Release from 20.08.2021

Graz celebrates clear victory in first preseason home game

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The Moser Medical Graz99ers celebrated a clear 6:1 victory over the Augsburg Panthers on Friday. In front of almost 1,000 spectators, six different players from the Styrians were on the scoresheet. While the iClinic Bratislava Capitals were beaten by HK Mountfield despite taking the lead, HC TIWAG Innsbruck and the Dornbirn Bulldogs remained without a goal.

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The Graz team started the game with a lot of pressure and took the lead already in the third minute with a powerplay goal by Gordon - it was also the only goal in the first period. Shortly after the restart, the home side made it 3-0 with a brace by Altmann and Grafenthin, and Ackered (34./PP2) even added a fourth goal. The hosts were in control of the game in the third period as well. After Boivin (58th) scored with a powerful shot to make it 5:0, Augsburg made the consolation goal with a man advantage. However, the final score of 6:1 was fixed by Alagic (60.). The Styrians thus celebrated a clear victory against the DEL representatives in their first preseason home game.

Three ICE teams suffer defeats
The iClinic Bratislava Capitals and HK Mountfield met on equal terms from the beginning. After a goalless opening period, Nikolai Zherdev gave the Slovaks the lead in the 23rd minute, but the team from Hradec Králové equalised just a few minutes later. In the final period, the Czechs pulled ahead to 3:1. Dávid Bondra managed pull one back on the power play, but in the end the hosts prevailed 4:2 thanks to an empty-net goal.

In their preseason opener, HC TIWAG Innsbruck was defeated 0:2 by the Straubing Tigers despite an appealing performance. The team from the DEL took the lead in the middle period and provided the final score with an emtpy netter. Only one day after the narrow 2:4 defeat against HC Davos, the Dornbirn Bulldogs were without a chance against the ZSC Lions. The Swiss team scored three goals in the middle period and left the ice with a 6:0 victory.

Preseason bet-at-home ICE Hockey League, 19.8.2021:
Mountfield Hradec Králové - iClinic Bratislava Capitals 4:2 (0:0, 1:1, 3:1)
Goals Bratislava: Zherdev (23.), Bondra (53./PP)

Moser Medical Graz99ers - Augsburg Panthers 6:1 (1:0, 3:0, 2:1)
Goal sequence: 1:0 Gordon (3.PP), 2:0 Altmann (23.), 3:0 Grafenthin (24.), 4:0 Ackered (34.PP2),
5:0 Boivin (58.), 5:1 Bergman (59.PP), 6:1 Alagic (60.)

HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Straubing Tigers 0:2 (0:0, 0:1, 0:1)

ZSC Lions -Dornbirn Bulldogs 6:0 (1:0, 3:0, 2:0)

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