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Hat trick of Leavens in Innsbruck's fourth win over Ljubljana

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The HC TIWAG Innsbruck prevailed also in the fourth season duel against the HK SZ Olimpija and thus celebrated a "regular season sweep". In the game of the 48th round, the "Sharks" clearly kept the upper hand with 5:1. Man of the match was Canadian Daniel Leavens, who scored a hat trick for the first time this season.

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Also in the fourth duel of the season between Innsbruck and Ljubljana the "Sharks" kept the upper hand. Unlike the previous games, however, Wednesday's encounter was a clear affair (5:1). After an even start, Daniel Leavens scored the opening goal in the 18th minute for the Tyroleans, who were victorious for the first time after six home defeats in a row at the TIWAG Arena.

At the start of the second period, there continued to be little from the visitors and so in the 30th minute, Canadian Leavens, who is playing his first season in Tyrol, scored again. Shortly before the end of the period, the home side could even increase the lead to 3:0. Center Tim McGauley improved his goal-scoring streak to three games. In total, the Canadian scored 16 goals this season so far.

In the final period, Innsbruck's defense tried everything to give goalkeeper Tom McCollum his first shutout in the "Sharks" kit. However, Nik Simsic's goal eight and a half minutes before the end of the game put an end to all hopes. Undeterred by the goal, HCI continued to set the tone and Lukas Bär increased the lead to 4:1 just a short time later before Daniel Leavens completed his hat trick. For the 28-year-old it was the hat trick in the jersey of Innsbruck. In total, the right wing, who is playing his second season in Europe, has ten goals scored this season so far. After that, the match was over and Ljubljana suffered their fourth away defeat in a row. They are still in fifth place in the table. Innsbruck is eleventh in the table.



BET-AT-HOME ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE:

HC TIWAG INNSBRUCK - DIE HAIE - HK SZ OLIMPIJA 5:1 (1:0, 2:0, 2:1)
REFEREES: M. NIKOLIC, K. NIKOLIC, PARDATSCHER, SPARER. | Spectators: 500
Goals HCI: 1:0 Leavens D. (18.), 2:0 Leavens D. (30.), 3:0 McGauley T. (40.), 4:1 Bär L. (54.), 5:1 Leavens D. (56.)
Goal HKO: 3:1 Simsic N. (52.)

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