Release from 18.12.2020

Preview for Satuday's games

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There are three games in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League on Saturday. The leaders HCB Südtirol Alperia will be visiting the iClinic Bratislava Capitals to play a game in Slovakia for the first time in the club's history. Only one week after the last duel, Moser Medical Graz99ers and Hydro Fehérvár AV19 will meet for the fourth time this season. In addition, the Dornbirn Bulldogs conclude their road trip at bottom-club Steinbach Black Wings 1992. All three games can be seen as a Pay-Per-View live stream on live.ice.hockey.

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Sat, 19.12.2020, 17:30: iClinic Bratislava Capitals - HCB Südtirol Alperia
Referees: BALUSKA, HRONSKY, Durmis, Jedlicka | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM << |

  • Leaders Bolzano, who recently suffered two narrow defeats, will play a match in Slovakia for the first time in the club's history
  • The ninth-placed Capitals played two games against the KAC last weekend - while the home game was lost, there was a 3-2 away win on Sunday
  • The first two games of the season were played back-to-back in South Tyrol in mid-November and were won 4-0 and 6-5 by Bolzano.
  • US American Mitch Hults is the Caps' top scorer with 21 points (12+9), while HCB compatriot Dustin Gazley leads the internal scoring with 20 points (6+14)
  • The Foxes still have the best powerplay of the ICE (27,1%)
  • HCB Südtirol Alperia signed Italian national team goalie Andreas Bernard for the coming weeks, who will already be in Bratislava on Saturday
  • In addition to the injured goalies Irving and Fazio, HCB is also missing defender Ben Youds and forward Daniel Frank
  • Both teams are also in action on Sunday
    • While Bratislava welcomes VSV, the Bolzano team are guests in Vienna


Sat, 19.12.2020, 17:30: Steinbach Black Wings 1992 - Dornbirn Bulldogs
Referees: BERNEKER, RUETZ, Seewald, Tschrepitsch | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM << |

  • The Dornbirn Bulldogs visit Vienna this Friday and meet Linz away just 24 hours later.
  • The heavily injury-hit Upper Austrians suffered their fourth defeat in a row on Thursday, losing 3-1 in Graz.
  • Head Coach Beaulieu had to do without seven regular players against the 99ers
    • With Kristler, Dorion, Pusnik, Gaffal, Leiler, Freunschlag and Hytönen, the list of unavailable players is long. Whether anyone will be able to return to the lineup on Saturday is still an open question
  • With 77 goals conceded, last-place Linz have the second-weakest defence in the league
  • The first two duels of the season went to Dornbirn, who scored eleven goals (6:2 and 5:3).
  • Linz's last home win came on 24th of November with a 3-1 victory over Vienna.
  • With five wins from nine games, the DEC is currently the fifth-best away team.
  • In the league comparison Linz won 27 out of 40 games against the Vorarlberg side


Sat, 19.12.2020, 17:30: Moser Medical Graz99ers - Hydro Fehérvár AV 19
Referees: SIEGEL, SMETANA, Kontschieder, Nothegger | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM << |

  • With Anton Mylläri and Matias Sointu making their debuts, the 99ers returned to winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Linz after eight previous defeats
  • Fehérvár celebrated a 5-4 home win on penalties over KAC at the same time, the fourth success in a row for the now third-placed Hungarians
  • The two teams have faced each other three times this season, with the hosts winning each time
  • The 99ers opened the season with a 6-4 win, after which the Hungarians twice held the upper hand (5-2 and 5-4)
  • The Styrians have won 39 of the 73 direct duels so far.
  • With 20 points from twelve games, Fehérvár is currently the second best away team behind the KAC.
  • The top scorers of the two teams are on a par with each other
  • Colton Hargrove (AVS, 24 points), Anthony Cameranesi (G99, 23 points) as well as Janos Hari (AVS) and Hunter Fejes (G99 - both 22 points each) are in the top-10 of the scoring charts