Release from 06.11.2021

Four Sunday games before the international break

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On Sunday, the top 8 of the current table in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League will face each other in four direct duels. While HK SZ Olimpija hosts Hydro Fehervar AV 19 in the top clash, the in-form teams from Innsbruck and Vienna also meet before the international break. Three matches will be offered on pay-per-view live stream.

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Sun, 07.11.2021, 16:00: HCB Südtirol Alperia - EC GRAND Immo VSV
Referees: STERNAT, VIRTA, Basso, Pardatscher | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

The four-game winning streak of HCB Südtirol Alperia came to an end on Friday in Graz (0:4). After two games away from home, the fifth-placed Foxes return to home ice. With five wins from nine games, the South Tyroleans have not yet been able to match the home strength of recent years. With three points behind Bolzano, EC GRAND Immo VSV is currently in seventh place. The Carinthians have alternated between wins and losses in their last eight games, and on Friday head coach Rob Daum's team was beaten by Innsbruck in overtime. In the first duel of the season against Bolzano, VSV prevailed 6:5 after overtime. In South Tyrol, however, the Villach team has been waiting for a success for more than four years (4:3 win on 15.10.2017), since then the eight other games went to HCB.

Sun, 07.11.2021, 17:30: EC-KAC - EC Red Bull Salzburg
Referees: M. NIKOLIC, K. NIKOLIC, Hribar, Snoj

The EC-KAC returned to winning ways on Friday night after three losses in a row previously: the Red Jackets gave a 3:1 lead out of hand in their home game against the Dornbirn Bulldogs, but prevailed in the shootout. The reigning champions are now in eighth place in the still crowded mid-table. EC Red Bull Salzburg travels to Klagenfurt in fourth place and with the positive experience of a 5:2 away win in Znojmo. The Red Bulls have been very stable defensively in foreign arenas so far this season, conceding an average of just two goals against per away game. Nine of the last eleven matches went to the Carinthians, who also won the first duel of the season after shootout.

Sun, 07.11.2021, 17:30: HC TIWAG Innsbruck - spusu Vienna Capitals
Referees: SCHAUER, SMETANA, Martin, Sparer | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

After the 3:2 overtime victory in Villach, HC TIWAG Innsbruck is still on a winning run. The third-placed Tyroleans are only two wins away from equaling their starting record from the 2002/03 season with nine victories. The last time the Sharks and Caps met was in Innsbruck at the beginning of October. There, the hosts narrowly prevailed 3:2. Since that game, things have been going uphill for both teams. Since then, the Viennese have won seven out of eight games and improved to sixth place. While they lost a number of one-goal games at the start of the season, the Caps have recently won three games with a one-goal difference.

Sun, 07.11.2021, 18:00: HK SZ Olimpija - Hydro Fehervar AV 19
Referees: BULOVEC, ZRNIC, Miklic, Puff | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

The top match will be played in Ljubljana, as the leader HK SZ Olimpija hosts the first chaser Hydro Fehervar AV 19 - it is also the first meeting in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League. Although the Slovenians suffered an overtime defeat in Znojmo on Thursday, they are currently the clear number one with 36 points from 15 games. The Dragons have gained points in all eight of their home games so far and have only lost once in overtime. Fehervar have alternated wins and losses in their last seven away games, with their last win coming a week ago in Dornbirn.