Olimpija storms to top of table for the first time

Today was a game which could mean 5th consecutive win for Jesenice or third win in a row for Kitzbühel. The home team scored on their first PP attempt with Luka Bašič scoring his first goal of the season. Most of the first period traffic was in front of Kitzbühel goal. The second period started like the first one ended, with big pressure from the home team. The attacking game brought a second goal for Jesenice. It was scored by Miha Logar. Jesenice overshoot their opponents and in the 34th minute Luka Kalan scored for 3:0. Jesenice managed to score three more goals within 45 seconds late in the second by Tadej Cimzar, Jaka Sturm and Jaka Sodja. The game was already decided when the scoreboard showed 6:0. The last period was only a formality. Kitzbühel managed to score one goal by Martin Gran and Jesenice scored two more goals for a 8:1 home win.

 

Andrej Hebar used Olimpija's second power play after 14 minutes to score the first periods only goal in an even-balanced game. The Carinthians could not take advantage of a four-minute pp situation but were showed a solid road game. After a halfway point of the game goalie Jakob Holzer conceded the second goal against. With the referee shwoing a penalty against Klagenfurt, Hebar added his second of the night. The visitors had not enough energy to come back in the third, Aljaz Uduc and Matic Kranj made the preliminary decision for a 4:0 lead. Uduc scored one more goal after 52 minutes and Luka Ulamec rounded off the scoring soon later. While goalie Robert Kristan celebrated his third shutout of the season, the Slovenes took oer at the top of the standings with their sixth successive win.

 

The favourites ahd the first big chances after only two minutes but Riley Brace failed because of ECB goalie Misa Pietilä. The hosts did better with Panu Hyyppä opening the scoring on a rebound but halfway through the first Brace tied it at one. Bregenzerwald took over control and captain Christian Ban restored the lead in the 15th minute beating Cortina netminder Valle da Rin over the shoulder. Before the first intermission Brace showed his qualitites again and scored his second of the night. It was a hard-fought game in the second with some penalties on both sides. At the halfway point of the game Zachary Torquato turned the game around but the hosts promptly pressed for an qualizer. In the 47th minute they were rewarded when Jusso Mörsky lit the lamp. Bregenzerwald fired lots of shots goalwards but Cortina's goalie stood tall. Contrary to the course of the game Cortina retook the lead with Brace scoring his hat trick. With two minutes to go ECb coach Jussi Tupamäki pulled his goalie and Cortina's first line made the decision with two empty net goals for a 6:3 road win.
 

It had to be a one-way game between the leader of the AHL and a team with no points. Instead, the challenge between Neumarkt and Ritten has given so much emotions. The home team couldn’t use Michael and Alex Sullmann and Hannes Oberrauch. The new player - Joseph Hacharcik - was not yet present. Ritten played with goalkeeper Hannes Treibenreif. The start of the match was very easy for visitors. After the first two shoots of the game, in just over 3 minutes, Ritten was already on 2:0 thanks to Markus Spinell and Victor Ahlström. But the hosts didn’t give up and they succeed in the drawing. Tobias Steiner scored with a shot from the distance and then after 15 minutes there was a tie after a deflection of Jakub Muzik in powerplay. The start of the second favour was in favor of the Wild Goose. After 35 seconds there was Alex Gasser's goal for the advantage of the hosts but Renon shortly scored the tie with Simon Kostner. In a match where both teams played an open face game, everything happened. The hosts had two other goals with Tobias Brighenti and very young Moritz Selva (Under 17) for his first goal in a senior championship. But Renon team reminded themselves that they are the leader. Andreas Lutz and Thomas Spinell reported the result at even. After 40 minutes there were already 10 goals. During the third time the game was without goals. Oscar Ahlström scored the final goal in overtime as he solved the game for guests in powerplay situation in just 26 seconds. But Ritten lost the top of the standings. First point for Neumarkt in the new season.

The main player of the action was Martin Mairitsch: the forward of Feldkirch scored two goals on rebound in just 3 minutes of the game as he launched the austrian team for success. Then the VEU found another leader. Between the first and the second period Christoph Draschkowitz made two more goals for a Feldkirch that became the owner of the rink. The home team put Giancarlo Kostner into the net instead of Martin Rabanser. In the middle there was the first home goal with Jan McDonald. But then in just three minutes, Vorarlberg built other 3 goals: Daniel Fekete, Patrick Breuss and Marcel Witting increased the result for a one-way match. Even in the third time, the Furies couldn’t do anything about the match. After another Jan McDonald’s goal for the hosts, Feldkirch fixed the score on 9:2 thanks to Diethar Winzing's goal and again Christoph Draschkowitz (hat trick). Austrian team conquered the second consecutive victory. The Gherdeina was at the fifth consecutive defeat in a row.

 

Referees: KAMSEK, WIDMANN, Arlic, Bedynek

Goals Jesenice: Basic (3./pp-Tavzelj-Pem, 55./Cimzar-Tavzelj), Logar (27./Svetina-Tomazevic), Kalan (34./Piispanen-Brus, 49./Stojan), Cimzar (40./Pem-Basic), Sturm (40./Korosec-Sodja J.), Sodja J. (40./Sodja U.),  

Goal Kitzbühel: Gran (55./pp-Wirl-Nussbaumer)

 

Referees: BAJT, PODLESNIK, Holzer, Rezek

Goals Ljubljana: 1:0 Hebar (15./pp-König, Zajc), 2:0 Hebar (32./Selan, Zajc), 3:0 Uduč (45./Cepon, Snoj), 4:0 König (47./Uduč, Hebar), 5:0 Uduč (52./Cepon), 6:0 Ulamec (55./Nord, Zwinger)

 

Referees: HÖLLER, WALLNER, Kalb, Tschrepitsch

Goals ECB: 1:0 Hyyppä P. (5./Ban C., Ban D.), 2:1 Ban C. (15./Wolf M., Vallant), 3:3 Mörsky J. (47./Haidinger, Kauppila)

Goals SGC: 1:1 Iori D. (10./Brace, Torquato), 2:2 Brace R. (17./Zanatta), 2:3 Torquato Z. (31./Brace), 3:4 Brace R. (52./Iori), 3:5 Brace R. (59./en-Torquato), 3:6 Troquato Z. (59./en-Ciccarrello)

 

Referees: MORI, MOSCHEN, Bedana, Piras.

Goals Neumarkt: 1:2 Steiner (7./Wieser); 2:2 Muzik (15./PP1/Nedved-Brebenec); 3:2 Gasser (20./Muzik-Brebenec); 4:3 Brighenti (25./Graf); 5:3 Selva (28./PP1/Brighenti-Brebenec); 

Goals Ritten: 0:1 M.Spinell (2./Frei-Borgatello); 0:2 V. Ahlström (3./O. Ahlström); 3:3 S.Kostner (24./O.Ahlström-V. Ahlström); 5:4 A.Lutz (32./PP1/V.Ahlström-S.Kostner); 5:5 T.Spinell (35./Traversa-Lutz); 5:6 O.Ahlström (60./PP1/Borgatello-S.Kostner); 

 

Referees: BENVEGNU, LEGA, Chr. Cristeli, P. Giacomozzi.

Goals Gherdeina: 1:4 McDonald (28./I.Demetz-Sagert); 2:7 McDonald (40./I.Demetz- J.Olander); 

Goals Feldkirch: 0:1 Mairitsch (1./Stanley); 0:2 Mairitsch (3./Stanley-Witting); 0:3 Draschkowitz (15./Wiedmaier-Winzig); 0:4 Draschkowitz (24./PP1/Wiedmaier-Winzig); 1:5 Fekete (30./Puschnik); 1:6 Breuss (31./Samardzic); 1:7 Witting (31./Mairitsch-Stanley); 2:8 Winzig (49./Draschkowitz-Wiedmaier); 2:9 Draschkowitz (58./Wiedmaier-Winzig)