Release from 01.04.2017

Ritten gets home win in finals opener

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Rittner Buam took a 1:0 lead in Sky Alps Hockey League finals on Saturday. The Italian champion beat Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey 4:1 at home, getting the sixth successive win against the yellow-red. The second game of the „best of seven“ series takes place in Asiago on Monday.

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The first match of the Sky Alps Hockey League’s final was played on the ice of Ritten Arena. The two teams had all the players available. First period began immediately with great intensity. Asiago had the first big chance with Colin Long, but the first real opportunity was of the Rittner Buam. The home team took the lead with an hard short of Alex Frei that exceeded Frederic Cloutier between the legs. The answers of opposite team was soon after: Davide Dal Sasso found the save of Patrick Killen. Anthony Nigro tried to tie but his chance was saved by the home goalkeeper. Asiago put a lot of pressure but despite the good intentions the shots of Giulio Scandella and Andreas Lutz didn’t succeed. Also Ritten put pressure against Cloutier with a couple of action of twin Ahlstrom. The Asiago used a powerplay  as they  could not build much. The rhythms were very high and the Asiago kept the initiative but the hosts ended the first period with a one goal advantage. During the second period, Asiago made a lot of dangerous actions: the best chance to tie it was on the stick of Anthony Nigro than in front of the slot couldn’t score. After 28 minutes the team of coach Riku-Petteri Lehtonen played in powerplay and made no mistake. Oscar Ahlstrom with a diagonal shot doubled the results. The Asiago tried to reply. Patrick Killeen stopped Lorenzo Casetti. The Rittner Buam, however, made the 3: 0 with a rebound of Simon Kostner after previous shot of Oscar Ahlstrom. Renon was in triple advantage after two periods.  During the third period the Ritten controlled the game as they didn’t run any particular risk. Asiago, however, fought hard to reopen the match. After 52 minutes there was another goal of Rittner but the referees didn’t validate. After 57 minutes the Asiago pulled one back: Daniel Sullivan made a powerplay goal. But the home team restored the distances a minute later with empty net goal of Janis Sprukts. Rittner Buam won 4:1 the first match of final. On Monday game 2 will be played in Asiago.

Sky Alps Hockey League, 1st final game
Sat, 01.04.2017: Rittner Buam – Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey 1935 4:1 (1:0, 2:0, 1:1)
Referees: BULOVEC, VIRTA, M. CRISTELI, GIACOMOZZI
Goals RIT: 1:0 Frei (2./Spinell), 2:0 O. Ahlströhm (29./pp-Borgatello), 3:0 Kostner (37./O. Ahlströhm-Hofer), 4:1 Sprukts (59./en)
Goal Asiago: 3:1 Scandella (58./pp-D. Sullivan-Kolanos)
„Best of seven“ series: RIT – ASH 1:0