Release from 22.09.2023
Six games are scheduled in the Alps Hockey League on Saturday and Sunday. Among others, league leader EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel will face the EHC Lustenau away from home. In addition, runner-up S.G. Cortina Hafro will have to deal with the Rittner Buam SkyAlps. Watch all games live on valcome.tv.
Alps Hockey League | 23.09.2023:
Sat, 23.09.2023, 18:00: HK RST Pellet Celje - Hockey Unterland Cavaliers
Referees: BAJT, VIRTA, Bergant, Fecchio. | >> valcome.tv <<
League newcomer HK RST Pellet Celje started their premiere season with two clear defeats against Jesenice and Ritten. On Saturday, the Slovenians will face the Hockey Unterland Cavaliers, who started the season with two commanding wins and are second in the table. With 15 goals scored, Unterland, together with Jesenice, has the best offense in the league. Five players already have scored five or more points.
Sat, 23.09.2023, 19:15: Steel Wings Linz AG - EC Bregenzerwald
Referees: RUETZ, VOICAN, Legat, Matthey. | >> valcome.tv <<
The Steel Wings Linz AG picked up their first point of the young season against Zell am See on Thursday. In the 2:3-OT loss, they were already trailing 0:2 in the meantime. On Saturday, the Upper Austrians will meet the EC Bregenzerwald, for whom it will be the second game within 24 hours. Still today, Friday, the Vorarlberg team will play at the EC-KAC Future Team. At the season opener, the ECB prevailed at home against the Red Bull Hockey Juniors with 3:1. In the H2H with the Steel Wings, Bregenzerwald has won all nine AHL duels so far.
Sat, 23.09.2023, 19:30: HC Gherdeina valgardena.it - EK Die Zeller Eisbären
Referees: GIACOMOZZI, LAZZERI, Abeltino, Cristeli. | >> valcome.tv <<
A bad start to the season experienced the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it. The South Tyrolean team has not yet scored a point and has already conceded twelve goals in two games. Alone eight goals against they had to accept on Thursday at home against Unterland. Against the EK Die Zeller Eisbären the Furie wants to strike back. Zell am See, however, started with two victories in the season. On Thursday the Polar Bears gave away a 2:0 lead against the Steel Wings and had to go into overtime. Last season Zell am See could win three of four encounters with Gherdeina.
Sat, 23.09.2023, 19:30: HC Merano/o Pircher - SHC Fassa Falcons
Referees: BENVEGNU, MOSCHEN, Brondi, Cusin. | >> valcome.tv <<
Bad in the new season started the HC Merano/o Pircher too. The eagles lost first in Kitzbühel with 1:10, before they lost in Vipiteno with 2:5. However, both games were away from home. On Saturday against the SHC Fassa Falcons, Merano will play in front of its home crowd for the first time. The Falcons currently have two points. At the season opener, they prevailed against runner-up Cortina in overtime. On Thursday they lost 1:4 in Lustenau. In four AHL duels between Merano and Fassa so far, HCM has won three times.
Sat, 23.09.2023, 19:30: EHC Lustenau - EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel
Referees: HOLZER T., PINIE, Hesina, Pace. | >> valcome.tv <<
With six out of six possible points and a goal difference of +9, the EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel is currently at the top of the table. On Saturday, the Tyroleans have to travel to Vorarlberg, to the EHC Lustenau, who are in eighth place in the table with one win from two games. On Thursday, they celebrated a 4:1 victory over Fassa in their season home debut. Rafael Rotter has hit the ground running at Kitzbühel, already scoring five points in two games. In total, the Eagles have already scored 14 goals and have only conceded three. In the H2H Kitzbühel won three of four duels last season.
Alps Hockey League | 24.09.2023:
Sun, 24.09.2023, 17:30: S.G. Cortina Hafro - Rittner Buam SkyAlps
Referees: LEGA, STEFENELLI, Cusin, De Zordo. | >> valcome.tv <<
In the only Sunday match runner-up S.G. Cortina Hafro will face the Rittner Buam SkyAlps. While Ritten won both games so far, Cortina lost two points right at the beginning against Fassa. But on Thursday they had the perfect answer ready. In the first final rematch against Jesenice, Cortina won with 6:5. The game-winner by Marco Sanna was scored only 56 seconds before the end of the game. Cortina conceded a total of eight goals in two games. Ritten, on the other hand, has only conceded one goal so far. The save percentage of goalkeeper Colin Furlong, who moved from Val Gardena to Ritten in the summer, is 98.1%. Both teams last faced each other in February in the final tournament of the Italian championship. Cortina narrowly prevailed with 2:1 and thus secured the title. In the Alps Hockey League, Ritten won three of four duels last season.