Release from 21.01.2021

Salzburg in Bratislava for the first time

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Five games are scheduled for Friday in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League. The gameday will be opened by EC Red Bull Salzburg, who will host the iClinc Bratislava Capitals for the first time in a league game. While second-placed Hydro Fehérvár AV 19 remains without a game this weekend, HCB Südtirol gets a chance to extend its lead in the standings against the Moser Medical Graz99ers. EC-KAC also wants to take advantage of the Hungarians' break and reduce the gap to second place in the game against the HC TIWAG Innsbruck. The Dornbirn Bulldogs and the spusu Vienna Capitals are facing a directional duel. While the Viennese could orientate themselves towards the top-3 with a win, Dornbirn wants to close the gap to the top-5 again.

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Fri, 22.01.2021, iClinic Bratislava Capitals - EC Red Bull Salzburg 17:30
Referees: BALUSKA, HRONSKY, Durmis, Konc, >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • EC Red Bull Salzburg will play its fifth game in the last eight days on Friday. The iClinic Bratislava Capitals, on the other hand, have their third game on the schedule in the same period.
  • After four losses in a row, the Red Bulls returned to winning ways against Dornbirn on Wednesday, somewhat securing fifth place in the standings.
  • The Capitals last lost to the Bulldogs after two wins in a row.
  • Salzburg and Bratislava meet for the third time this season. In the first two duels - both home games for Salzburg - the Red Bulls celebrated victories.
  • In the standings, the Salzburg team has been able to extend its lead to sixth place again to five points. The Capitals, on the other hand, are in a three-way battle for eighth place. Currently they are one point behind.
Fri, 22.01.2021, Dornbirn Bulldogs - spusu Vienna Capitals 19:15
Referees: BULOVEC, PIRAGIC, Martin, Sparer, >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
  • The Dornbirn Bulldogs and the spusu Vienna Capitals meet for the fourth and last time in the regular season (Phase 1). While the Caps prevailed in the first two duels, the Bulldogs managed a shootout win in the last encounter.
  • For the Viennese, this was the first loss against the Bulldogs after a series of ten wins across the seasons.
  • The Bulldogs only had to admit defeat to EC Red Bull Salzburg on Wednesday, after three wins in a row. The fifth place has thus moved back a bit into the distance.
  • The Caps had to admit defeat against the Moser Medical Graz99ers on Tuesday, after two wins in a row.
  • For the Caps, an away West doubleheader starts against the Bulldogs. Less than 24 hours after the game, HC TWK Innsbruck is already waiting.
  • While the Dornbirn Bulldogs take the fewest penalties on average this season (7.8 min./game), the Caps spend the most time of all teams in the penalty box (13 min./game).
Fri, 22.01.2021, Steinbach Black Wings 1992 - EC GRAND Immo VSV 19:15
Referees: HUBER, SMETANA, Gatol, Tschrepitsch, >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
  • Steinbach Black Wings 1992 and EC Grand Immo VSV will also play their fourth and last duel of the first phase of the regular season (phase 1). So far, the Eagles have prevailed twice, while the Linz team has won once.
  • While the Steinbach Black Wings 1992 are in last place in the standings, the VSV are in ninth place.
  • The Linz team was narrowly defeated in each of its last two games. VSV, on the other hand, recently prevailed in Salzburg in overtime. The Eagles were also able to secure at least a point against Bolzano.
  • In the past four games, VSV captured nine points.
  • Since Rob Daum took over as coach of the Blue-Whites, the team has received an average of one goal per game less than before.
  • Both teams remained match-free during the week.
  • The Villach head coach will still have to do without convalescents Patrick Bjorkstrand, Daniel Wachter, Christof Wappis and Philipp Kreuzer against Linz, while Martin Ulmer and Jamie Fraser are expected to return to the lineup.
Fri, 22.01.2021, HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie - EC-KAC 19:15 | LIVE On Sky Sport Austria
Referees: OFNER, STERNAT, Kontschieder, Seewald >> SKY SPORT AUSTRIA <<
  • HC TIWAG Innsbruck hosts, live on SKY Sport Austria, the EC-KAC.
  • With six wins from the past seven games, EC-KAC is currently the hottest team in the league.
  • However, in the last meeting between these two teams, the Sharks prevailed 4:1. The KAC won the first two duels this season with 2-1 in each case.
  • The EC-KAC has only conceded four or more goals in regular time four times this season. The last time was by Innsbruck on December 20.
  • The Sharks lost their last two games against Fehérvár and Vienna in overtime and penalty shootout, respectively.
  • After four home games in a row, the KAC has to play an away game for only the third time this calendar year.
  • Since the league was founded in 2000, the EC-KAC has only conceded more goals per appearance in the Eisarena Salzburg (3.50) than in the Tiroler Wasserkraft Arena in Innsbruck (3.27).
  • The KAC will also be missing defensemen David Fischer and Blaž Gregorc for the clash with HC Innsbruck
Fri, 22.01.2021, HCB Südtirol Alperia - Moser Medical Graz99ers 19:45
Referees: BERNEKER, RUETZ, Pardatscher, Rgioni, >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
  • HCB Südtirol Alperia will meet the Moser Medical Graz99ers for the third time this season. While the Graz team celebrated an overtime win in the first duel, the Foxes narrowly prevailed in the second encounter.
  • HCB Südtirol Alperia won three of the last four games. Even the last six games of the Foxes were decided by only one goal difference. In the last three games the decision was made in overtime or in a shootout.
  • Graz won its last two games to reduce the gap to the sixth-placed Bulldogs to six points.
  • 99ers-Goalie Ben Bowns completed two games worth seeing after his injury break with a saving-percentage of 96.6 % each. HCB-Goalie Leland Irving has a percentage of 94.1% over the whole season and leads this statistic.
  • HCB Südtirol Alperia still has a cushion of three points on second-placed Fehérvár, who have already played three more games.
  • The injured 99ers, Kevin Moderer and Hunter Fejes, did not make the trip to South Tyrol.
  • Bolzano ended the contract with Goalie Andreas Bernard.