Release from 02.11.2019

Last games before the national team break

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On Sunday the last five games before the first IIHF break will be played in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. The Servus Hockey Night shows the 327th Caritnhian derby between Villach and Klagenfurt.

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Facts before Sunday's games: 

  • Klagenfurt won ten out of the last eleven games against Villach
  • With two goals and one assist in yesterday's game against Innsbruck, Raphael Herburger took over the lead in scoring charts
  • Innsbruck's Sacha Guimond is suspended for the home game against Fehervar

Sun, 03.11.2019, 17:30: Dornbirn Bulldogs - Moser Medical Graz99ers
Referees: BULOVEC, STOLC, Sparer, Tschrepitsch

  • On Friday Dornbirn suffered a 1:5 defeat at Kai Suikkanen's debut in Klagenfurt
  • While the Bulldogs are waiting for a win since game day 2, Graz did not perform as they wanted in October (3 wins out of 9 games)
  • In their first season meeting the 99ers earned a 3:1 win
  • When these teams met for the last six times in Vorarlberg, the game was always decided by just one goal
  • The Styrians will miss Cristopher Nihlstorp and Matt Garbowsky

Pregame statement: Dominik Grafenthin (G99)

Sun, 03.11.2019, 17:30: EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz - EC Red Bull Salzburg
Referees: M. NIKOLIC, PIRAGIC, Kontschieder, Schauer

  • 4th-placed Linz and table-toppers Salzburg won their last two games
  • Depsite having a 3:1 lead, the Red Bulls lost the first season meeting in overtime (4:5)
  • In the league's history Linz leads with 27:26 wins on home ice - only 6 of these 53 games went into overtime
  • Salzburg is the best team on powerplay - 26,3%
  • Red Bulls captain Thomas Raffl leads goalscoring charts with 12 goals

Pregame statement: Andreas Kristler (BWL) I John Hughes (RBS)

Sun, 03.11.2019, 17:30: HC TWK Innsbruck 'Die Haie' - Hydro Fehervar AV 19
Referees: BERNEKER, TRILAR, Hribar, Pardatscher

  • While Innsbruck lost their last three games (all on the road), Fehervar earned four successive wins
  • In the first season meeting the Hungarians held the upper hand 7:6 after overtime with Andrew Yogan scoring two goals
  • 10th-placed Innsbruck won the last four home games against Fehervar
  • The Hungarians conceded four goals against while playing power play - it's most shorthander of all teams
  • Innsbruck will be without injured Michael Boivin and Tyler Cuma again

Pregame statement: John Lammers (HCI) I Andrew Yogan (AVS)

Sun, 03.11.2019, 17:30: spusu Vienna Capitals - HCB Südtirol Alperia (Video33 live)
Referees: KINCSES, SMETANA, Nagy, Nemeth

  • After a 6:3 defeat in Linz on Friday, the Caps dropped to third place
  • Bolzano plays in Znojmo on Saturday and only 24 hours later they face the Caps
  • The Caps won the first season meeting 4:1 with both top scorers Sebastien Sylvestre and Ty Loney scoring a goal
  • While the foxes have struggled on pp, they are the best pk team
  • HCB defender Brett Flemming leads the league in plus/minus: +14

Pregame statement: Dave Cameron (VIC)

Sun, 03.11.2019, 17:30: EC Panaceo VSV - EC-KAC (servushockeynight.com live)
Referees: K. NIKOLIC, STERNAT, Seewald, Zgonc

  • While Villach suffered three consecutive defeats lately, KAC won seven of their last eight games
  • In the first season meeting Klagenfurt earned a 1:0 win thanks to a Kozek goal
  • There were just a few goals in the last three derby games (2x 1:0, 1x 2:1)
  • In the last five meetings in Villach, one goal was the decisive factor in the end (each 2x 4:3 and 2:1, 1x 3:2).
  • While Jerry Pollastrone returns to the VSV lineup, they miss Patrick Bjorkstrand and Nico Brunner

Pregame statement: Anton Karlsson (VSV) I Manuel Ganahl (KAC)