Release from 22.03.2025

Salzburg can secure match pucks | Restart in the KAC-Linz series

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EC Red Bull Salzburg goes into their third game in the semi-finals of the win2day ICE Hockey League with a 2:0 lead against HCB Südtirol Alperia. The reigning champions can secure match pucks in front of their home crowd on Sunday. The series between the EC-KAC and Steinbach Black Wings Linz will see its third chapter after two victories for the respective away team. The game will be shown on PULS 24, in a free livestream on puls24.at and on the free streaming service JOYN.

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After losing at home in the third overtime to open the series, the EC-KAC levelled the score in the playoff duel with the Black Wings on Friday: The 4:2 away win was the Red Jackets' ninth victory in their last eleven appearances in Linz. The Carinthians have faced a 1:1 series tie in a best-of-7 confrontation 26 times so far, and in the majority of 15 cases they were the first team to achieve the necessary four wins. A series tie of 1:1 was often not a particularly good omen for the Black Wings in the past: 15 times such a situation arose in the context of "best-of-7" duels, in only six cases Linz prevailed at the end of the series. Since their quarter-final win against HCB Südtirol in 2015, the Upper Austrians have lost seven play-off series ("best-of-7") in a row in which the score was 1:1.

EC Red Bull Salzburg extended its lead in the best-of-7 series to 2:0 yesterday with a hard-earned 3:2 away win in Bolzano. Although the reigning champions had fewer shots on goal, they were extremely efficient - especially in the first period. Salzburg have won their last five games in front of a home crowd. In the previous play-off duels with the South Tyroleans, they have always won the second home game of each series. The Red Bulls have also come away victorious in all three home games against Bolzano this season. In their four away appearances in the 2025 playoffs so far, the HCB have only won once in Villach. The Foxes last won in Salzburg just a year ago (28 March 2024), when Luca Frigo scored a brace in a 3:2 victory.

win2day ICE Hockey League, Semi-finals game 3
Sun, 23.03.2025:
16:30: EC Red Bull Salzburg – HCB Südtirol Alperia
Referees: HRONSKY, OFNER, Durmis, Konc | >> live.ice.hockeyDAZN Italia
Score in the "best-of-7" series 2:0

17:30: EC-KAC – Steinbach Black Wings Linz
Referees: HUBER, K. NIKOLIC, Puff, Zgonc | >> LIVE on PULS 24JOYN
Score in the "best-of-7" series 1:1