Release from 18.03.2023

Innsbruck and Linz play against the end of the season

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For HC TIWAG Innsbruck and Steinbach Black Wings Linz, the 2022/23 season could end on Sunday as they both face a 2:3 series deficit in the "best-of-seven" quarterfinal series. With a home win on Sunday against the Sharks, the spusu Vienna Capitals would fix their sixth semifinal appearance in a row. HCB Südtirol Alperia, as regular season winners, need an away win in Linz to make their fifth semifinal in their ninth attempt already this weekend.

Important information about the further playoff dates: If both quarterfinal series are already finished on Sunday, the semifinal series will be moved forward to Tuesday, March 21, as planned. If at least one seventh game is played, the semifinal series will start on Friday, March 24. The flexible playoff schedule was created to ensure sufficient time between the last possible final game and national team activities.

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win2day ICE Hockey League, 6th quarterfinal:

Sun, 19.03.2023, 17:30: spusu Vienna Capitals - HC TIWAG Innsbruck
Referees: OFNER, STERNAT, Riecken, Bärnthaler | >> PULS 24 <<
Standings in the "best-of-7" series: 3:2

With the exception of the "Corona season" - the playoffs were cancelled in 2020 - the spusu Vienna Capitals have been in the semifinals of win2day ICE Hockey every year since their championship year in 2017. In the current season, it currently looks good that this series can be continued. Although the Viennese entered the series against HC TIWAG Innsbruck as underdogs, the Caps lead the "best-of-seven" quarterfinal series 3-2. Curiously, the away team has prevailed in all five games of this series so far. The Sharks want to continue this run at least on Sunday to force a decisive seventh game. For the third-place team after the regular season, only three of nine quarterfinal series (since the playoff pick came into existence) have seen the end of the road. The Caps have never lost a series against the Innsbruckers to date. They advanced to the semifinals in each of the 2008, 2017 and 2018 quarterfinal series. On Friday, once again a strong final phase made the difference for the Viennese. While the Vienna scored eight goals in the final period in the five games so far, the Innsbruckers only managed to score two of them in the third period.

Sun, 19.03.2023, 17:30: Steinbach Black Wings Linz - HCB Südtirol Alperia
Referees: NIKOLIC M., ZRNIC, Nothegger, Seewald | >> PPV-Livestream <<
Standings in the "best-of-7" series: 2:3

HCB Südtirol Alperia seems to have really arrived in the playoffs of the win2day ICE Hockey League. After the Steinbach Black Wings Linz were temporarily leading 2-1 in the "best-of-seven" quarterfinal series, the regular season winners followed it up with two big wins and turned this quarterfinal duel around. After a 5:1 win in Linz on Tuesday, the Foxes went one better with a 7:1 win on the ice. In the history of the ICE playoffs since the league's founding in 00/01, there have only been nine games in the postseason that have been more clearly decided. The Black Wings will now play in front of their home crowd on Sunday against the season-ender. A situation that the Linzers already know. Also in the pre-playoffs it came against the Moser Medical Graz99ers to two "Do-Or-Die" games in a row. But HCB Südtirol Alperia is a team that has only suffered two defeats in a row only two teams in the entire regular season. However, the team from Linz has already achieved this feat in its second and third quarterfinal matches.