Release from 19.08.2023

Four wins and one loss for ICE teams

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Strong day for the win2day ICE Hockey League clubs in the preseason. With the Steinbach Black Wings Linz, the HC TIWAG Innsbruck, the HCB Südtirol Alperia and the HK SZ Olimpija four teams celebrated a victory. Only the EC-KAC lost.

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The Steinbach Black Wings Linz won 3:2 against the Iserlohn Roosters in Kitzbühel. Against the representative from the DEL, Brian Lebler, the captain of the Upper Austrians, returned to the lineup. Graham Knott scored the first goal in the 15th minute. Niklas Bretschneider (25./PP1) and Matt MacKenzie (36.) increased the lead to 3:0. Iserlohn came back to 2:3 until the 50th minute, but in the end the Black Wings celebrated the second victory in the second test match.

Innsbruck wins preseason opener
The HC TIWAG Innsbruck celebrated a successful start into the preseason against the EHC Freiburg Wölfe from the DEL2. In front of numerous fans, the team of Head Coach Mitch O'Keefe won 5:3. Newcomer Kevin Roy, who scored twice in the first period (14., 20.), Luis Ludin (48.), Brady Shaw (59.) and Corey Mackin (60. /EN) scored the goals for the Sharks.

Already the fourth test match was played by the HK SZ Olimpija. The Slovenians won against the Slovaks HC Frydek-Mistek with 5:4-OT and celebrated the second victory after overtime in a row. Miha Zajc provided the game-winner in the 63rd minute.

Bolzano wins first game at Hansjörg Brunner Memorial
The HCB Südtirol Alperia had a perfect start at the Hansjörg Brunner Memorial in Merano. Against the ESV Kaufbeuren from the DEL2, the current runner-up celebrated a tight 3:2 victory. Goal scorer for the Foxes, who will face the HC Meran/o Pircher on Sunday, were Leonardo Felicetti, Lucas Lessio and Mike Halmo.

KAC loses to Stavanger in Bled
After the 4:1 opening win over Fehérvár on Friday, the EC-KAC was defeated in Bled on Saturday by the Stavanger Oilers with 2:5. The Norwegians were already ahead by three goals in the opening period before the KAC also got on the scoreboard for the first time in the middle period. Simeon Schwinger scored his first goal for the Klagenfurt team in the 26th minute. Raphael Herburger, who scored for the first time since his return to Klagenfurt, provided the second goal for the KAC.

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