Release from 25.08.2023

Lustenau loses preseason opener

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With the EHC Lustenau the 16th and last team of the Alps Hockey League started the preseason on Thursday. The team from Vorarlberg lost in a high-scoring game against the EHC Chur with 4:6. In the Trofeo Ladino the SHC Fassa Falcons won against the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it with 3:2. The HC Merano/o Pircher lost in the internal AHL duel to the Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan clearly with 2:6. The Eagles also signed a young forward in 19-year-old Renzo Rocco.

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A total of eight test matches with Alps Hockey League participation were on the schedule from Tuesday to Thursday. In addition to the EHC Lustenau, which was defeated 4:6 by the EHC Chur in the preseason opener, the second team from Vorarlberg, the EC Bregenzerwald, was also in action and lost against the EHC Frauenfeld with 5:6. The Hockey Unterland Cavaliers suffered an expected defeat against the HCB Südtirol Alperia from the win2day ICE Hockey League. Strong playing Cavaliers lost in the end with 3:6.

Pre-season victories were celebrated by the EK Die Zeller Eisbären, who clearly defeated Deggendorfer SC 5:0, HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice, who celebrated a 3:2 victory over the Starbulls Rosenheim, and the EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel, who had more problems than the Polar Bears in their 5:4 victory over the Deggendorfer SC. In addition, two internal AHL duels were also on the schedule in the past few days. In the Trofeo Ladino, the SHC Fassa Falcons defeated the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it with 3:2, which meant that the Falcons started the tournament with a win. For Val Gardena, on the other hand, it was already the third defeat in the third game. In addition, the Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan and the HC Meran/o Pircher faced each other. Thereby the Broncos prevailed clearly with 6:2. With the signing of 19-year-old Renzo Rocco, Merano was also active on the transfer market. The forward was already part of the South Tyrolean in last weekend´s Hanjörg Brunner Memorial. Now the Eagles made the signing of Rocco, who last played for Pergine, official.

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