Salzburg defends lead

Black Wings with comeback-win at Klagenfurt
EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz opend the scoring in Klagenfurt already in minute 4, just 29 seconds later EC-KAC equalized. The hosts had some more good chances, but were stopped by goalie Mike Ouzas. In minute 14 Brian Lebler scored the lead again for the Upper Austrans after an individuell effort. Again the Red Jackets had a quick answer from Manuel Ganahl, who could score alone in front of the net. EC-KAC got stronger, but failed to score from their chances again. More goals came in period 2: For their pressure the Red Jackets were rewarded with goals from Marco Richter and Mark Popovic in Powerplay - 4:2. The last period belong then to Linz that turned around the game with four goals and finally won in Klagenfurt 6:4.

99ers on Fire against EC VSV
Moser Medical Graz99ers were on Fire against EC VSV! Kyle Beach, Evan Brophey and Brendon Nash scored a quick 3:0-lead for the Styrians. Then the 99ers took two penalties and this was punished by EC VSV. Cory Locke and Eric Hunter scored both in Powerplay – 2:3. After the re-start the scoring went on in Graz: Beach and Markus Pirmann added two goals for the home-team, that made much pressure. Villach could score again in Power Play, but Graz answered quickly with the 6:3 from Kurtis McLean. Also in the last period the 99ers had fun on the ice and scored two more goals from Zintis-Nauris Zusevics and Evan Brophey.

Red Bulls stayed Leader
EC Red Bull Salzburg and UPC Vienna Capitals scored a quickly goal. Then the game went up and down, without great scoring-chances. In period 2 the Red Bulls could not take advantage from two Power Plays first. The Caps then had some good chances. Late in the second period the guests finally scored two goals from Andreas Nödl (37.) and Jerry Pollastrone (39.). In the last period Salzburg answered with more speed and pressure. In a 5-on-3-Powerplay Layne Viveiros made the 2:3 and then Mark Flood even poked the puck in for the 3:3. And in the Overtime Viveiros even could score the Game Winner for Salzburg.

Bozen celebrated Shut-out-win at Ljubljana
24 hours after their win in Szekesfehervar the Foxes had a great start at Ljubljana: With two perfect shots on target from Vallerand and Palmieri they quickly got a 2:0-lead. Olimpija Head Coach Bojan Zajc took his time out. It helped to calm his troops down a bit, but still Bozen had more chances. The Dragons were dangerous on their power play. But even 44 seconds with two man advantage didn't help them get on the scoreboard. Their best chance came late in the period, when Nik Pem failed to finish a 3 on 1 break in a shorthanded situation. Period two started eventless. Only when Alexander Egger took a delay of game penalty there was some more heat in front of goalie Marcel Melichercik. The Slovak coped with it perfectly. Gilbert Gabor and Maks Selan came closest to score for Olimpija, while Nick Palmieri missed two nice chances for the Italians. With 37 seconds left on the clock Marco Insam got the puck near the left slot and put it under the crossbar with a well placed shot. In the final period Bozen easily controlled the game. Alexander Egger with a well placed sho over the keeper fixed the 4:0-win in a Power Play. The Foxes had some luck to get a Shut-out, when Miha Zajc only hit the post.

Znojmo with Overtime-win against Innsbruck
Sunday match between Znojmo and Innsbruck was kind of special, two former players of Znojmo Ondrej Sedivy and Lubomir Stach took part. The fans cheered on them loudly, then the game started. Orli were aggressive in the very beginning of the match, the home team had couple of good chances. Both teams then had some chances during the period, but the most dangerous was by André Lakos, who bluffed on the host defense and with his shot he hit the post. The first goal came in period two: Nicholas Ross was successful for Innsbruck with a big shot from the blue line. The last part of the game was started with a great pressure from Znojmo, which ended up in a goal: Adam Hughesman found a puck in front of lying Chiodo and had a simple job to shoot above him. Orli Znojmo had one more chance then, but Hughesman missed the empty net. It followed an Overtime, in which Hughesman suddenly appeared from nowhere and decided the game for Znojmo.

Erste Bank Eishockey Liga:
Sun, 23.10.2016: HDD Olimpija Ljubljana – HCB Südtirol Alperia 0:4 (0:2,0:1,0:1)
Referees: BABIC, K. NIKOLIC; spectators: 500
Goals HCB: Vallerand (2.), Palmieri (3.), Insam (40.), Egger (50.)

Sun, 23.10.2016: HC Orli Znojmo – HC TWK Innsbruck „die Haie“ 2:1 OT (0:0, 0:1, 1:0, 1:0)
Referees: M. NIKOLIC, SIEGEL; spectators: 2703
Goals ZNO: Hughesman (42./67.)
Goal HCI: Ross (24.)

Sun, 23.10.2016: EC Red Bull Salzburg – UPC Vienna Capitals 4:3 n.V. (1:1,0:2,2:0, 1:0)
Referees: BERNEKER/LEMELIN, spectators: 2.800;
Goals RBS: Thomas (3.), Viveiros (52./pp2; 64.), Flood (58.)
Goals VIC: Ferland (5.), Nödl (37.), Pollastrone (39.)

Sun, 23.10.2016: Moser Medical Graz99ers – EC VSV 8:3 (3:2,3:1,2:0)
Referees: GAMPER, SMETANA; spectators: 2.921
Goals G99: Beach (12., 23./pp), Brophey (13., 47.), Nash (15./pp), Pirmann (30.), McLean (39.), Zusevics (45.)
Goals VSV: Locke (19./pp2), Hunter (20./pp, 37./pp)

Sun, 23.10.2016: EC-KAC – EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz 4:6 (2:2/2:0/0:3)
Referees: KELLNER, PIRAGIC, Sparer, Zgonc, spectators: 3.600
Goals KAC: St. Geier (4.), Ganahl (14.), Richter (24.), Popovic (38./pp)
Goals EHL: Moderer (4.), Lebler (11.), DaSilva (41.), Hofer (43./pp), Oberkofler (54.; 60./en)