Release from 03.04.2021

Lustenau completes semifinals

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EHC Lustenau has completed the semifinals of the Alps Hockey League. The Vorarlberg side won game two of the series - reduced to “best-of-3” mode due to medical precautions related to COVID-19 – 3:1 and eventually prevailed 2:0. Elias Wallenta hit the one-timer seven minutes left for the game-winner. Lustenau reached semis for the second time after 2019.

The semifinal series, played in "best-of-5" mode, will start on Thursday, April 8th. HK SZ Olimpija Ljubljana will face EHC Lustenau, HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice will play Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey.

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The HC Pustertal had a couple of players missing in game two too, offered three lines in the Rheinhalle. In the first period it was more a feeling out of both teams – without big chances on both ends. Both opponents acted tactically solid and disciplined and both goalies, Lukas Reihs on the side of the home team and last year's MVP Colin Furlong for the guests, kept their sheets clean.

In the second period, the “lions” were more dominant from the beginning with a lot of time in the offensive zone and took the lead thanks to Max Wilfan (27.). But only four minutes later Pustertal equalized when Armin Hofer (31.) scored a blueliner on powerplay. The game remained even, there were chances on both sides until the second break.

The "wolves" really put on the pressure again at the beginning of the last period. Then followed an interruption of several minutes, because a linesman injured his head and neck and could not continue the game. The home team finally had more stamina - and was rewarded: Arturs Ozolins with the great assist to Elias Wallenta and he slammed the one-timer into the net. Pustertal still tried, but did not create any chances worth mentioning before Martin Grabher Meier rounded off with an empty netter.

Alps Hockey League | quarterfinals #2 | Saturday, April 3rd 2021:
EHC Lustenau – HC Pustertal Wölfe 3:1 (0:0, 1:1, 2:0)
Referees: RUETZ, STEFENELLI, Mantovani, Rinker.
Goals EHC: Wilfan (27./Grabher Meier-D‘Alvise), Wallenta (54./Ozolins-Oberscheider), Grabher Meiser (60.EN/Ozolins-Wilfan)
Goal PUS: Hofer A. (31.PP1/Traversa-Andergassen)

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