Release from 05.01.2019
To reach the top 6 is the first big goal of many teams. The advantage to the sevenths place for the EC Red Bull Salzburg and the LIWEST Black Wings Linz shrunk to five points. Fehervar AV19 has the chance to narrow the gap in the direct duel against Linz. Also the Dornbirn Bulldogs and the HC Orli Znojmo are ready to participate at the top-6-battle. Znojmo is facing the leader of the league on Sunday. The Bulldogs are hosting Innsbruck in the West-Derby.
Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, 36th round, Sunday Jannuary 6th:
Dornbirn Bulldogs vs. HC TWK Innsbruck „Die Haie“ (17:30)
EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz vs. Fehervar AV19 (17:30)
Moser Medical Graz99ers vs. EC Panaceo VSV (17:30, www.servushockeynight.com live)
EC-KAC vs. KHL Medvescak Zagreb (17:30)
HC Orli Znojmo vs. spusu Vienna Capitals (SPORT5 live)
HCB Südtirol Alperia vs. EC Red Bull Salzburg (18:00)
06.01.2019: Dornbirn Bulldogs vs. HC TWK Innsbruck „Die Haie“ (17:30)
Referees: K. NIKOLIC, OFNER, Pardatscher, Schauer.
- The Bulldogs won the past three games. In the past eight games they only had to take one defeat (against Innsbruck).
- But also Innsbruck booked good results in the Christmas- and new years games. They won four out of the past five games. Nick Ross scored the decisive goal in overtime in the past two games.
- Regarding to the latest standings, both teams would have to join the Qualification-Round. But only five points are missing for the Bulldogs for the sixths place. Innsbruck is trailing by ten points.
- Dornbirn won already two west derbies in this season. But Innsbruck won the past duel of these two teams.
- Andrew Clark is the most successful scorer of Innsbruck in this season (15 G / 39 A). Brock Trotter is leading the internal scorer ranking of the Bulldogs (11 G / 25 A.)
Stefan Häußle, Player Bulldogs: „We are fighting for each other. The young players are doing a good job and the experienced players make the difference in powerplay. We war also doing good in numerous disadvantage. We need to play more physical and execute our chances.”
Nick Ross, Spieler der Haie: „In the past weeks we increased our commitment. We came together as a team even closer. This brings us the opportunity to collect further points.”
06.01.2019: EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz vs. Fehervar AV19 (17:30)
Referees: KOPETZ, PIRAGIC, Hofer, Nedeljkovic.
- Both teams lost their past game. The Blackwings had to take an overtime defeat against the Capitals and Fehervar lost against Znojmo.
- It’s an important duel for both teams. Linz is currently the sixths ranked team, but Fehervar is only trailing by five points.
- The Black Wings won all three duels of the saison against Fehervar. In the past duel Linz succeeded with the turnaround after trailing 0:2.
- The Black Wings are the most successful team in penalty killing. In 88,5 % Linz doesn’t receive a goal in numerous disadvantage.
- Linz lost the past four home games. Fehervar grinded out wins in three out of the past four away games.
Mathieu Carle, Player Black Wings: „I’m not satisfied with the result of the past games. I still had some jetlag but I’m not looking for excuses. As soon as I spend more time with the guys on the ice we will be successful.”
Hannu Jarvenpaa, Headcoach Fehervar: :“We have to focus more on defence against Linz. We have to keep out of the penalty box and try to find the net more often than on Friday. We only have a chance if we play a 60-minute hockey game.”
06.01.2019: Moser Medical Graz99ers vs. EC Panaceo VSV (17:30 Uhr, www.servushockeynight.com live)
Referees: BALUSKA, SIEGEL, Bärnthaler, Kaspar.
- The 99ers won their past six games and are only trailing by two points to the leader.
- The EC Panaceo VSV has not the chance anymore to qualify for the Pickround.
- All three duels of the season were decided by the 99ers. In the past duel of these two teams Villach captured the lead, but the 99ers turned the game around the second period.
- After a losing streak of eight games, the VSV had an even balance of wins and losses in the further eight games.
- The 99ers have the chance to capture the lead, but they do need help of Znojmo.
Oliver Setzinger, Spieler der 99ers: „I think we had our best game as a team on Friday. We executed our gameplan right from the beginning till the end. This is what we also want to do on Sunday.”
06.01.2019: EC-KAC vs. KHL Medvescak Zagreb (17:30)
Referees: KELLNER, STOLC, Kontschieder, Zgonc.
- Home-Double-Header for the EC-KAC against Zagreb. The two teams meet each other two times within three days. The first two duels were decided by the EC-KAC.
- After three consecutive wins, the EC-KAC had to take a defeat against the 99ers.
- The redjackets lost the connection after that defeat. They are trailing by seven points to the top position.
- Zagreb lost the past 15 conescutive games.
- The KAC is one of the best teams in powerplay. 25,8% of the powerplays are succesful.
Marcel Witting, Stürmer EC-KAC: „We didn’t find our rhythm in the past game against Graz. It was not enough against one of the top teams. In the coming two games against Zagreb we aim to capture the full six points..”
06.01.2019: HC Orli Znojmo vs. spusu Vienna Capitals (17:30, SPORT5 live)
Referees: BABIC, TRILAR, Rezek, Soos.
- The spusu Vienna Capitals are still leading the standings.
- The Caps won two out of three duels this season. One week ago the Caps celebrated a shutout success.
- Znojmo lost its past three home games. The Czechs are tailing by seven points to the sixths place.
- After seven consecutive defeats on the road, the Caps won four out of five road games.
- Znojmo is struggling with their powerplay. Only 13,9% of their powerplays were successful. But also the Capitals are in the lower part of this statistics (15,5%).
Miroslav Frycer, Headcoach Znojmo: “We need to get our strenght together for the last time before we have few days off. Game against Vienna is always a derby and we need points to chase the top six. We need to be focused at the back and take our chances in offense.”
Andreas Nödl, Spieler der Caps: „It will be a very tough game. Znjmo is a very good home team. They have a big line up and good skater. It will be big challenge. But if we stay focused we will capture two or three points.”
06.01.2019: HCB Südtirol Alperia vs. EC Red Bull Salzburg (18:00)
Referees: BULOVEC, IVERSON, Hribar, Seewald.
- Bolzano and EC Red Bull Salzburg struggled a bit in the past games. Bolzano lost four out of five games, Salzburg even seven out of the past eight.
- In the past two duels of these two teams Salzburg celebrated wins. Bolzano won the first duel of the season.
- Both teams came close to the sevenths place. Bolzano still has eight points advantage, Salzburg only five points.
- Salzburg scored the most goals in this season (133) and also has the second highest goal difference (+33).
- Bolzano scored the least goals among the top-10 teams, but also received the second least goals.
Mat MacKenzie, Player HCB: “We have to adjust the defensive phase and look for a way to score more goals. We make a lot of shot, but we're not very concrete in front of the net. It's going to be a good game against Salzburg, but we can only win in front of our fans. We need 3 points to take the distance from the 7th place.”
Raphael Herburger, Player of Salzburg: „We do have the chances, but currently the confidence of scoring missing. But we will come back stronger. We do have the quality in the team, but we need to start changing things and we will start with it against Bolzano.”