Narrow away win for Salzburg in Ljubljana

Already on Thursday Ljubljana and Salzburg faced each other in the ninth round of the win2day ICE Hockey League. Until the tenth minute of the game, the seventh-placed team from Slovenia was able to keep the game balanced, before league leader Salzburg had the first powerplay due to a delay of play, and RBS scored in this. With the score 1:0 from Salzburg's point of view, the game went into the first break. In the middle period, the Red Bulls set the tone for long stretches, had a total of nine shots on goal compared to four from Olimpija, and were able to score another goal. In the 37th minute, Troy Bourke scored his second goal of the season.

In the final period, RBS managed to keep the lead, but with eleven minutes to go, Olimpija scored more or less out of nowhere to make it 1:2. Maris Bicevskis scored under the crossbar and beat RBS goalkeeper David Kickert for the first time this evening. The home side were the better team on the ice afterwards, but were got a penalty five minutes before the end. Salzburg was promptly on the spot and increased the lead to 3:1 through Mario Huber, but the game became exciting once again, because 108 seconds before the end of the game it was again Maris Bicevskis who scored for Olimpija. In total, it was the season goals two and three for the new signing of the Slovenians. However, the Slovenians did not manage to equalize and in the end Salzburg won with 3:2. It was the third win in a row for the Red Bulls. In the standings, with 21 points, they are temporarily four points ahead of the first pursuers Pustertal and Fehérvár. Olimpija, which is seventh with twelve points, suffered its third defeat in the last five games.



WIN2DAY ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE | 05.10.2023
HK SZ OLIMPIJA – EC RED BULL SALZBURG 2:3 (0:1, 0:1, 2:1)
REFEREES: OFNER, RENCZ, PUFF, VACZI. | SPECTATORS: 920
Goals HKO: 1:2 Bicevskis M. (49.), 2:3 Bicevskis M. (59.)
Goals RBS: 0:1 Schneider P. (10./PP1), 0:2 Bourke T. (37.), 1:3 Huber M. (56./PP1)