League leader Kitzbühel remains unbeaten | Salzburg surprises at Ritten

The Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel remain perfect in the new season. The 5:1 home win against EC Bregenzerwald was the league leaders' fourth win in the fourth game. The “Eagles” have now scored 23 goals and conceded just five. For ECB, on the other hand, it was their third defeat in their fourth game. For the first time, however, Bregenzerwald had to concede a defeat after regulation. The home side took the lead in the fourth minute, but it took until the 23rd minute before Matic Podlipnik made it 2:0. It was the defender's first of two goals this evening. In addition to the Slovenian, Jayson Ren also scored a brace. Janick Wernicke scored the only goal for the ECB to make it 1:2 in the 26th minute.

Red Bull Hockey Juniors win at champion Ritten
The Red Bull Hockey Juniors celebrated a surprising 2:1 away win at champion Rittner Buam SkyAlps. It was the reigning champions' first defeat in regulation in their fourth game of the season. The South Tyroleans slipped behind the Juniors in the table, who have now climbed to second place with nine points from five games. Luca Kogler (12.) and Vadim Schreiner (17.) scored the goals for the visitors from Salzburg. RBJ goalie Valentin Ankirchner was just 58 seconds short of his first shutout in his third AHL game, as Marco Insam cut the deficit to 1:2 in the powerplay. However, Ritten was unable to equalize and the Young Bulls celebrated their first win against Ritten after four consecutive defeats.

Narrow home win for Zell am See against Celje
The EK Die Zeller Eisbären narrowly won 4:3/SO at home against HK RST Pellet Celje in front of 1699 fans. The team from Pinzgau was still trailing 1:3 until six minutes before the end of the game. In the end, the “Polar Bears” came back into the game with goals from new signings Matt McLeod (55./PP1) and Max Wilfan (59./EN) and it was Robin Johansson who finally scored the decisive penalty in the shootout. It was the second win for Zell am See in the fourth game of the season. Both victories were in front of a home crowd. Celje at least picked up their first point in Zell am See, before that the Slovenians were beaten three times in a row after regulation.

First win of the season for Val Gardena
In the fourth game of the season, Val Gardena managed a win for the first time. The South Tyroleans beat the Hockey Unterland Cavaliers 4:2 in a local duel, their first win of the season an overall since February 22. The Cavaliers, on the other hand, remain without a win this season, although they have already made it into the overtime twice. The player of the match was Stephan DeLuca, who scored both the equalizer to make it 2:2 and the game-winner to make it 3:2. Daniels Murnieks scored twice for the Cavaliers, who led 1:0 and 2:1 in the meantime.

In addition, runner-up S.G. Cortina Hafro narrowly won 2:1 against the Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan. Waltteri Lehtonen scored the game-winner with just under four minutes remaining. It was the Finnish new signing's first goal in the Italian jersey. Cortina managed their second win in the third game of the season, while Sterzing suffered their second defeat in the fourth game.

Alps Hockey League:
Thursday, 03.10.2024:
Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel – EC Bregenzerwald 5:1 (1:0, 2:1, 2:0)
Referees: RUETZ, SPIEGEL, Seewald J., Zacherl. | Spectators: 685
Goals KEC: 1:0 Schutz C. (4.), 2:0 Podlipnik M. (23.), 3:1 Ren J. (27.), 4:1 Podlipnik M. (51.), 5:1 Ren J. (57.)
Goal ECB: 2:1 Wernicke J. (26.)

EK Die Zeller Eisbären – HK RST Pellet Celje 4:3/SO (0:1, 0:1, 3:1)
Referees: HOLZER, HUBER, Divis, Strimitzer. | Spectators: 1699
Goals EKZ: 1:2 Huard N. (45.), 2:3 McLeod M. (55./PP1), 3:3 Wilfan M. (59./EN), 4:3 Johansson R. (65./SO)
Goals HKC: 0:1 Bukovec M. (8.), 0:2 Logar M. (27./PP1), 1:3 Panasenko B. (48.)

Rittner Buam SkyAlps – Red Bull Hockey Juniors 1:2 (0:2, 0:0, 1:0)
Referees: PINIE, PIRAS, Cusin, Formaioni. | Spectators: 378
Goal RIT: 1:2 Insam M. (60./PP1)
Goals RBJ: 0:1 Kogler L. (12.), 0:2 Schreiner V. (17.)

HC Gherdeina valgardena.it – Hockey Unterland Cavaliers 4:2 (1:1, 0:1, 3:0)
Referees: SORAPERRA, VIRTA, Brondi, Scalzeri. | Spectators: 245
Goals GHE: 1:1 Schiavone D. (19.), 2:2 Deluca S. (47.), 3:2 Deluca S. (51.), 4:2 Pitschieler S. (57.)
Goals CAV: 0:1 Murnieks S. (17./PP1), 1:2 Murnieks D. (26.)

S.G. Cortina Hafro – Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan 2:1 (1:0, 0:0, 1:1)
Referees: BULOVEC, RIVIS, Arlic, Ilmer. | Spectators: 400
Goals SGC: 1:0 Felicetti L. (15./SH1), 2:1 Lehtonen W. (56.)
Goal WSV: Sanche P. (41.)

Copyright: Max Pattis