Release from 19.08.2024

First preseason game for Zell am See | Val Gardena on the verge of tournament victory at Trofeo Ladino

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In the coming days, more preseason games with Alps Hockey League participation are scheduled. The EK Die Zeller Eisbären will face the Starbulls Rosenheim from DEL2 in their first preseason game at home. In addition, HC Gherdeina valgardena.it is about to win the Trofeo Ladino after two clear victories against S.G. Cortina Hafro.

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The EK Die Zeller Eisbären will face the Starbulls Rosenheim from DEL2 at home on Tuesday in the preseason opener. The return game with the team from Upper Bavaria is just three days later. The “Polar Bears” will play a total of seven preseason games.

Val Gardena on the verge of tournament victory at Trofeo Ladino
Two more games are scheduled at the Trofeo Ladino in the coming days. After HC Gherdeina valgardena.it clearly won both matches against S.G. Cortina with 4:0 and 9:2, the South Tyroleans are well on their way to winning the tournament. On Tuesday, Val Gardena will face SHC Fassa Falcons away from home. It is the first game of the current tournament for the “Falcons”. Just two days later, Fassa will face Cortina away from home, who will also play the Hamline University Pipers from St. Paul, Minnesota (USA) on Tuesday.

Bregenzerwald faces Chur
The EC Bregenzerwald will also be in action in the coming days. The team from Vorarlberg will face EHC Chur from the Swiss MyHockey League at home on Thursday. It will be the second test match for the ECB. On Saturday, they lost 3:7 to ESV Kaufbeuren in front of their home crowd.

Test match defeats for Jesenice, Vipiteno and the Juniors
SIJ Acroni Jesenice and the Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan also suffered defeats in the past few days. The Slovenians lost 2:5 to Gyergyói HK from Romania, while Vipiteno were beaten 0:6 by the Ravensburg Towerstars from DEL2. The Red Bull Hockey Juniors were also in action last week at the international U20 tournament, the EVZ Prospects Challenge in Zug. In the end, the Juniors were beaten in all three games, narrowly missing out on a win against host Zug (0:1) and Bílí Tygři Liberec (3:4).

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