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Quarterfinals opener on Monday

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On Monday the Alps Hockey League "best-of-seven" quarterfinals begin. While the four hosting teams had one week off lately, their opponents qualified in just two pre-playoff games for this season's crunch time. In case a game is not decided within 60 minutes, endless overtime periods will be played until a team scores.

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Mon, 18.03.2019, 19:15: HK SZ Olimpija (2) - Rittner Buam (5)    
Referees: DURCHNER, OFNER, Bärnthaler, Miklic
 
  • Final ranking of the regular season: HKO 2. | RIT 5.
  • Streak: HKO 2 wins in a row / RIT 2 wins in a row
  • Home performance HKO: 17 wins / 20 games
  • Away performance RIT: 13 wins / 21 games 
  • Form (performance during the last 5 rounds): HKO 4 wins | RIT 4 wins
  • Head-to-head in the 2018-19 season: 
    • 5:1 for HKO @Ljubljana
    • 5:1 for HKO @Klobenstein
  • Head-to-head overall (AHL): 3 wins HKO | 1 win RIT
  • Top scorer:
    • HKO: Ales Music – 46 Points | 20 G | 26 A
    • RIT: Henrik Eriksson – 48 Points | 21 G | 27 A
  • Playoff history:
    • Ljubljana lost their only playoff series last year against Jesenice 0:4
    • After clinching the title in the AHL debut season, Ritten was stopped by Asiago in the finals last season
 
Mon, 18.03.2019, 19:15: Red Bull Hockey Juniors (3) - EHC Alge Elastic Lustenau (6)        
Referees: BAJT, SUPPER, Kainberger, Snoj
 
  • Final ranking of the regular season: RBJ 3. | EHC 5.
  • Streak: RBJ 5 wins in a row / EHC 5 wins in a row
  • Home performance RBJ: 16 wins / 20 games
  • Away performance EHC: 13 wins / 21 games 
  • Form (performance during the last 5 rounds): RBJ 5 wins | EHC 5 wins
  • Head-to-head in the 2018-19 season: 
    • 4:2 for EHC @Lustenau
    • 4:3 OT for EHC @Salzburg
  • Head-to-head overall (AHL): 1 win RBJ | 5 wins EHC
  • Top scorer:
    • RBJ: Oliver Nordberg – 71 Points | 26 G | 45 A
    • EHC: Marc-Olivier Vallerand – 67 Points | 36 G | 31 A
  • Playoff history:
    • Last season the Juniors qualified for playoffs for the first time - after winning the series opener against Ritten, they lost 1:4
    • Lustenau made the playoffs in the AHL debut season but were eliminated 1:3
 
Mon, 18.03.2019, 20:00: HC Pustertal Wölfe (1) - S.G. Cortina Hafro (8)    
Referees: BULOVEC, RUETZ, Bergant, Rinker

  • Final ranking of the regular season: PUS 1. | SGC 10.
  • Streak: PUS 4 wins in a row / SGC 2 wins in a row
  • Home performance PUS: 19 wins / 20 games
  • Away performance SGC: 9 wins / 21 games 
  • Form (performance during the last 5 rounds): PUS 4 wins | SGC 2 wins
  • Head-to-head in the 2018-19 season: 
    • 5:0 for PUS @Cortina
    • 3:1 for PUS @Bruneck
    • 2:1 SO for PUS @Cortina
    • 3:2 for PUS @Bruneck
  • Head-to-head overall (AHL): 9 wins PUS | 6 wins SGC
  • Top scorer:
    • PUS: Markus Gander – 48 Points | 25 G | 23 A
    • SGC: Riccardo Lacedelli – 36 Points | 19 G | 17 A
  • Playoff history:
    • In the AHL debut season Cortina got a 3:0 sweep against the favourite Pustertal and were just stopped in semis
    • Last season Pustertal went through thanks to a 4:2 series win against Feldkirch but suffered a 0:3 defeat against Asiago in semis
 
Mon, 18.03.2019, 20:30: Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey (4) - HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice (7)
Referees: MOSCHEN, PAHOR, Rigoni, Pichler
 
  • Final ranking of the regular season: ASH 4. | JES 7.
  • Streak: ASH 1 win / JES 6 wins in a row
  • Home performance ASH: 16 wins / 20 games
  • Away performance JES: 11 wins / 21 games 
  • Form (performance during the last 5 rounds): ASH 4 wins | JES 5 wins
  • Head-to-head in the 2018-19 season: 
    • 2:1 OT for JES @Jesenice
    • 3:2 SO for ASH @Asiago
  • Head-to-head overall (AHL): 9 wins ASH | 4 wins JES
  • Top scorer:
    • ASH: Anthony Bardaro – 68 Points | 31 G | 37 A
    • JES: Tadej Cimzar – 57 Points | 24G | 33 A
  • Playoff history:
    • Asiago won five of six playoff series, suffering the only defeat in the finals series 2017 against Ritten
    • Jesenice made it to semis twice but then both times they were stopped by Ritten and Asiago (last season)
 
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