Release from 21.10.2021

Rematch of Finals on Friday

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In the eleventh round of the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League, the finals of the previous season will be replayed for the first time on Friday. Runner-up HCB Südtirol Alperia wants to take revenge on the reigning champions when they visit Klagenfurt. Live on PULS 24, the spusu Vienna Capitals will meet some old acquaintances in Salzburg - after all, several players moved from Vienna to Salzburg during the offseason.

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Friday, 19:15: Hydro Fehervar AV 19 - Steinbach Black Wings Linz
Referees: HRONSKY, TRILAR, Jedlicka, Zgonc | PPV-Livestream
Hydro Fehérvár AV19 welcomes Steinbach Black Wings Linz for the opening game of the eleventh round. It is the duel of the currently second-placed team against the penultimate. While the Upper Austrians were able to celebrate two victories last weekend and thus gave up the red lantern, the Hungarians had to vacate the first place after losing to Bolzano. At Fehérvár, victories and defeats alternated recently. Linz have won three of their last five matches after a poor start to the season.

Friday, 19:15: Dornbirn Bulldogs - Tesla Orli Znojmo
Referees: NIKOLIC M., VIRTA, Basso, Seewald | PPV-Livestream
The Dornbirn Bulldogs captured points in their last five games and climbed up to the fourth place in standings. In three of the last four matches they even managed to get the maximum points. Tesla Orli Znojmo has lost some ground in the standings - after two recent defeats - and now ranks sixth in the table. In the last three meetings of these two teams, the hosts prevailed in each case.

Friday, 19:15: iClinic Bratislava Capitals - Moser Medical Graz99ers
Referees: SIEGEL, SOOS, Durmis, Racicot | PPV-Livestream
The Moser Medical Graz99ers want to end their losing streak as guests of the iClinic Bratislava Capitals. The Styrians have only managed to pick up one point in their last four games and are now the last-placed team in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League. The iClinic Bratislava Capitals have also had little success in recent days, picking up just three points in their last three games. Already in September the Capitals had a duel with the 99ers. At that time, the Slovaks prevailed by a razor-thin margin of 6:5 after overtime. Marc-Olivier Roy was responsible for the decision.

Friday, 19:30: EC Red Bull Salzburg - spusu Vienna Capitals
Referees: BERNEKER, NIKOLIC, Martin, Sparer >> LIVE on PULS 24 (available worldwide) <<
Live on PULS 24 the EC Red Bull Salzburg duels with the spusu Vienna Capitals. Both teams were able to make up ground in the standings recently, albeit in different sections of the table. While the Salzburgers are currently in third place - within striking distance of the top 2 - the Vienna Capitals are still fighting to make it into the top 10. Currently, the Viennese are three points below the red line. The encounter is certainly also interesting because the Viennese will encounter some former players, such as Ty Loney, Ali Wukovits and Benjamin Nissner.

Friday, 19:30: EC-KAC - HCB Südtirol Alperia
Referees: RENCZ, STERNAT, Bärnthaler, Kis-Kiraly
For the first time this season it comes to last year's final rematch. After winning the series 4:1, the team from Klagenfurt lifted the Champions Trophy in Bolzano in the preseason. The South Tyroleans are now all the more eager for revenge. Both teams hardly changed their successful team of the previous season. Nevertheless, the key to last year's success does not seem to have been found yet - Klagenfurt currently holds fifth place, Bolzano seventh with one game less. One possible explanation could be the double burden of the Champions Hockey League - in which both clubs mastered the group phase brilliantly. For EC-KAC, Rok Tičar, who has been ill lately, returns to the lineup, but the injured Dennis Sticha will continue to be missing.

Friday, 19:45: HC Pustertal Wolves - HC TIWAG Innsbruck 
Referees: BULOVEC, PIRAGIC, Hribar, Pardatscher | PPV-Livestream
HC TIWAG Innsbruck could win three of the last four games and is now on the eighth standings. The last rounds were less successful for league newcomer HC Pustertal. After four defeats in a row, the South Tyroleans fell to twelfth place in the standings. The two teams already met in a friendly match - Innsbruck prevailed then with 2:1. HC Pustertal has been particularly convincing on the power play so far this season - with 27.6%, the South Tyroleans have the highest power play percentage.

Friday, 19:45: HK SZ Olimpija - EC GRAND Immo VSV
Referees: OFNER, SMETANA, Gatol, Snoj | PPV-Livestream
League leader HK SZ Olimpija Ljubljana wants to continue its winning run on Friday against EC Grand Immo VSV. However, Villach have also been going strong in the last rounds and climbed up the standings to ninth place. Both teams won four of the last five encounters. The Slovenians have shone so far especially in penalty killing. In 32 shorthanded situations, Ljubljana only had to concede two power play goals. On the offensive side, Leclerc Guillaume is the leader's go-to guy - with 19 points so far (5 goals, 14 assists), he clearly leads the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League point standings.

Saturday, 17:30 HC TIWAG Innsbruck - The Sharks - Tesla Orli Znojmo
Referees: OFNER, REZEK, Mantovani, Miklic,
HC TIWAG Innsbruck and Tesla Orli Znojmo are challenged twice within 24 hours. On their west-road-trip the Czechs stop in Innsbruck on their way home after the game Dornbirn.