Release from 16.08.2024

Ljubljana wins preseason opener against KAC

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Olimpija Ljubljana celebrated a 2:1 home win over EC-KAC on Friday. While EC Red Bull Salzburg were beaten by the ZSC Lions in the semi-finals of the "Red Bulls Salute", the spusu Vienna Capitals and Steinbach Black Wings Linz both suffered narrow defeats in their preseason opener.

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Olimpija and Klagenfurt faced each other in their first preseason game at the Tivoli. The home side took the lead in the 16th minute: Miha Bericic set up Žiga Pance, who lifted the puck high into the near corner. The ICE runners-up equalised on the powerplay right at the start of the middle period. Jesper Jensen Aabo laid off from the blue line to the left face-off circle, from where Mathias From put the puck into the net. Five minutes before the end, the decision was made in Ljubljana's favour when Wyatt Ege scored after Cosic's assist to secure a 2:1 victory.

Salzburg loses Salute semi-final
EC Red Bull Salzburg lost 3:0 to the Swiss champions ZSC Lions in the second semi-final of the Red Bulls Salute 2024 in Zell am See and will now face their Munich in game for 3rd place. After trailing 3:0 in the first period, the Red Bulls came back strongly in the game and put up a great fight against the Swiss, but went unrewarded.

Close defeats for Vienna and Linz
The spusu Vienna Capitals lost their first preseason game at HC Nové Zámky 2:3 after overtime. Leon Wallner gave the Viennese team the lead in the first period while shorthanded, Patrick Antal added a powerplay goal for the Capitals in the middle period. A brace from the home side meant the teams went into the second break tied. After a goalless final period, the game was decided late in overtime. Nicolas Guay scored the winner for the Slovakians with three seconds left.

The Steinbach Black Wings and Kassel played out a lively back-and-forth in front of 1,500 spectators. Logan Roe scored in the first period to give the Upper Austrians the lead. This narrow lead lasted until the third period, when the Germans turned the game around. Raphael Wolf equalised late on, but the Huskies took the win in the shootout.

Preseason win2day ICE Hockey League
Friday, 16.08.2024:
Nové Zámky - spusu Vienna Capitals 3:2 OT (0:1, 2:1, 0:0)
Goals Vienna: Wallner (2./SH), Antal (30./PP)

Steinbach Black Wings Linz - Kassel Huskies 2:3 SO (1:0, 0:0, 1:2)
Goals Linz: Roe (16.), Wolf (57.)

Olimpija Ljubljana - EC-KAC 2:1 (1:0, 0:1, 1:0)
Goals Ljubljana: Pance (16.), Ege (55.)
Goal Klagenfurt: From (21./PP)

EC Red Bull Salzburg - ZSC Lions 0:3 (0:3, 0:0, 0:0)