwhile, will host top European teams on Friday and Saturday as part of the Energie Steiermark Trophy. EC-KAC, Steinbach Black Wings Linz and spusu Vienna Capitals also end their preparation campaign with games against top international teams. The BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg and HC TIWAG Innsbruck will play an ICE-internal double-header at the end of the season.

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Bolzano and Pustertal fight for Alperia Cup

Since last season, the win2day ICE Hockey League has featured the spectacular South Tyrol Derby. Since that time HC Pustertal could win three of the four meetings with HCB Südtirol Alperia. The ICE champion from the 13/14 and 17/18 seasons now wants to improve or even equalize this record. On Thursday and Saturday, the Foxes and the Wolves will meet for the first time with their teams for the 22/23 season, fighting for the Alperia Cup. The first game will take place on Thursday, September 8, at 7:45 p.m. at the Intercable Arena in Bruneck, an evening that will also mark the ceremonial Jersey Retirement Night of Armin Helfer #62. The return match will be played on Saturday, September 10, at 8 pm. The previous editions of the Alperia Cup was always won by Bolzano (2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019).

The Energie Steiermark Trophy is back

The Moser Medical Graz99ers invite three top European teams to the Energie Steiermark Trophy at Merkur Eisstadion on Friday and Saturday. In addition to the eight-time German champions, the Adler from Mannheim, who will meet the hosts in the Trophy semifinals, HK Nitra (SK) and Motor České Budějovice will come to the Bunker. The last Energie Steiermark Trophy took place in 2018, after which there were no further editions due to Graz's participation in the Champions Hockey League and the pandemic. At the Comeback 2022, the duel between Motor České Budějovice and HK Nitra will first take place on September 9 at 4:00 p.m., before the game between the Moser Medical Graz99ers and the Adlers from Mannheim follows at 7:30 p.m. While the respective losers will play for third place on Saturday, the two winners will meet for the grand final of the Energie Steiermark Trophy on Saturday evening.

KAC, Black Wings and Capital conclude preseason against top European teams

EC-KAC concludes its preseason campaign on Friday against Slovakia's HC Banska Bystrica before the Red Jackets kick off the season a week later at HC TIWAG Innsbruck. Banska Bystrica has already played several tests against ICE teams in preparation and is still unbeaten. Besides a first and second leg against Graz99ers, the Slovaks also won against Vienna Capitals. The Klagenfurt team has managed to record three victories in five 2022 test matches so far.

The Steinbach Black Wings Linz also end the preseason against a team that was successful against an ICE team in the current preparation campaign. HC Nové Zámky celebrated a clear 6:1 success over the Graz99ers. The Upper Austrians started brilliantly into the preseason and recorded victories against Olimpija and against the reigning German champions Eisbären Berlin. After that, however, the Black Wings suffered five defeats in a row. Now it is up to the Black Wings - with a win against the Slovakian HC Nové Zámky - to end the preparation with a sense of achievement after all.

The next - against ICE teams still unbeaten - team are the Augsburg Panthers, who are the last test match opponent of the spusu Vienna Capitals. The DEL team celebrated victories against Olimpija (5:2) , against Salzburg (7:2) and the KAC (2:1). The spusu Vienna Capitals now want to be the first team to defeat the Germans in the current preparation campaign. The Viennese have managed to win two of their six test matches so far. After the success against SC Kolin (CZ), the Caps most recently celebrated a 3:2 OT win against the Black Wings.

ICE internal test double concludes preseason

The BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg and HC TIWAG Innsbruck have decided to play an internal test-double to conclude the preseason. The first game will take place on Friday in Feldkirch. The second leg, on Sunday in Innsbruck, is the last game ever of the ICE preseason. While the league newcomers from Vorarlberg currently have a positive record in the preseason with three wins and one loss, HC TIWAG Innsbruck's wins and losses are balanced.

Preseason Dates:

Thursday, 08.09.2022:
HC Pustertal - HCB Südtirol Alperia 19:45

Friday, 09:09.2022:
HC Banska Bystrica - EC-KAC 16:30
Steinbach Black Wings Linz - HC Nové Zámky 19:00
BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg - HC TIWAG Innsbruck 19:30 o'clock
Moser Medical Graz99ers - Adler Mannheim 19:30

Saturday, 10.09.2022:
spusu Vienna Capitals - Augsburg Panthers 14:00
Energie Steiermark Trophy third place match 16:00
Energie Steiermark Trophy Final 19:30
HCB Südtirol Alperia - HC Pustertal 20:00

Sunday, 11.09.2022:
HC TIWAG Innsbruck - BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg 5:30