Release from 08.04.2019

Finals or holidays!?

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HC Pustertal Wolves and HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice will be in a fight for the last final ticket in a deciding semifinal game #5 in Bruneck on Tuesday (20:00). The winner will face HK SZ Olimpija (Ljubljana) in the Alps Hockey League finals. The first final game will already be played on Thursday.

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Alps Hockey League, Semifinals #5 (best of five):

Tue, 09.04.2019, 20:00: HC Pustertal Wolves vs. HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice
Referees: MORI, RUETZ, De Zordo, Martin.
• best-of-five-series: 2:2
• final ranking after the regular season: PUS 1. | JES 8.
• streak: PUS 1 victory / JES 1 defeat
• home-performance PUS: 22 wins / 24 matches
• road-performance JES: 14 successes / 25 games
• form (performance during the last 5 games): PUS 3 wins and 2 losses | JES 3 victories and 2 defeats
• Head-to-head 2018/19:
o 6:2 PUS @Bruneck
o 4:1 PUS @Jesenice
o 3:2/OT PUS @Bruneck (SF1)
o 3:2/OT JES @Jesenice (SF2)
o 1:0 JES @Bruneck (SF3)
o 3:2 PUS @Jesenice (SF4)
• Head-to-head (overall Alps Hockey League): 7 wins PUS | 5 successes JES
• Their teams best scorers:
o PUS: Markus Gander – 54 points (29G/25A)
o Tadej Cimzar – 57 points (24G/33A).
• Which club will follow HK SZ Olimpija Ljubljana into the Alps Hockey League finals 2019!? The answer will be given in Bruneck on Tuesday, when HC Pustertal Wolves and HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice will face each other in a deciding semifinal game #5. Each team has earned one home-win and one success on the road in this series so far and has potted (just) eight goals in total.
• HC Pustertal Wolves vs. HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice is the meeting of the best defense with the best offense. While the Italians have allowed fewest goals (71), the Slovenes have netted most goals (201) so far this season. Besides, the Alps Hockey League’s best goalies - Brunecks Colin Furlong (Save%: 94.7 and GAA: 1.38) and Jesenices Matt Climie (Save%: 94.6 and GAA: 1.44) will be in action in semifinal #5 in Bruneck on Tuesday too…
• The two teams are top in Power Play: Bruneck has the best Power Play% (23.8%) in the Playoffs, the “Red Steelers“ follow on place 2 (PP%: 23.3%). Besides, the Steel Citizens are the number 1 team in Penalty Killing throughout the whole season (PK%: 88.4).

Fotocredit: HCP / Foppa / Optic Rapid