Release from 04.09.2026

KAC, Graz and Salzburg play second CHL home games

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On Saturday, the teams from the win2day ICE Hockey League will play their second home games in the Champions Hockey League. Following a successful start, EC-KAC will host Fribourg-Gottéron in a live match on ORF Sport+. Meanwhile, the Moser Medical Graz99ers will face Bordeaux, and Liberec will visit EC Red Bull Salzburg.

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Moser Medical Graz99ers – Boxers de Bordeaux
After a narrow defeat against Fribourg-Gottéron, the Moser Medical Graz99ers will host the Boxers de Bordeaux at 18:30 (livestream on sporteurope.tv) – marking the first time the Styrians will face a French team in the CHL. The Ligue Magnus champions lost 1–2 after overtime in Klagenfurt on Thursday. The 99ers’ lineup is expected to look similar to recently, although Clay Hanus could potentially return.

EC-KAC – Fribourg-Gottéron
The reigning Swiss champions Fribourg-Gottéron will visit EC-KAC following their 4–2 win at the Merkur Eisstadion (19:15, live on ORF Sport+). Of the Red Jackets’ seven previous games against National League clubs, only two have been won, both in overtime. In CHL history, Fribourg-Gottéron remain unbeaten against Austrian clubs (11:1 points, 12:4 goals). On the personnel front, KAC will again be without long-term absentee Fabian Hochegger, while Mattias Göransson is also out due to a minor lower-body injury.

EC Red Bull Salzburg – Bílí Tygři Liberec
EC Red Bull Salzburg are aiming for their first points in their second home game against Bílí Tygři Liberec (19:15, livestream on sporteurope.tv), after losing their opening match against Cologne 2–5. Liberec were beaten 3–6 in Tampere in their opener. For the Red Bulls, Wyatt Kalynuk now joins Florian Baltram and Fabian Baumann on the injury list after sustaining an upper-body injury and being ruled out indefinitely.