Pustertal wins again against Ljubljana

Pustertal wins again against Ljubljana
The HC Pustertal Wölfe wins also the second duel of the season against the HK SZ Olimpija Ljubljana. After the narrow 1:0 away win on Tuesday, the South Tyroleans prevailed this time with 3:2. It was already the sixth home victory in a row for PUS. In the eighth minute of the game Pustertal managed to take the lead in the powerplay through Raphael Andergassen. Only twelve seconds after the restart Ljubljana equalized. Tadej Cimzar scored for the first time that evening. The 28-year-old Slovenian national player also scored the 2:1 for HKO. Pustertal struck again in a power play shortly after the deficit, through Bryson Cianfrone. Max Oberrauch scored the decision eight and a half minutes before the end of the game. Ljubljana remains second in the table with 21 points. Pustertal moves up to one point to the Slovenians and is new third in the league table.

Reihs with shutout at Lustenau home victory
The only 20-year-old Lukas Reihs celebrated a shutout at the 2:0 home victory of the EHC Lustenau against the EC-KAC II. The native Viennese could save all 18 shots on his goal. It was already the third shutout of Reihs in the sixth season appearance. KA2 goalkeeper Florian Vorauer also showed a strong performance. The 20-year-old saved 41 of 43 shots, which meant a save percentage of 95.3%. However, he received two goals. In the 33rd minute of the game Philipp Winzig scored the 1:0 for the EHC. Five and a half minutes before the end of the game, Martin Grabher-Meier increased to 2:0. While Lustenau celebrated the third victory in a row, KA2 already conceded its tenth defeat in a row. Already tomorrow, Sunday, the EHC Lustenau will be back in action. This time the HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice will be a guest at the „Eishalle Lustenau“. The game starts at 17:30. Watch the game as Pay-Per-View-Livestream on Valcome.tv.

Feldkirch without any problems at the Steel Wings Linz
The VEU Feldkirch won with 6:2 at the Steel Wings Linz and celebrated its second win in a row, its first away win after four defeats in a row. For the Steel Wings it was the sixth defeat in a row. After only three minutes of play Christoph Draschkowitz gave the VEU a 1:0 lead. Although Laurin Müller equalized the score in the seventh minute of the game, the guests were still leading with 3:1 after the first period. Only one goal was scored in the second period. This succeeded Niklas Gehringer of the guests from Vorarlberg. In the final period, league top scorer Jakob Stukel, together with Brad MCGowan (GHE) also scored once. The 23-year-old Canadian has in total 26 points (13G/13A) and has scored in all eleven season games of the VEU so far.

Overtime victory of Asiago against Val Gardena
Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey celebrated a 2:1 home win after Overtime against the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it. Alexander Gellert scored the game-winning goal in overtime after one minute and 24 seconds in the powerplay. It was the 31-year-old Italian's first goal of the season. Even though Asiago scored more than twice as many shots on goal, the game was extremely exciting until the end. The guests from Val Gardena even took the 1:0 lead in the 44th minute of the game. League top scorer Brad McGowan, together with Jakob Stukel (VEU), scored the 1:0 in a PP2. It was already the 14th goal this season of the 30-year-old Canadian. Seven minutes later Asiago equalized to 1:1 thanks to Michele Marchetti, and in overtime ASH secured their fourth win of the past five games. GHE lost three out of the last five matches. In the standings Asiago passed Gherdeina and is new eight. Val Gardena is on the ninth place with equal points.

Two games postponed due to bad weather conditions
Due to heavy snowfall in the north of Italy, two games this Saturday had to be postponed due to bad weather conditions. The new game dates for the games SHC Fassa Falcons against the Rittner Buam and S.G. Cortina Hafro against the Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan will be announced at a later date.

Alps Hockey League:
EHC Lustenau – EC-KAC II 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0)
Referees: HOLZER, HUBER A., Huber J., Spiegel.
Goals EHC: 1:0 Winzig P. (33. Wilfan M. – Oberscheider D.), 2:0 Grabher Meier M. (55. Wilfan M. – Krammer A.)

Steel Wings Linz – VEU Feldkirch 2:6 (1:3, 0.1, 1:2)
Referees: PODLESNIK, WUNTSCHEK, Matthey, Puff.
Goals SWL: 1:1 Müller L. (7. Rohm F. – Pohl L.), 2:6 Norris D. (57./PP1 Nebauer M. – Müller L.)
Goals VEU: 0:1 Draschkowitz C. (3. Puschnik K. -Mairitsch M.), 1:2 Lebeda Y. (15. Unterweger D.), 1:3 Mairitsch M. (20. Draschkowitz C. – Korecky I.), 1:4 Gehringer N. (37. Stanley D. – Stukel J.), 1:5 Stukel J. (44./PP1 Gehringer N. – Birnstill S.), 1:6 Kaider L. (44. Sticha T. – Lebeda Y.)

Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey – HC Gherdeina valgardena.it 2:1 OT (0:0, 0:0, 1:1, 1:0)
Referees: BENVEGNU, GIACOMOZZI F., Fleischmann, Mantovani.
Goals ASH: 1:1 Marchetti M. (51. Tessari M.), 2:1 Gellert A. (62./OT/PP1 McParland S. – Rosa M.)
Goals GHE: 0:1 McGowan B. (44./PP2 Virtala M.)

HC Pustertal Wölfe – HK SZ Olimpija Ljubljana 3:2 (1:1, 1:1, 1:0)
Referees: MOSCHEN, STEFENELLI, De Zordo, Ricco.
Goals PUS: 1:0 Andergassen R. (8./PP1 Cianfrone B. – Carozza M.), 2:2 Cianfrone B. (36./PP1 Hofer A. – Carozza M.), 3:2 Oberrauch M. (52. Andergassen R.)
Goals HKO: 1:1 Cimzar T. (8. Drozg J.), 1:2 Cimzar T. (30. Music A. – Drozg J.)

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