Release from 19.12.2024

Full round on Friday: Bolzano hosts Linz in the top game

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The 31st round of the win2day ICE Hockey League is scheduled for Friday. In the top game, second-placed HCB Südtirol Alperia will host third-placed Steinbach Black Wings Linz. In addition, leader Hydro Fehérvár AV19 will face HC Pustertal and the Moser Medical Graz99ers will meet the spusu Vienna Capitals among others.

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Moser Medical Graz99ers - spusu Vienna Capitals
For the third time this season, Graz and Vienna will face. So far, the away team has always won. At the start of the season, the 99ers won 2:1 in Vienna, while the Capitals won 3:2/OT at the Styrians on October 6. Graz, who have won their last two games, remain in fourth place in the table. The Capitals have been beaten in their last two games and are in ninth place. Their lead over eleventh-placed Asiago is seven points.

EC Red Bull Salzburg - Olimpija Ljubljana
Defending champions Salzburg have lost three of their last five games in all competitions. On Tuesday, they lost 0:6 at Färjestad Karlstad in the Champion Hockey League quarter-final second leg, missing out on a place in the semi-finals. Olimpija Ljubljana have not won in six games. The Slovenians are therefore only in eighth place and are already thirteen points behind sixth-placed Villach. Salzburg have the same number of points as VSV and are fifth in the table. The Red Bulls were beaten 1:2 away to Olimpija in their first match of the season.

Hydro Fehérvár AV19 - HC Pustertal
League leaders Fehérvár lost 2:3 at home to Villach on Wednesday. It was one of two defeats in the last five games for the Hungarians, who are still one point ahead of first-pursuer Bolzano. Pustertal have been beaten in four of their last five games. Friday will be the tenth-placed team's first game since December 7. Back then, they lost 2:3/SO at home to Vienna. They have not had a chance against Fehérvár so far this season. In both encounters, the league leaders won (6:1, 5:2). In the quarter-finals last season, Pustertal still had the upper hand with a 4:3 win.

HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey
In the duel between Innsbruck (12.) and Asiago (11.), both teams urgently need a win to stay in the race for the top 10 and thus the pre-playoffs. Asiago are currently one point ahead of HCI and four points behind tenth-placed Pustertal. The Italians were last in action on December 8 and only narrowly lost 3:4/OT at leaders Fehérvár. However, it was one of five defeats in a row for the team from Veneto. Innsbruck lost 1:4 at home to Graz on Wednesday, one of eight defeats in the last ten games for the “Sharks”. In the head-to-head, both season duels have gone into overtime or shootout, with Innsbruck winning both times.

Pioneers Vorarlberg - EC-KAC
Pioneers Vorarlberg, who are bottom of the table, welcome EC-KAC, who are in seventh place. The two teams first faced each other in the Vorarlberghalle on December 6. On that occasion, the KAC narrowly won 2:0. The KAC was also victorious in the first duel of the season on October 12 in Klagenfurt (5:2). The current form is also clearly in favor of last year's finalists, who have won four of their last five encounters. Although the Pioneers have been beaten in ten of their last eleven games, they have improved recently. On Wednesday, they narrowly lost at home to second-placed Bolzano 4:5/SO.

HCB Südtirol Alperia - Steinbach Black Wings Linz
In the top game of the 31st round, second-placed Bolzano welcomes third-placed Linz. The two teams are separated by just three points. The visitors from Upper Austria are currently in outstanding form, with five wins in a row and thirteen victories from their last 14 games. Bolzano's form is only slightly worse, with eleven wins from their last 14 games. The Foxes have won all of their last six matches at home. The South Tyroleans also won in their first home game against Linz clearly 5:0. However, they lost 2:5 in Linz, with the last meeting taking place on December 6.

win2day ICE Hockey League:
Friday, 20.12.2024:
18:30: Moser Medical Graz99ers – spusu Vienna Capitals
Referees: FICHTNER, STERNAT, Jedlicka, Konc. | >> live.ice.hockey <<

19:15: EC Red Bull Salzburg – Olimpija Ljubljana
Referees: PIRAGIC, VOICAN, Bedynek, Nothegger. | >> live.ice.hockey <<

19:15: Hydro Fehérvár AV19 – HC Pustertal
Referees: HRONSKY, NAGY, Durmis, Vaczi. | >> live.ice.hockey <<

19:15: HC TIWAG Innsbruck – Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey
Referees: BERNEKER, HOLZER, Sparer, Weiss. | >> live.ice.hockey & DAZN Italia <<

19:30: Pioneers Vorarlberg – EC-KAC
Referees: NIKOLIC M., SEEWALD E., Pardatscher, Seewald J. | >> live.ice.hockey <<

19:45: HCB Südtirol Alperia – Steinbach Black Wings Linz
Referees: GROZNIK, OFNER, Mantovani, Rigoni. | >> live.ice.hockey <<