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Red Bull Hockey Juniors and Jesenice with first chance to reach the semifinals

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Tuesday marks the fourth quarterfinal matchday in the Alps Hockey League. While the Red Bull Hockey Juniors and HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice already have the first of four matchpucks, the EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel and S.G. Cortina Hafro have the chance to take a 3:1 advantage in their series with a win. All games are live on valcome.tv.

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Alps Hockey League | 14.03.2023 | Quarterfinals 4:
Tue, 14.03.2023, 19:00: EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel - Rittner Buam SkyAlps
Referees: MOSCHEN, RUETZ, De Zordo, Seewald J. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Standings in the "best-of-7" series: 2:1
The EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel take a 2:1 series lead into Tuesday's home game. The Tyrolean team won the first home game against the Rittner Buam SkyAlps 4:1, followed by a 3:0 away win in Klobenstein, where especially Rok Kapel convinced with a brace, but also goalkeeper Alexander Schmidt with a shutout. For the 23-year-old it was the first shutout of the season, which is why the Villach native was also named the Top Performer of the third quarterfinal matchday.



Tue, 14.03.2023, 19:30: EHC Lustenau - S.G. Cortina Hafro

Referees: LAZZERI, SCHAUER, Cristeli, Eisl. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Standings in the "best-of-7" series: 1:2
Three exciting and balanced games brought the series EHC Lustenau against S.G. Cortina Hafro, in which so far always the home team prevailed. Tommaso Traversa played a major role in Cortina's two home victories. The 32-year-old scored the OT game-winner in game one and the 1:0 lead in game three. In an exclusive interview, Traversa gave insights into the series with Lustenau. He also explained his personal goals and goals with Cortina. You can find the entire interview here.

Tue, 14.03.2023, 20:00: Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan - HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice
Referees: HOLZER, VIRTA, Rinker, Wimmler. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Standings in the "best-of-7" series: 0:3
Last year's finalist HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice has the first of four match pucks on Tuesday. The Slovenians have had all three games against the Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan under control so far, even celebrating a shutout in each of the past two games. With a save percentage of 94.8%, Jesenice goalkeeper Antti Karjalainen is second in the league. In the attack, the Latvian Rudolfs Polcs is particularly convincing, as the only player in the series to score a point in every game so far. In total, the forward scored 39 points from 39 games so far.



Tue, 14.03.2023, 20:30: Hockey Unterland Cavaliers - Red Bull Hockey Juniors

Referees: BULOVEC, PINIE, Arlic, Bergant. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Standings in the "best-of-7" series: 0:3
The Red Bull Hockey Juniors have the first chance to reach the semifinals too. The winner of the Master Round clearly prevailed in both home games against the league newcomers. On Saturday, they even celebrated a 10:4 win. In Neumarkt, however, the Young Bulls had to go into overtime after already leading clearly in the meantime. Unterland, which was at the top of the table for a long time, has been in a slump since the start of the Master Round. At home they are also unable to convince. Since the beginning of the Master Round, the South Tyroleans have only managed one win from five home games. In the first phase of the season, they had only two defeats from 14 home games.