Release from 24.08.2017

KAC starts with full success into the Champions Hockey League, Znojmo with successful preseason game

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The EC-KAC booked a perfect start into the competitive season. The Austrian vice champion won the faceoff of the Champions Hockey League against Gap Rapaces with 6:3. The KAC started quick like a shot and scored four goals in the first period. The French champion fought back after plenty of powerplays. The KAC kept its nerves and captured the lead of group H after the first game day. The HC Orli Znojmo still has some time, before it really starts for them. They won a preparation game against ČEZ Motor České Budějovice with 4:2.

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The EC-KAC started with a lot of energy into the Champions Hockey League Season. It took only five minutes till the KAC captured the lead. Thomas Koch scored the first competitive goal in this season. On the other side David Madlener proofed his reflexes. The Austrian vice champion kept on pressuring, but couldn’t score in double powerplay. In the 11th minute it was Matthew Neal who increased the lead. But the French Champion stroke back quickly and Dimiti Thillet scored the first goal for his team. The KAC still was the more effective team and reproduced the two goal lead after a shot of Manuel Ganahl. If that wouldn’t be enough Matthew Neal scored the fourth goal for the redjackets in the first period. 

In the second period, the hosts scored quickly in powerplay. Gap took control over the game but couldn’t score in the next minutes. The KAC made life hard for themselves and had to take plenty of penalties. Gap succeeded with reducing the gap and scored two more goals in the second period. The redjackets came back into the final period way more concentrated and put back the energy of the first period on the ice. During a powerplay situation it was David Fischer who kept the Rapaces on distance. In the 59th minute Julian Talbot took care for the decision and scored for the result of 6:3. With that win the KAC took the lead in group H of the Champions Hockey League.

Champions Hockey League:
Rapaces Gap - EC-KAC 3:6 (1:4, 2:0, 0:2)
Goals KAC: Koch T. (5.), Neal (11., 17.), Ganahl (15. /pp.), Fischer (54./pp.), Talbot (59.)
Goals Gap: Thillet (11., 22./pp), Scheid (32./pp2)
 
Znojmo with clear preaseason success
The HC Orli Znojmo had no problems at their preseason game against against ČEZ Motor České Budějovice. The very beginning of the match belonged to the home team as they scored two goals in the first seventy seconds. The first stroke was made by Jakub Stehlik and Radek Cip took responsibility for the second one. Budějovice answered in the second period when they scored their only goal in the game. Znojmo scored two more goals for the result of 4:1.  

Friendly game:
HC Orli Znojmo - ČEZ Motor České Budějovice 4:1 (2:0,0:1,2:0)
Goals Znojmo: Stehlík (1.), Číp (2.), Račuk (37.), Yellow Horn (45.)