Release from 27.08.2023

KAC and Bolzano celebrate preseason wins

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The EC-KAC also won the second meeting with DEL club Wolfsburg on Sunday. In addition, HCB Südtirol Alperia took third place in the South Tyrol Summer Classic with a shootout victory over Slovan Bratislava. Five other win2day ICE Hockey League representatives suffered defeats.

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On Sunday evening, EC-KAC won the second meeting with DEL club Wolfsburg in the current week. The Klagenfurt side quickly found an answer to the early lead of the guests, Fraser completed a solo effort. In the second period, the DEL representative went ahead again, but Lukas Haudum scored to make it 2:2. The decision in favor of the Carinthians came in the closing stages of the third period: Hochegger pushed a Herburger feed over the line on the power play, then Wolfsburg lost its nerve: two players and coach Stewart were given game misconduct penalties in the final three minutes of the game, and the KAC scored two more empty-net goals through Fraser and Schwinger for the final score of 5:2.

Bolzano takes third place in the South Tyrol Summer Classic
HCB-South Tyrol Alperia faced Slovan Bratislava in the match for third place at the South Tyrol Summer Classic.The Slovaks took a two-goal lead in the first period. But Davis Vandane and Pascal Brunner equalized in the middle period. After Slovan went ahead again, a goal by Halmo eleven seconds before the end of regulation made it 3:3. In the penalty shootout, Lessio's goal ensured the decision in favor of the home side.

Salzburg loses game against Zurich
EC Red Bull Salzburg lost 0:1 against ZSC Lions at Red Bulls Salute and thus had to admit defeat with the minimum result in the fight for third place in front of 1,750 spectators.

Innsbruck and Pustertal lose at Vinschgau Cup
Two days after the game against ERC Ingolstadt, HC Pustertal faced the Nürnberg Ice Tigers in the 2023 Vinschgau Cup. The HCP equalized the early lead of the Germans in the powerplay: after a shot by Akeson, former Nürnberg player Schofield was on the spot with a rebound. In the middle period, the DEL representatives initially took command and pulled ahead to 3:1. In the end, they won 4:1.

HC TIWAG Innsbruck also suffered a defeat in their second game at the Vinschgau Cup. Not even 16 hours after the end of the game against Nürnberg (4:1 win), the Tyroleans met ERC Ingolstadt in their Champions Hockey League dress rehearsal. The DEL representative prevailed 6:0.

Clear defeats for Linz and Vorarlberg
The preseason winning streak of the Steinbach Black Wings Linz came to an end in Landshut. The Upper Austrians, again with a young lineup, were defeated by the German second division team 1:6. Brodi Stuart scored the only Linz goal on the powerplay.

The BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg, on the other hand, remained without a goal in their away game against EHC Freiburg. The team from Feldkirch was clearly defeated with 0:6.

Preseason | 27.8.2023:
EV Landshut - Steinbach Black Wings Linz 6:1 (3:1, 1:0, 2:0)
HCB Südtirol Alperia – Slovan Bratislava 4:3 SO (0:2, 2:0, 1:1, 1:0)
EC-KAC – Grizzlys Wolfsburg 5:2 (1:1, 1:1, 3:0)
HC TIWAG Innsbruck – ERC Ingolstadt 0:6 (0:2, 0:1, 0:3)
EC Red Bull Salzburg – ZSC Lions 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0)
HC Pustertal - Nürnberg Ice Tigers 1:4 (1:1, 0:2, 0:1)
EHC Freiburg - BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg 6:0 (2:0, 3:0, 1:0)

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