Release from 22.02.2025

Pre-playoffs kick off on Sunday

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The best-of-three series of the pre-playoffs in the win2day ICE Hockey League start just two days after the thrilling regular season decider. While Hydro Fehérvár AV19 will face the spusu Vienna Capitals at home on Sunday, HC Pustertal will travel to Olimpija Ljubljana.

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Fehérvár - Vienna
Hydro Fehérvár AV19 slipped out of the top six and missed out on direct play-off qualification with a narrow 3:4 home defeat against Salzburg. In the subsequent pre-playoff pick, the Hungarians chose the spusu Vienna Capitals as their opponent. This is Fehérvár's second appearance in the pre-playoffs after the 2022/23 season (2:0 against Asiago), while Vienna is celebrating a premiere. Both teams are not exactly in top form going into the first clash. Head coach Dávid Kiss' team have won one of their last seven league games, while the Capitals have only won one of their last six. The regular season balance this season is even, with the pre-playoff opponents each winning their away games. Accordingly, Gerry Fleming's team left the newly opened MET Aréna twice as winners. The last post-season series between the Capitals and Fehérvár took place in the quarter-finals of the 2020/21 season, with the Viennese side winning the best-of-seven series 4:0.

Ljubljana - Pustertal
Olimpija Ljubljana and HC Pustertal meet in the second clash. Current form favours the Slovenians, who have won five of their last seven games. Pustertal, on the other hand, have only won once in their last eight games. This is the second time both teams take part in the pre-playoffs, as Pustertal won 2:1 in the same stage of the championship last season and later even made it to the semi-finals. Olimpija have won the four matches so far this season, winning every game by a goal difference.

win2day ICE Hockey League
Pre-playoffs (best-of-three), game 1
Sun, 23.02.2025:
15:30: Hydro Fehérvár AV19 - spusu Vienna Capitals
Referees: HRONSKY, OFNER, Durmis, Riecken | >> live.ice.hockey <<

18:00: Olimpija Ljubljana - HC Pustertal
Referees: M. NIKOLIC, STERNAT, Nothegger, Zgonc | >> live.ice.hockey <<