Release from 12.12.2024

Salzburg faces Graz for the first time on Friday | Linz aims for first season win against Vienna

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The win2day ICE Hockey League continues with five games on Friday. Two games are also on the program on Saturday. Among others, there will be the first duel of the season between EC Red Bull Salzburg and the Moser Medical Graz99ers. In addition, the Steinbach Black Wings Linz will play at the spusu Vienna Capitals. So far, the Viennese have won both season duels with the Upper Austrians and league leaders Hydro Fehérvár AV19 are aiming for their third win of the season against the EC-KAC. EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV, HC TIWAG Innsbruck, Pioneers Vorarlberg and Olimpija Ljubljana are in action on both Friday and Saturday.

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EC Red Bull Salzburg - Moser Medical Graz99ers
Defending champions Salzburg were beaten 3:6 in Villach on Tuesday and suffered one of only two defeats in their last twelve games. The Red Bulls have already been unbeaten in front of their home crowd for six games. They are in fourth place in the table with 45 points. They are immediately followed by Graz in fifth place. The Styrians are also on 45 points, but have already played three games more than Salzburg. The 99ers have not won either of their last two matches. Graz will face Salzburg for the first time this season on Friday. RBS have won all of their last four head-to-head meetings.

spusu Vienna Capitals - Steinbach Black Wings Linz
Third-placed Linz is currently seemingly invincible. In the past twelve games, the Black Wings have only been beaten by Salzburg. Last weekend, they celebrated two commanding home victories against Bolzano (5:2) and Innsbruck (2:0). However, the Black Wings still have a score to settle with Vienna this season, as the Capitals have won both head-to-head meetings this season. On November 3, they won with a 4:3/OT, before that they also narrowly won 2:1 in Linz on September 27. Vienna is also in good form at the moment. Last weekend, they picked up two wins in Asiago (3:2) and at Pustertal (3:2/SO) on their Italian road trip. The Viennese are ninth in the table, already seven points ahead of eleventh-placed Asiago.

EC-KAC - Hydro Fehérvár AV19
League leaders Fehérvár visit sixth-placed EC-KAC on Friday. The two teams are already 16 points apart. The Hungarians have won their last four games and are level on points at the top of the table with Bolzano, who are not in action this weekend. On Sunday, they narrowly won 4:3/OT at home against Asiago. In the 25th game of the season, Fehérvár had to go into the overtime for the first time. The KAC have won their last two games. Their winning streak in front of their home crowd is also two games, before that the KAC conceded five home defeats in a row. Klagenfurt were also beaten by Fehérvár in their first home game of the season: On October 25, the league leaders narrowly held the upper hand with a 1:0 win, while in Hungary the EC-KAC also failed to score a goal of their own in a 0:4 defeat on September 27.

EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV - HC TIWAG Innsbruck
With five wins in a row, EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV is currently the “hottest” team in the win2day ICE Hockey League. On Tuesday, Villach beat Salzburg 6:3 at home in a brilliant game. Innsbruck, in twelfth place in the table, are already eight points behind tenth-placed Pustertal. The Tyroleans have failed to win their last four matches and have only won two of their last ten games. The “Sharks” last faced Villach in front of the home crowd on November 22. On that occasion, the visitors from Carinthia won clearly with 6:0. They scored five goals between the 22nd and 34th minute. Villach also won 4:2 at home on October 6.

Olimpija Ljubljana - Pioneers Vorarlberg
In the fifth game of the day, Ljubljana will host Pioneers Vorarlberg. Neither team is in good form. While eighth-placed Olimpija have lost all of their last three games, bottom-placed Pionners are now eight games without a win. The Vorarlberg side have also failed to pick up a win against the Slovenians this season (2:4, 2:5). They are already twelve points behind tenth place in the table. Ljubljana are seven points behind sixth place and eight points ahead of eleventh place.

Olimpija Ljubljana - HC TIWAG Innsbruck
Less than 24 hours after the home game against Vorarlberg, Ljubljana will face Innsbruck at home. The Tyroleans visit Villach on Friday. The home team has always had the upper hand in the two duels so far this season.

EC iDM Wärempumpen VSV - Pioneers Vorarlberg
In the second game on Saturday, Villach will host the Pioneers Vorarlberg. It will be the second game within 24 hours for both teams. VSV has won both season duels with the Pioneers so far. Overall, the Vorarlberg team have only won two of ten encounters with Villach.

win2day ICE Hockey League:
Friday, 13.12.2024:
19:15: EC Red Bull Salzburg – Moser Medical Graz99ers
Referees: NIKOLIC K., OFNER. Bedynek, Moidl. | >> live.ice.hockey <<

19:15: spusu Vienna Capitals – Steinbach Black Wings Linz
Referees: FICHTNER, SEEWALD E., Durmis, Wimmler. | >> live.ice.hockey <<

19:15: EC-KAC – Hydro Fehérvár AV19
Referees: HRONSKY, SIEGEL, Jedlicka, Konc. | >> live.ice.hockey <<

19:15: EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV – HC TIWAG Innsbruck
Referees: SMETANA, ZRNIC, Bärnthaler, Riecken. | >> live.ice.hockey <<

19:15: Olimpija Ljubljana – Pioneers Vorarlberg
Referees: GROZNIK, REZEK, Hribar, Zgonc. | >> live.ice.hockey <<

Saturday, 14.12.2024:
18:00: Olimpija Ljubljana – HC TIWAG Innsbruck
Referees: OFNER, SMETANA, Riecken, Zgonc. | >> live.ice.hockey <<

19:15: EC iDM Wärempumpen VSV – Pioneers Vorarlberg
Referees: HRONSKY, PIRAGIC, Jedlicka, Konc. | >> live.ice.hockey <<