Full round to start the new year

win2day ICE Hockey League | 01.01.2023:
Sun, 01.01.2023, 16:30: EC Red Bull Salzburg - EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV
Referees: OFNER, STERNAT, Bedynek, Seewald. | >> LIVE on PULS 24 <<
The EC Red Bull Salzburg and the EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV open the new year in the win2day ICE Hockey League live on PULS 24. In the top match of the 35th round, it comes to a neighborhood duel in the standings. Salzburg is in third place with 58 points. Villach follows in fourth place with 56 points. In the last game of the old year, the Eagles conceded a 2:5 home defeat against Bolzano. For the VSV it was already the third home defeat in a row. Away, the Carinthians did not lose in any of the past five games. The Red Bulls prevailed in the past two games and are top at home with seven wins from the past ten games. Against Villach, they won five of the past six home encounters. Overall, VSV have only won two of their past ten league games against RBS.

Sun, 01.01.2023, 17:30: Moser Medical Graz99ers - Hydro Fehérvár AV19
Referees: SIEGEL, SMETANA, Gatol-Schafranek, Riecken. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
With four losses in a row and a goal difference of 2:15, the Moser Medical Graz99ers are currently in bad shape. In the table, the Styrians are only in eleventh place and thus currently one place and point outside the pre-playoffs. Opponent Hydro Fehérvár AV19 conceded a clear 1:4 home defeat against Vienna at the end of 2022. It was their first defeat after previously winning two in a row. As seventh in the table, last year's finalist is currently two points behind the KAC and the top six. The Hungarians will be facing the league's weakest team at home when they visit Graz. The 99ers have only won four of their 15 home games. The last time they were victorious in front of their home crowd was on November 27th. The first home match against Fehérvár was won by the Styrians with 1:0/SO. Outstanding player was 99ers goalkeeper Christian Engstrand with 50 saves. For the Swede it was one of already four shutouts this season. Graz also won one of the other two duels this season.

Sun, 01.01.2023, 17:30: Steinbach Black Wings Linz - HC TIWAG Innsbruck – Die Haie
Referees: FICHTNER, HLAVATY, Durmis, Jedlicka. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
The HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie starts 2023 at the top of the table. The Tyroleans currently have a five-point lead over first-pursuer Bolzano and are thirteen points ahead of fifth-place Steinbach Black Wings Linz. However, the Upper Austrians have also played two games less than the Innsbruck team. With three wins in a row and a total of six wins from the past seven games, HCI travels to Linz in top shape. In the last game of the old year, they won against the Pioneers Vorarlberg 5:1. Jamal Watson scored his second consecutive brace. For the Sharks, it was the seventh game with four or more goals scored in the last ten games. In total, the most best offensive team in the league already scored at 130 goals, 42 goals more than the Black Wings. BWL, on the other hand, have the second-best defense in the league with only 70 goals conceded. They won 1:0 at the EC-KAC on Friday. Goalkeeper Rasmus Tirronen celebrated his first shutout in the Black Wings kit and was also named win2day Top Performer of the 34th round. In the past five games BWL celebrated four wins and never conceded more than two goals. In the first two duels of the season with Innsbruck, Linz clearly retained the upper hand with 4:1 and 5:2.

Sun, 01.01.2023, 17:30: Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey - HK SZ Olimpija
Referees: HUBER, NIKOLIC K., Rigoni, Weiss. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
The duel Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey against HK SZ Olimpija is about important points in the fight for the pre-playoffs. The league newcomer from Italy worked its way up to the ninth place in the standings thanks to recent good results, at least one point in each of the last four games, and now has a six-point lead over Olimpija, which is only in twelfth place. The Slovenians have been waiting eight games for a win. The last time they were victorious was on December 2nd. The Dragons have not won any of their last nine away games. Their last win away from home was on October 21st in Graz. Olimpija was also defeated in the first ICE duel in Asiago (3:5). Also both meetings in Ljubljana went to the team from Veneto (5:2 & 2:1), which is why the clash on New Year's Day is already the last season duel between ASH and HKO for the time being.

Sun, 01.01.2023, 18:00: HCB Südtirol Alperia - BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg
Referees: BERNEKER, TRILAR, Martin, Miklic. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Bottom of the table BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg plays against the second in the table HCB Südtirol Alperia. Against the team from Bolzano, however, the Pioneers did surprisingly well in their ICE premiere season, with two wins from three season duels. However, right at the beginning of the season in South Tyrol they conceded a 0:3 away defeat. The current form is also clearly in favor of the Foxes, who have won six of their past seven games. Only on December 23rd in Feldkirch they lost 4:5 to the Pioneers. For the Vorarlberg team it was the only win from the past seven games. In the Sparkasse Arena Bolzano, the best home team in the league won all of their past five games. In total, they have only been defeated three times in front of their home crowd this season.

Sun, 01.01.2023, 18:00: HC Pustertal Wölfe - EC-KAC
Referees: PIRAGIC, ZRNIC, Pardatscher, Snoj. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
The matchday will be concluded on New Year's Day with the game HC Pustertal Wölfe against EC-KAC. Again, it is already the fourth and thus last duel of the Regular Season. The KAC has won two out of three matches so far this season. In Bruneck, however, the Wolves prevailed with 3:2/OT. In the standings, the South Tyroleans, who have won two of their past three games, hold the final pre-playoff spot as tenth. The KAC, on the other hand, is currently in sixth place and is currently the last team to qualify for the playoffs. Friday's 0:1 loss to the Black Wings was their first point-less game in five matches.