Release from 23.10.2021
In the 12th round of the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League, the Moser Medical Graz99ers want to confirm their upward trend and get the chance for the first win against EC Red Bull Salzburg since January 2020 – or seven defeats in a row. The leading duo will each face teams from the top-6 on Sunday, could pull away, while Steinbach Black Wings Linz and EC GRAND Immo VSV want to immediately correct Friday's clear defeats in a direct duel. HC Pustertal Wölfe is fighting for the end of its losing streak in Vienna. In Bolzano, HCB Südtirol Alperia and the iClinic Bratislava Capitals will meet again in a quarterfinals remake.
bet-at-home ICE Hockey League | 24.10.2021 | Schedule:
Sun, 24.10.2021, 5.30 pm: Moser Medical Graz99ers – EC Red Bull Salzburg
Referees: HRONSKY, STERNAT, Bärnthaler, Jedlicka.
The Moser Medical Graz99ers host EC Red Bull Salzburg for the second time this season. Nine days ago, Salzburg won 5:4 after a shootout. The Graz side, which has not won in their last seven duels with the six-time champions, showed morale and made up a 0:3 deficit in the final period. The Styrians come to the second duel with a bit more self-confidence: On Friday, Jens Gustafsson's team ended a four-game losing streak. Salzburg’s form curve points upwards too – especially goalkeeper Atte Tolvanen showed strong performances lately. The Finn recorded a shutout in each of the last two games (1-0 SO vs. VIC and 1-0 OT vs. IBC). The duel is also the clash of the weakest PP team (13.5% | RBS) with the weakest PK team (G99 | 69.2%). Salzburg is without convalescent JP Lamoureux, Ty Loney, Lukas Schreier, Thomas Raffl, Dominique Heinrich, Alexander Pallestrang, Ali Wukovits, Peter Hochkofler, Tim Harnisch and Paul Huber. Goalie Anthony Peeters is missing for Graz.
Sun, 24.10.2021, 5.30 pm: spusu Vienna Capitals – HC Pustertal Wölfe
Referees: NAGY, SMETANA, Racicot, Weiss.
The duel between the spusu Vienna Capitals and the HC Pustertal Wölfe will also take place for the second time this season – again in Vienna. In the first meeting, the Caps won 4:3 in overtime. The point earned there was Pustertal's only one of the last five games. The league newcomer dropped to second-last place in the standings in recent weeks – with five points out of eight games. Competitor Vienna is in eleventh position and showed an upward trend with six points from the last three games. On Friday in Salzburg, Vienna remained without a goal for the fourth time this season. 23 goals – exactly the same number as bottom-ranked Linz – are on the books after eleven games (2,1 average). But the Viennese have also allowed few goals, conceding just one in the last 125 minutes.
Sun, 24.10.2021, 5.30 pm: Hydro Fehérvár AV19 – EC-KAC
Referees: GROZNIK, PIRAGIC, Durmis, Kis-Kiraly. | >> PPV-Livestream <<
The EC-KAC plays its sixth road game this season at Hydro Fehérvár AV19, with the reigning champions winning the last three. In Székesfehérvár, the Matikainen team will face a strong home team, especially defensively: The Hungarians have won five of their six games on home ice so far this season. Home advantage has often been seen in this duel recently: the last five and eight of the last ten encounters have been won by the home team. The second in the table from Hungary must above all prevent Klagenfurt's power play dominance, the "Rotjacken" hold 28.2% rate in overtime. The EC-KAC is still missing Dennis Sticha due to injury.
Sun, 24.10.2021, 5.30 pm: Steinbach Black Wings Linz – EC GRAND Immo VSV
Referees: NIKOLIC K., RENCZ, Bedynek, Nothegger. | >> PPV-Livestream <<
Neither Steinbach Black Wings Linz nor EC GRAND Immo VSV had anything to gain on Friday while facing the top duo of the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League: Linz's upward trend was stopped in Székesfehérvár (1:6), Villach's winning streak ended in Ljubljana (0:6). Thus, the Upper Austrians dropped back to the last place in the table, the Carinthians remained ninth. In the second round, the two teams already faced each other in Villach. At that time, the "Adler" prevailed 2:0 with powerplay goals. It was the fifth home win in a row in this duel. The strong PP performance is still key for Villach, with 24.4% they rank second in the league. Rob Daum’s team also ranks second in PK (91.4%). Villach's last newcomer Travis Oleksuk will not make his debut yet.
Sun, 24.10.2021, 5.30 pm: Dornbirn Bulldogs – HK SZ Olimpija
Referees: BERNEKER, REZEK, Miklic, Seewald. | >> PPV-Livestream <<
The league leader HK SZ Olimpija Ljubljana travels to Vorarlberg to the sixth-placed Dornbirn Bulldogs – the second duel of two top-6 teams on this gameday. The Vorarlberg side have been defeated in their last two games, losing to Znojmo and Innsbruck on home ice. The "Dragons", on the other hand, continue to be almost unstoppable: The best PK team in the league (94.3%) has always gained points in the last ten games and most recently recorded two wins against Znojmo (6:4) and Villach (6:0). With 45 goals out of eleven games, the Slovenians are the most goal-hungry team in the league. And on top of that, goalkeeper Zan Us shows consistently strong performances: Against Villach, he collected his third season shutout.
Sun, 24.10.2021, 6.30 pm: HCB Südtirol Alperia – iClinic Bratislava Capitals
Referees: HUBER, TRILAR, Hribar, Pardatscher. | >> PPV-Livestream <<
The 12th round will be completed with the quarterfinal remake between HCB Südtirol Alperia and iClinic Bratislava Capitals. In the previous season, the "Foxes" prevailed with 4:1. In total, the South Tyroleans have won eight of the nine comparisons with the Slovaks. Currently, both teams are going through a bit of a slump in form: Bolzano has won only one of its last five ICE games, Bratislava took two out of five - but lost the last three in a row.