Release from 31.10.2022
With seven games, an intensive Alps Hockey League week will start on All Saints' Day. In the top game of the day, third-placed S.G. Cortina Hafro will face second-placed Red Bull Hockey Juniors. Top of the table HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice is aiming for its eleventh win in a row. The EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel also wants to continue its high, at the EK Die Zeller Eisbären. The Tyrolean team always scored at least one point in the last seven games, six of which they even managed to win. All matches of the day will be available in the Livestream (PPV).
Alps Hockey League | 01.11.2022:
Tue, 01.11.2022, 17:30: S.G. Cortina Hafro - Red Bull Hockey Juniors
Referees: BAJT, LAZZERI, Fleischmann, Jeram. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
The matchday on All Saints' Day opens with the top match of the day. Here, the third in the table S.G. Cortina Hafro will face the second Red Bull Hockey Juniors. Both teams are tied at 27 points. Cortina, which started the season impressively with seven wins out of the first eight games, has been struggling lately. Of the last five games, the Italians could only win one, but three times they lost after overtime or shootout. The Red Bull Hockey Juniors, on the other hand, have won all of their last two games. The last direct duel will be well remembered by the Young Bulls. On November 4th of last year, RBJ prevailed with 10:3. After 29 minutes, they already led 6:0.
Tue, 01.11.2022, 18:00: EK Die Zeller Eisbären - EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel
Referees: HOLZER, RUETZ, Hesina, Tschrepitsch. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
On Saturday, a six-game winning streak for the EK Die Zeller Eisbären ended surprisingly at the SHC Fassa Falcons (3:4). In the table, the "Polar Bears" are in fourth place. The gap to the second place is only one point. The EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel is as sixth in the table also in excellent form. The Tyroleans have always picked up at least one point in their last seven games, six of which they even managed to win. Most recently, they won 5:3 against Cortina. With 53 goals scored, Zell am See has the second-best offense in the league. Three players, namely Tomi Wilenius (10 goals), Henrik Neubauer (10) and Daniel Ban (8), are currently in the top-10 in the goalscorers' charts. Some goals are also expected on Tuesday, but also from Kitzbühel. Because the "Eagles" prevailed in both direct duels last season and scored seven goals each (7:4 & 7:6).
Tue, 01.11.2022, 18:00: Rittner Buam SkyAlps - SHC Fassa Falcons
Referees: BRUNNER, LEHNER, Matthey, Moidl. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Both the Rittner Buam SkyAlps and the SHC Fassa Falcons prevailed in three of the past five games. However, Fassa continues to wait for their first win away from home after the regular season in 2022, picking up their only points in a 3:2/OT win at Lustenau and a 2:3/SO loss at Unterland lately, respectively. Ritten won three of their five games this season at home. In the table, both teams are separated by four points. The "Buam" are in ninth place with 18 points. The "Falcons" have 14 points as they are eleventh in the standings. A win by Fassa on Tuesday would be more or less a sensation, because in the AHL they have not been able to win a single one of the previous 20 duels against Ritten. They have also failed to gain a single point so far.
Tue, 01.11.2022, 18:00: EHC Lustenau - Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan
Referees: PINIE, SORAPERRA, Rinker, Spiegel. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
After a weak start to the season, the EHC Lustenau has recently been getting into better shape, with two clear victories against Meran (8:2) and the KAC Future Team (5:0). In the standings, the Vorarlberg team has already worked its way up to the twelfth place. However, the gap to the Top-5 and thus the qualification for the Master Round is still 14 points. The Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan, as seventh in the table, are only six points behind the fix playoff qualification. Recently, however, the South Tyroleans suffered two clear defeats against league leader Jesenice (1:5) and Meran (2:5). Last season, the Broncos won against Lustenau in both duels (5:2 & 7:4).
Tue, 01.11.2022, 18:30: Hockey Unterland Cavaliers - EC-KAC Future Team
Referees: BENVEGNU, DURCHNER, Cristeli, Telesklav. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
For the first time in the Alps Hockey League there will be the duel between league newcomer Hockey Unterland Cavaliers and the EC-KAC Future Team. Unterland is still in the strong fifth place in the table. With two wins in a row, they got better after a worse phase with four losses from five games. The gap to the second place is just one point. The Future Team is in 13th place in the table, with 14 points separating the two teams. Last week, the Klagenfurt team first celebrated a surprising 2:1/SO away win in Cortina, before they were narrowly defeated at home by Ritten with 2:3.
Tue, 01.11.2022, 19:30: HC Gherdeina valgardena.it - HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice
Referees: LEGA, WUNTSCHEK, Brondi, Schweighofer. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
With ten wins in a row, league leader HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice is currently clearly the team of the hour. Last year's finalist lost only in the second game of the season at league newcomer Unterland. The Slovenians still have good memories of the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it from last season. In the quarterfinals, Jesenice narrowly prevailed with 3:2 victories. In the 2:1 win in the decider, Erik Svetina was the player of the match with a brace. So far this season, the 23-year-old forward scored 13 points (3G / 10A). With 55 goals scored, Jesenice currently has the best offense in the league. Also at the top of the top scorer ranking is Zan Jezovsek, a player from the league leader (22 points). With 14 goals, the 25-year-old is also the leading goalscorer. Val Gardena has already played one more game than Jesenice, but has scored a total of 16 goals less. In the standings, the "Furie" is in eighth place with 19 points. After four defeats in a row lately, they managed to win again for the first time last Tuesday at the EC Bregenzerwald (6:0).
Tue, 01.11.2022, 19:30: HC Meran/o Pircher - Steinbach Steel Wings Linz
Referees: FAJDIGA, KAINBERGER, Murnik, Wimmler. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
In the seventh and last game on All Saints' Day, the HC Meran/o Pircher and the Steinbach Steel Wings Linz face each other. While Meran recently got better after a bad start to the season, with three wins from the past five games, the Steel Wings are already waiting for a win since September 29th and eight games. The defeats were however for the most part very close. Six times they lost with a maximum difference of two goals. The Upper Austrians have played four duels with Merano so far. In all four encounters, the Steel Wings won. On the side of the "Eagles" from South Tyrol, with Canadian Maurizio Colella, another player was signed, initially on a try out basis. The 25-year-old will play in Europe for the first time. Most recently, Colella, who is expected to arrive in Merano on November 7th, was under contract in the OHL and ECHL.