Release from 05.11.2026

Höller hat trick as Kitzbühel get revenge on Ritten | Unterland beat Cortina

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Both Alps Hockey League games on Thursday went to the home teams, and both got revenge for losing the first meeting of the season. Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel came from behind with four goals in the third period to beat the Rittner Buam SkyAlps 6:3, with Alexander Höller scoring three times. The Hockey Unterland Cavaliers defeated Sportivi Ghiaccio Cortina 4:2 and moved up to ninth place.

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Kitzbühel decide it in four minutes
In front of 1,349 fans at Sportpark Kitzbühel, Connor Blake gave the visitors the lead in the 9th minute. Alexander Höller tied it in the second period, Simon Kostner restored Ritten's lead, but Raffael Aigner answered just 38 seconds later to make it 2:2. Early in the third, the Adler pulled away within four minutes: Matic Podlipnik, Jacob Grönhagen and Höller again made it 5:2. Tobias Graf replied right away, but Höller completed his hat trick with an empty-netter for the 6:3 final. Elliot Stahlberg had four assists. Ritten stay fourth with 29 points, Kitzbühel are fifth with 24.
 
Unterland seal it on the power play
In Neumarkt, the scoring didn't start until the second period. Luca Barnabò put Cortina ahead on the power play before Hugo Engelaar and Fabian Pichler turned the game around within three minutes. In the third, Unterland cashed in on back-to-back power plays: Miiro Linjala scored on a 5-on-3 for 3:1, and Moritz Kaufmann added the 4:1 a minute later. Filippo Pompanin pulled one back on a 5-on-3. Mike Reinalter stopped 29 of 31 shots. Unterland move up to ninth with 15 points, Cortina remain last with eight.
 
Vesa Petäjä leaves the Cavaliers
After the game, Unterland announced that head coach Vesa Petäjä is leaving the club at his own request to take up a new role in Finland's Liiga. Assistant coach Viktor Kovacs takes over.
 
Alps Hockey League | Thu, 5 Nov 2026
Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel – Rittner Buam SkyAlps 6–3 (0–1, 2–1, 4–1)
Referees: R. HUBER, SPIEGEL, Fender, Steiner
Goals KEC: Höller (27’, 45’, 56’/en), Raffael Aigner (34’), Podlipnik (41’), Grönhagen (43’)
Goals RIT: Blake (9.), Kostner (33.), Graf (45.)
 
Hockey Unterland Cavaliers – Sportivi Ghiaccio Cortina 4–2 (0–0, 2–1, 2–1)
Referees: BEDANA, VIRTA, Da Rech, Dell’Amico
Goals HCU: Engelaar (31.), Pichler (33.), Linjala (47./pp2), Kaufmann (48./pp1)
Goals SGC: Barnabò (30’/PP1), Filippo Pompanin (53’/PP2)
 
Photo: KEC_Schwaninger