Release from 25.10.2024

Kitzbühel faces Jesenice | Final rematch between Ritten and Cortina

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A total of six games are scheduled in the Alps Hockey League on Saturday and Sunday. League leader Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel faces SIJ Acroni Jesenice in the top game. There will also be a final rematch between the Rittner Buam SkyAlps and S.G. Cortina Hafro. The match was originally scheduled to take place in Cortina, but due to technical problems at the Stadio Olimpico di Cortina, a home/away swap was made, which is why the match will be played at the Arena Ritten on Sunday.

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League leader Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel continue to be the top team this season. The Tyroleans won 6:2 in Ritten on Thursday and celebrated their eighth win in nine games. On Saturday, they will host another top club, SIJ Acroni Jesenice. The Slovenians have also only been beaten once this season. On Thursday, the fourth-placed team in the table celebrated a 9:0 victory against Merano. The two best defenses in the league will also face each other on Saturday. Kitzbühel have only conceded 14 goals, followed by Jesenice with 16. The 2023 AHL champions lost both duels against Kitzbühel last season. Before that, however, they celebrated seven wins in a row.

An Austrian duel and a South Tyrol derby are also scheduled on Saturday. Second-placed EK Die Zeller Eisbären will face bottom-placed EC Bregenzerwald. In addition, twelfth-placed Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan welcome tenth-placed Hockey Unterland Cavaliers. Zell am See have won all of their last five games and are currently five points behind leader Kitzbühel. They are still completely unbeaten at home. Bregenzerwald, on the other hand, have lost all of their last six games. The Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan are also not in good form, with just one win from their last eight games. Unterland also have just three wins this season, but have made it to overtime in six of their nine games and seven of their encounters have been decided by just one goal difference. Both teams will face each other for the first time in almost a year on Saturday. In the last AHL duel, on October 28, 2023, Unterland prevailed 4:3/OT.

In the fourth game of the day, league newcomer KHL Sisak take on the HC Meran/o Pircher. The Croatians have still not lost a game after regular time in the Alps Hockey League and are in sixth place in the table with 14 points, although they have only played six games. With 37 goals already scored, Sisak have the second-best offense in the league. Only leader Kitzbühel have scored more goals (45). Meran, by comparison, scored 24 goals and are eleventh in the table with eleven points. On Thursday, the South Tyroleans suffered a clear 0:9 defeat in Jesenice, their fourth loss of the season in their ninth game.

Less than 24 days later, the South Tyroleans will face the HK RST Pellet Celje awa from home. The Slovenians are not in action on Saturday, but will play at Red Bull Hockey Juniors today, Friday. In the Alps Hockey League, Merano has won all four duels with Celje so far.

There will also be the first final rematch between champion Rittner Buam SkyAlps and runner-up S.G. Cortina Hafro on Sunday. Ritten won the final series 4:0, before that they also won the final series in the Italian Serie A 2:1. Sunday's game was originally scheduled to take place in Cortina, but due to technical problems at the Stadio Olimpico di Cortina, a home/away swap was made, which is why the game will be played at the Arena Ritten. In terms of the standings, fifth-placed Ritten (15 points) will face eighth-placed Cortina (12 points). However, SGC are currently not in good form. The 3:0 away win in Salzburg on Wednesday was their first victory after five defeats in a row. The “Buam”, on the other hand, were beaten for the first time on Thursday after six wins in a row across all competitions.

Alps Hockey League:
Saturday, 26.10.2024:
18:00: Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan – Hockey Unterland Cavaliers
Referees: BROCK, STERNAT, Rivis, Wendner. | >> valcome.tv <<

18:30: KHL Sisak – HC Meran/o Pircher
Referees: SNOJ, WIDMANN, Arlic, Telesklav. | >> valcome.tv <<

19:00: Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel – SIJ Acroni Jesenice
Referees: METZINGER, PINIE, Grisenti, Knez. | >> valcome.tv <<

19:30: EK Die Zeller Eisbären – EC Bregenzerwald
Referees: BULOVEC, HLAVATY, Markizeti, Preiser. | >> valcome.tv <<

Sunday, 27.10.2024:
18:00: Rittner Buam SkyAlps – S.G. Cortina Hafro
Referees: EGGER, HOLZER, Cusin, Jäger. | >> valcome.tv <<

18:00: HK RST Pellet Celje – HC Meran/o Pircher
Referees: LAZZERI, LEBEN, Formaioni, Jeram. | >> valcome.tv <<