One game on Saturday | Full round on Boxing Day

Alps Hockey League | 23.12.2023
Sat, 23.12.2023, 18:00: Rittner Buam SkyAlps - S.G. Cortina Hafro
Referees: RUETZ, SCHAUER, Fleischmann, Seewald J. | >> valcome.tv <<
In the last game before Christmas, the Rittner Buam SkyAlps and S.G. Cortina Hafro face each other. The Rittner Buam maintained their lead in the table with a 3:0 home win against Zell am See on Thursday. It was the third win in a row for the South Tyroleans. With 56 points, the Buam are twelve points ahead of fifth-placed Cortina. The Italians won 3:2/SO in Lustenau. Should Ritten win against Cortina, they would already be qualified for the Playoffs. However, Cortina won the first duel of the season 5:4/SO.

Alps Hockey League | 26.12.2023
Tue, 26.12.2023, 18:00: SIJ Acroni Jesenice - Steel Wings LINZ AG
Referees: FAJDIGA, KUMMER, Murnik, Telesklav. >> valcome.tv <<
The full round on Boxing Day will be opened with the game between SIJ Acroni Jesenice and the Steel Wings LINZ AG. The defending champion from Slovenia is currently not in good form. They were recently defeated by both the 13th-placed Val Gardena, and the bottom of the table KAC Future Team. In seventh place, they would currently not qualify for the Master Round. However, they are only two points behind the sixth place. The Steel Wings are 14th in the table and have won two of their last five games. On Thursday, the Upper Austrians lost 1:3 in Kitzbühel.

Tue, 26.12.2023, 19:00: EC-KAC Future Team - Hockey Unterland Cavaliers
Referees: SCHWEIGHOFER, WUNTSCHEK, Klemm, Markizeti. >> valcome.tv <<
After 17 defeats in a row, the EC-KAC Future Team ended its losing streak against defending champion Jesenice. The team at the bottom of the table clearly won 5:2 at home. The Hockey Unterland Cavaliers lost 6:8 at home to the Red Bull Hockey Juniors in a goal spectacle. It was one of three defeats in the last five games for the South Tyroleans, who are in tenth place in the table. In the first duel of the season with the Future Team, Unterland clearly prevailed 7:1.

Tue, 26.12.2023, 19:15: Red Bull Hockey Juniors - S.G. Cortina Hafro
Referees: MEIXNER, WIDMANN, Seewald J., Wendner. >> valcome.tv <<
The Red Bull Hockey Juniors and S.G. Cortina Hafro will face in a duel between two Top-6 teams. The Juniors are third with 51 points, Cortina has 44 points ahead of the game on December 23 in Ritten and is in fifth place. Alongside Ritten, the Juniors are the second team to have already scored 100 goals. The Salzburg team scored eight goals alone in their 8:6 win at Unterland on Thursday. RBJ beat Cortina 4:3 in the first duel of the season. Last season, the two teams met in the semi-finals, which Cortina narrowly won 4:3.

Tue, 26.12.2023, 19:30: EK Die Zeller Eisbären - Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan
Referees: KAINBERGER, OREL, Puff, Wucherer. >> valcome.tv <<
Second-placed EK Die Zeller Eisbären lost 0:3 to the Rittner Buam in the top clash on Thursday and conceded their first defeat in December. The team from Salzburg had previously celebrated four wins in a row. On Boxing Day, the Polar Bears will face the Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan at home. The South Tyroleans are in sixth place in the table, but are only two points ahead of seventh-placed Jesenice. The Broncos suffered a clear 0:4 defeat in Merano on Thursday, which was the Broncos' fourth loss in a row. In the first duel of the season with Zell am See, Vipiteno was narrowly beaten 5:6.

Tue, 26.12.2023, 19:30: EHC Lustenau - HC Gherdeina valgardena.it
Referees: MOSCHEN, RUETZ, Grisenti, Hesina. >> valcome.tv <<
In a neighborhood duel in the standings, the EHC Lustenau faces the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it. While the EHC has been waiting for a win for four games, Val Gardena has won its last three games. Both teams have 32 points in the table. Due to the better goal difference, Lustenau is twelfth ahead of Gherdeina in thirteenth place. The two teams faced each other exactly two months ago this season, on October 26. Back then, Lustenau won with 5:3.

Tue, 26.12.2023, 19:30: EC Bregenzerwald - HC Meran/o Pircher
Referees: BENVEGNU, SPIEGEL, Formaioni, Jäger. >> valcome.tv <<
After eight wins in a row, the EC Bregenzerwald lost again on Thursday. In Fassa, the ECB lost 3:4/SO. In fourth place in the table, however, the Vorarlberg team is still fully on course for the Master Round. Their lead over the seventh place is already seven points. The HC Meran/o Pircher is ninth in the table. The Eagles have won two of their last five games. Most recently, the South Tyroleans beat Vipiteno 4:0. They only lost 2:4 against Bregenzerwald on December 2.

Tue, 26.12.2023, 20:00: EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel - Rittner Buam SkyAlps
Referees: LAZZERI, LEHNER, Fleischmann, Matthey. >> valcome.tv <<
League leader Rittner Buam SkyAlps visits at the EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel. The South Tyroleans beat second-placed Zell am See 3:0 in the top clash on Thursday and will face Cortina on December 23rd before Christmas. Kitzbühel celebrated a 3:1 win against the Steel Wings on Thursday. It was one of three wins from the past five games for the Tyroleans. Kitzbühel lost 1:4 in the first season duel with the Buam.

Tue, 26.12.2023, 20:45: SHC Fassa Falcons - HK RST Pellet Celje
Referees: LEGA, SORAPERRA, Cristeli, Cusin. >> valcome.tv <<
The matchday on Boxing Day will be concluded with the game between the SHC Fassa Falcons and HK RST Pellet Celje. The Italians have won three of their last five games and are eleventh in the table. Celje is 15th and has been waiting for a win for nine AHL games. Fassa have won all of their last six games in front of their home crowd. Celje only picked up six out of a possible 39 points away from home. In the first duel of the season, the league newcomer from Slovenia won clearly with 7:2 at home.