Release from 05.03.2020

Quarterfinal two with changed home rights

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Already on Friday the second game of the "best-of-7" quarterfinal series will take place in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga - now with changed home rights. This gives EC Panaceo VSV and EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz the opportunity to double their lead in the series in front of the home crowd. The duel between the "Eagles" and the EC Red Bull Salzburg will be streamed live from Servus Hockey Night. Linz against the EC-KAC will be exclusively on Sky Sport Austria 1HD. In the two other quarterfinal series, the teams that lost at the opener want to keep and compensate their home advantage.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Home games of the HCB Südtirol Alperia under exclusion of the public

The HCB Südtirol Alperia must now play its home games in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga under exclusion of the public. This requirement was imposed on the club by the Italian government. This means that game three of the "best-of-seven" quarterfinal series against HC Orli Znojmo will be played without spectators on Sunday, March 8th. The face-off was changed to 8.00 pm.

Due to the official requirements of the Italian government regarding the corona virus, sporting events in Italy must be held without spectators from now on. Therefor the HCB is also forced to follow this measure until the national regulation is repealed. For the fans of the "foxes", there will be a live broadcast and also an online stream in cooperation with Video33.

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3 facts ahead of QF 2:

  • Two quarterfinals will be covered live:
    • EC Panaceo VSV – EC Red Bull Salzburg on Servus Hockey Night
    • EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz – EC-KAC on Sky Sport Austria 1 HD
  • EC Red Bull Salzburg heads into its 50th road games in the playoffs.
  • Raphael Herburger (RBS) will be play his 100th game in the postseason.


Fr, 06.03.2020, 6.30 pm: HC Orli Znojmo – HCB Südtirol Alperia
Referees: OFNER, PEARCE (CAN), Kontschieder, Seewald.

  • HCB Südtirol Alperia took the lead in the "best-of-seven" quarterfinal series against HC Orli Znojmo with a 3:1 home win.
  • Bolzano is still unbeaten against Znojmo this season - with a goal difference of 24:4.
  • The "Foxes" will play their 60th playoff game in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga on Friday, the "Eagles" will hold on 47 postseason games.
  • So far, Bolzano has won 15 of its 32 away games in the playoff. Znojmo has won only seven of his 23 playoff home games.
  • Of the last 15 playoff games, the Czechs have won only three.
  • Markus Poukkula scored his first goal in his only sixth game for the South Tyroleans on Wednesday. Bolzano has won all six games so far in which the Finn was available, even after regular playing time.


Fr, 06.03.2020, 7.15 pm: Moser Medical Graz99ers – spusu Vienna Capitals
Referees: PIRAGIC, STERNAT, Hribar, Zgonc.

  • With a 3:2 home victory over the Moser Medical Graz99ers, the spusu Vienna Capitals have taken the 1:0 lead in the "Best-of-Seven" quarterfinal series.
  • With Riley Holzapfel (VIC) and Dominik Grafenthin (G99) there were two players scoring a brace in the first game of the series.
  • Holzapfel holds a record in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga: with 12 goals in the 2017 postseason, the Canadian is the highest-scoring player per play-off campaign.
  • The home win was the fourth success of the Viennese in a row, Graz had to accept the sixth consecutive defeat.
  • The "Caps" will play their 70 away games in the playoff, 31 of which they won.
  • In the two quarterfinal series of these two teams so far, Vienna have always won the first game, and in 2008/09 Graz equalized in their second game with a 2:1 home win.


Fr, 06.03.2020, 7.15 pm: EC Panaceo VSV – EC Red Bull Salzburg (live in der Servus Hockey Night)
Referees: NIKOLIC K., ZRNIC, Nedeljkovic, Schauer.

  • EC Panaceo VSV secured the series lead against EC Red Bull Salzburg with a 2:1 road win on Wednesday. Game two on Friday will also be broadcast live on Servus Hockey Night.
  • A flawless penalty killing (5/5) helped the "Eagles" to victory.
  • Brandon Maxwell again proved to be a safe netminder, fending off 97% of all shots at his goal (32 saves).
  • Of all the teams, Salzburg played the most road games in the playoffs with 90 encounters (49 wins). This means that the "Red Bulls" won 54% of all post-season encounters on foreign ice - more in percentage and absolute terms than any other team.
  • In the five playoff series between these two teams so far, VSV have won the first match of the series only once (2006). At that time, the Carinthians won game two and later the series.
  • Nine of the last twelve playoff games between Salzburg and Villach were decided with only one goal difference.
  • Salzburg always lost the first game in the three postseason series prior that.
  • Raphael Herburger (RBS) is playing his 100th playoff game in the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League.
  • Salzburg is the best away team in the league: In the regular season, the "Red Bulls" lost only four of 24 games, only half after regular playing time.
  • Both teams play the same line-up compared to game one.


Fr, 06.03.2020, 7.15 pm: EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz – EC-KAC (live auf Sky Sport Austria 1 HD)
Referees: SMETANA, STOLC, Kaspar, Pardatscher.

  • The EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz has secured the first game of the "Best-of-Seven" quarterfinal series with a 6:3 away win at the EC-KAC. Game two on Friday will be broadcast live on Sky Sport Austria 1HD.
  • On Wednesday, the reigning champions had to accept six goals against for the second time in the running season (5:6 defeat at Znojmo on December 20th).
  • With Hunter Fejes (2G | 2A) and Rick Schofield (2G | 1A) two Linz players scored a brace in the opening game.
  • Linz convinced in game one in PK, clearing all seven box-plays, as well as on PP, scoring in two out of four occasions.
  • The Upper Austrians have thus celebrated their fourth victory after regulation in their fifth duel of the season with the Carinthians.
  • Linz also successfully opened the last playoff duel between these two teams - semifinals 2013 - but then lost the series.
  • In the 14 years in which the Black Wings have been in the playoffs, they have led 1:0 eleven times in a "best-of-seven" confrontation, only five of these series (the last time in 2016 in the quarterfinals against HCB Südtirol Alperia) were subsequently won.
  • At the EC-KAC Niki Kraus has completed Thursday's training in full, so he will be available again for the road game in Linz. The return of Rok Tičars to the line-up is also quite possible. The comeback of Nick Petersen is not sure on Friday.