Release from 04.11.2023
On the second last matchday before the International Break, league leader EK Die Zeller Eisbären lost at home against the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it 2:3/OT. In the table, Zell am See's lead over second placed Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan is two points. The Broncos won 4:2 at the Red Bull Hockey Juniors. HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice slipped to the third place in the table. The Slovenians lost 0:1/OT to the EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel in front of their home crowd. The Steel Wings Linz AG celebrated a surprising 6:1 home win against S.G. Cortina Hafro. It was the first defeat for the Italians after seven wins in a row. The last game before the November break will be between the Rittner Buam SkyAlps and the EC Bregenzerwald on Sunday at 18:00.
The HC Gherdeina valgardena.it surprisingly beat league leader EK Die Zeller Eisbären with 3:2/OT. After the shootout win against Fassa on Wednesday, it was the second success in a row for the 15th-placed team in the table. Zell am See suffered only their third defeat of the season, the second in front of a home crowd. In the standings, the lead over the first pursuer Vipiteno is two points. The team from Pingau celebrated a clear 9:1 away win in the first duel of the season with Gherdeina. On Saturday, they were able to come back from a deficit twice to force an overtime. In this, Diego Glück scored his second goal of the season after 76 seconds. The Furies' other goals were scored by Brad McGowan (6th/PP1) and Anthony DeLuca (16th).
Steel Wings end Cortina's seven-game winning streak
The Steel Wings Linz AG ended a seven-game winning streak of S.G. Cortina Hafro with a surprising 6:1 home win. It was the third win in the last five games for the Upper Austrians. After the first period, the Steel Wings still had a narrow 1:0 lead. In the middle period, Mikael Saha added two more goals before William Persson scored twice at the start of the final period. The Upper Austrians even increased the lead to 6:0 in the 53rd minute. Diego Cuglietta scored the only goal for the Italians, who remain fifth in the table, three minutes before the end of the game in the power play. SWL goalie Benedikt Oschgan narrowly missed out on his second shutout in the Alps Hockey League. The Steel Wings are still in eleventh place in the table.
Vipiteno wins in Salzburg and is second in the table
The Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan won 4:2 at the Red Bull Hockey Juniors and moved up to second place in the table. It was the Broncos' eighth win in the last ten games with the Juniors. The game was still tied 1:1 after the first period. The visitors took a 2:1 lead in the middle period. The remaining goals were scored in the final 20 minutes. First, the Young Bulls equalized in the 49th minute, before Adam Capannelli scored in the 53rd minute to make it 3:2. Justin Maylan provided the final decision with an empty-net goal one second before the end of the game. While the Broncos celebrated their second win in a row, Salzburg suffered their first defeat after two previous victories. The Juniors are in ninth place in the table.
Kitzbühel wins in Jesenice
The EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel beat the reigning champion HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice 1:0 after overtime. Moritz Matzka scored the decisive goal 35 seconds before the end of overtime. KEC goalie Luca Egger also secured the first shutout of his Alps Hockey League career. In the 15th AHL duel with the Slovenians, it was the third win for the Tyroleans, who remain in tenth place in the table. Jesenice, who went without a goal for the first time since February 2, suffered their second defeat in a row and slipped to the third place in the table.
Victories for Merano, Lustenau and Fassa
In the game between league newcomer HK RST Pellet Celje and the HC Meran/o Pircher, the visitors from South Tyrol won 4:1. For Meran, which has moved past Celje in the table and is now twelfth, it was their first win after three consecutive defeats. For the Slovenians, it was their second defeat in a row. In the first duel of the season with the Eagles, Celje conceded a clear 0:5 away defeat. On Saturday, they were already 0:4 down after 20 minutes. As in the first leg, Calder Anderson scored a brace. Jasa Jenko scored Celje's only goal in the 57th minute.
The EHC Lustenau had no problems on Saturday. The team from Vorarlberg beat the EC-KAC Future Team 6:2 at home. For the Klagenfurt team it wasalready the eight defeat in a row. The Future Team, who are bottom of the table with nine points, lost 2:7 at the EC Bregenzerwald on Friday. Lustenau picked up their third win from the last five games and is eighth in the table. Man of the match against the Future Team was Jesper Öhrvall with a hat-trick. Max Wilfan also scored a brace.
In addition, the SHC Fassa Falcons narrowly beat the Hockey Unterland Cavaliers 4:3/OT at home. It was the Falcons' first win after six consecutive defeats. Unterland, on the other hand, were beaten for the first time after three wins in a row. The team from Neumarkt is in seventh place in the table, while Fassa is 14th. In regulation, both Diego Iori (FAS) and David Galassiti (HCU) scored a brace. In overtime, Viktor Näslund made the difference after 34 seconds.
Alps Hockey League | 04.11.2023:
HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice - EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel 0:1/OT (0:0, 0:0, 0:0)
Referees: LAZZERI, MOSCHEN, Schonaklener, Wendner. | Spectators: 1022
Goals KEC: Matzka M. (65./OT Niemelä J. – Lehtonen W.)
HK RST Pellet Celje - HC Meran/o Pircher 1:4 (0:4, 0:0, 1:0)
Referees: BROCK, KAINBERGER, Bergant, Seewald J. | Spectators: 260
Goal HKC: 1:4 Jenko J. (57. Hebar T. – Kalan L.)
Goals HCM: 0:1 Garreffa J. (1. Ritchie N. - Dellagiacoma F.), 0:2 Trivellato D. (10. Ansoldi L. – Thaler S.), 0:3 Anderson C. (11. Gellon D. – Andreano S.), 0:4 Anderson C. (20. Ritchie N. – Borgatello C.)
Red Bull Hockey Juniors - Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan 2:4 (1:1, 0:1, 1:2)
Referees: SCHAUER, VOICAN, Moidl, Preiser. | Spectators: 76
Goals RBJ: 1:1 Hörl L. (19./PP1 Murnieks D. – Zelenov V.), 2:2 Helander J. (49. Zelenov V.)
Goals WSV: 0:1 Topatigh D. (17./PP1 Maylan J. – Capannelli A.), 1:2 Livingston J. (36. Eisendle P. – Capannelli A.), 2:3 Capannelli A. (53./PP1 Topatigh D. – Maylan J.), 2:4 Maylan J. (60./EN Zeccheto A.)
Steel Wings Linz AG - S.G. Cortina Hafro 6:1 (1:0, 2:0, 3:1)
Referees: HLAVATY, WENUSCH, Angyal, Dieber. | Spectators: 134
Goals SWL: 1:0 Necesany L. (7. Persson W.), 2:0 Persson W. (31./PP1 Dorion M.), 3:0 Saha M. (35./PP1 Theirich M. – Persson W.), 4:0 Persson W. (44. Saha M. - Theirich M.), 5:0 Persson W. (48. Theirich M. – Söllinger P.), 6:0 Wilding S. (53. Maurer P. – Brikmanis A.)
Goal SGC: 6:1 Cuglietta D. (58./PP1 Carozza M. – Lacedelli R.)
EK Die Zeller Eisbären - HC Gherdeina valgardena.it 2:3/OT (1:2, 0:0, 1:0)
Referees: LEHNER, LESNIAK, Arlic, Matthey | Spectators: 1621
Goals EKZ: 1:1 Huard N. (14. Unterluggauer N. – Wilenius T.), 2:2 Wilenius T. (50. Widen F. – Cuma T.)
Goals GHE: 0:1 McGowan B. (6./PP1 Schulze K. – DeLuca A.), 1:2 DeLuca A. (16. McGowan B.), 2:3 Glück D. (62./OT Luisetti M. – Willeit C.)
EHC Lustenau - EC-KAC Future Team 6:2 (0:1, 3:1, 3:0)
Referees: HOLZER, WUNTSCHEK, Jäger, Pötscher. | Spectators: 858
Goals EHC: 1:1 Öhrvall H. (26./PP1 Johansson M. – Alasaari F.), 2:1 Wilfan M. (28./PP1 Wennlund M. – Johansson M.), 3:1 Wilfan M. (34. Hrdina S. – Johansson M.), 4:2 Wennlund M. (52. Wilfan M.), 5:2 Öhrvall H. (58. Haberl D. – Johansson M.), 6:2 Öhrvall H. (60. Kutzer J. – Alasaari F.)
Goals KFT: 0:1 Burgar N. (20./PP1 Klassek T. – Slivnik L.), 3:2 Burgar N. (36. Klassek S. – Sunitsch M.)
SHC Fassa Falcons - Hockey Unterland Cavaliers 4:3/OT (1:1, 2:1, 0:1)
Referees: BAJT, BULOVEC, Cristeli, Cusin. | Spectators: 191
Goals FAS: 1:0 Iori D. (8./PP1 Schiavone D. – Forte F.), 2:2 Selin S. (28. Felicetti L.), 3:2 Iori D. (33./PP1 Deluca A. – Schiavone D.), 4:3 Näslund V. (61./OT)
Goals HCU: 1:1 Kaufmann M. (15./PP1 Pertile G. – Markkula M.), 1:2 Galassiti G. (26.), 3:3 Galassiti D. (53. Liprandi M. – Pertile G.)