Release from 19.04.2023

Jesenice with the first chance to win the Alps Hockey League for the first time

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On Thursday, HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice has the first matchpuck at S.G. Cortina Hafro and thus the first chance to win the Alps Hockey League title. The Slovenians lead 3:2 in the "best-of-7" series after Tuesday's 4:1 home win, but Jesenice hasn´t won in Cortina in the finals so far and has never scored more than one goal.

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Alps Hockey League| 6. Finalspiel:
Thu, 20.04.2023, 20:30: S.G. Cortina Hafro – HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice
Referees: HOLZER, SCHAUER, De Zordo, Eisl. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Standings in the „best-of-7“ series: 2:3
The home team's dominance continued on Tuesday. It was the fifth home win in the fifth final game. On Thursday, with S.G. Cortina Hafro, the home team must win again, otherwise HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice will be the champion of the Alps Hockey League for the first time. In the Stadio Olimpico in Cortina, the Italians prevailed so far with 4:1 and 2:1. Thus, Jesenice could not score more than one goal in any game. At home, they always scored at least four goals in all three games. In the Regular Season Jesenice could win one of the two away games with 2:0.

In the finals of the Alps Hockey League, there is a game six for the third time. In the 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons, it then also went to a decisive seventh game. Between Asiago and Ritten 2018, all seven games were won by the home team in the end. In the deciding game, Asiago prevailed 7:5 at that time. In the 2018/19 quarterfinal series between the Red Bull Hockey Juniors and the EHC Lustenau, there were six home wins in a row before Lustenau secured their semifinal advancement away from home in the decisive seventh game.

Whether there will be a decisive seventh game in an AHL final series for the third time will be decided on Thursday from 20:30, live in the PPV-Livestream.



Copyright: Serena Fantini