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Finals or holidays!?

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Which club will follow EC-KAC into the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga finals 2019? Semifinal game #7 between the spusu Vienna Capitals and EC Red Bull Salzburg will decide about participating in the finals or having holidays. The match will start at 19:15 in Vienna on Friday. Info: A new season-goal-record will be set on Friday.

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Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, Semifinals #7 (best of seven):

Fri, 12.04.2019: spusu Vienna Capitals vs. EC Red Bull Salzburg (19:15, www.servushockeynight.com and SKY Sport live)
best-of-seven-series: 3:3
Referees: BALUSKA, STOLC, Nothegger, Seewald.
• Which club will follow EC-KAC into the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga finals 2019? Semifinal game #7 between the spusu Vienna Capitals and EC Red Bull Salzburg will decide about participating in the finals or having holidays. Each team has earned three victories in the best of seven series so far. The match will start at 19:15 in Vienna on Friday. The finals will start on Sunday, April 14th 2019, 14:00 then. If the spusu Vienna Capitals step up to the finals, finals game #1 will be played in Vienna on Sunday, otherwise in Klagenfurt.
• A game #7 will be played for the 14th time in the history of Erste Bank Eishockey Liga Playoffs (since 2003/04) in Vienna on Friday. The team having home-advantage has left the ice as the winner in a deciding game #7 ten times (76,9%), the road-team has been successful three times. The Caps and the Red Bulls have already played deciding games #7, Vienna five times (2W/3L) and Salzburg six times (4W/2L). Each club has lost their last game #7 (RBS 2018 F, VIC 2012 QF), Vienna has even been defeated in three straight deciding games #7. The two teams have already faced each other once in a deciding match #7: In the Semifinals 2011, the Mozart Citizens stepped up to the finals with a home-victory in a game #7 against the Caps.
• spusu Vienna Capitals will try to step up to the finals for the fifth time in their club history (2 times Champion), EC Red Bull Salzburg for the eleventh time (6 times Champion). If, the spusu Vienna Capitals reach the finals, EC-KAC would have successfully qualified for the Champions Hockey League season 2019/20.
Otherwise, the Champion (Salzburg or KAC) will get the third CHL ticket.
• spusu Vienna Capitals vs. EC Red Bull Salzburg is the meeting of the two best offensive teams. The Capitals have potted mosts goals (249) during this season so far, the Mozart Citizens second most goals (241). Besides, a new season-goal-record will be set on Friday in Vienna: 2.233 goals have already been scored this season - the same number of goals as in the best season 2012/13 so far.
• spusu Vienna Capitals are leading 7:5 in the season-contest with EC Red Bull Salzburg. The team having home-advantage has won in three straight clashes. Besides, Caps forward Sondre Olden has netted at least one goal in three straight meetings in Vienna.
Quotes:
Christopher DeSousa, forward spusu Vienna Capitals: „We have worked hard all season long to have home-ice-advantage in a game #7. Our fans are great and give us an extra push. A game #7 is something special and each player improves in such a game. We have to play our best game and use this chance!“
Thomas Raffl, forward EC Red Bull Salzburg: „We wanted this deciding game 7 and will go with a big boost and much confidence into the game in Vienna. We have to play our best game.“

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