Release from 19.09.2019

Four games open second weekend of the league

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On Friday four games open the second weekend of the young season of Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. In their home debut the EC Red Bull Salzburg hosts the Liwest Black Wings Linz in the Sky live game The Black Wings as well as the HC Orli Znojmo and the HCB Südtirol Alperia aim to capture their first three points of the season. The duel between EC Panaceo VSV and the spusu Vienna Capitals as a battle of two teams who won their last game. On Saturday Hydro Fehérvár AV19 hosts the Dornbirn Bulldogs.

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4 facts before the 3rd game day:

  • Salzburg booked their best start into the season since they are playing in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga.
  • Bolzano had to face their weakest start into a season in this league.
  • Dornbirn wasn’t able to win in their last five duels against Fehervar.
  • Referee Roland Kellner is having his last game on Friday in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. In his 25 years long career of refereeing he was in charge of around 2,700 games in total.


Fri, 20.9.2019, 19.15: EC Red Bull Salzburg - EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz (live auf Sky Sport)
Referees: BERNEKER, KELLNER, Kaspar, Seewald

  • With two wins and a difference of nine goals the EC Red Bull Salzburg booked their best season start in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga.
  • The Black Wings started with no goals into the new season for the second time being in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. The last first game with no goals was back in 2015 – back then Linz scored the first goal after 65 minutes and 22 seconds of the new season.
  • In the past season these two teams booked two wins each against each other’s.
  • Salzburg already had 13 situations in numerous disadvantage but still didn’t receive a goal playing shorthanded.
  • With two goals and two assists Chad Kolarik is the most successful scorer of the league after the first weekend.


Interview: Alexander Rauchenwald (RBS) I Marco Brucker (BWL)


Fri, 20.9.2019, 19.15: EC Panaceo VSV - spusu Vienna Capitals
Referees: K. NIKOLIC, TRILAR, Hribar, Nedeljkovic

  • Vienna won only one game of the past five duels in Villach.
  • The Caps won four out of the past five games against Villach independently from where the game was played.
  • Vienna didn’t score a single powerplay goal after ten situations in powerplay this season.
  • In their history of Erste Bank Eishockey Liga the VSV only had one better start into the new season back in 2012.
  • With a scoring efficiency of 25% the VSV leads the league in this category.


Interview: Alexander Lahoda (VSV) I Ali Wukovits (VIC)


Fri, 20.9.2019, 19.15: HC TWK Innsbruck - HC Orli Znojmo
Referees: STERNAT, STOLC, Basso, Schauer

  • Znojmo won three of the past four duels.
  • Znojmo celebrated wins in their past two games at Innsbruck.
  • Both teams started with defeats into the new season. Innsbruck managed to capture one point.
  • In the all-time duel statistics Znojmo leads with 19:13 wins.
  • In the all-time duel statistics in Innsbruck the “Haie” are with 9:7 wins ahead.

Interview: Thomas Vallant (HCI) I Miroslav Frycer (ZNO)



Fri, 20.9.2019, 19.45: HCB Südtirol Alperia - EC-KAC
Referees: M. NIKOLIC, SMETANA, Pardatscher, Rigoni

  • The HCB Südtirol Alperia started with two defeats and a negative difference of nine goals. This was the weakest start of Bolzano in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga.
  • The EC-KAC didn’t have two consecutive losses since February 2019 or in the past 20 games in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga.
  • The KAC won five out of the past six duels against Bolzano.
  • Bozen won two out of the past three home games against the KAC.
  • With two goals in eight powerplays the KAC is the most efficient team playing in numerous advantage.

Interview: Dennis Robertson (HCB) I Assistant Coach Jarno Mensonen (KAC)


Sat, 21.9.2019, 17.30: Hydro Fehérvár AV19 - Dornbirn Bulldogs
Referees: OFNER, PIRAGIC, Muzsik, Zgonc

  • Dornbirn didn’t booked a win against Fehervar in the past five duels.
  • The last win of the Bulldogs in Fehervar was back in February2017.
  • In the duel of these two teams in 70% the home team is booking the win.
  • Dornbirn couldn’t score in the past ten powerplays.
  • Fehervar already received two goals in six of their situations playing shorthanded.

Interview: Scott Timmins (AVS) I Olivier Magnan (DEC)