Release from 30.01.2021

Salzburg targets playoff qualification

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In the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League four games are scheduled for Sunday. In the live match on PULS 24, the spusu Vienna Capitals host EC Red Bull Salzburg. In a distant duel with the Dornbirn Bulldogs, who meet the in-form EC-KAC, the Red Bulls could fix the early playoff qualification. While the Moser Medical Graz99ers welcome league leaders HCB Südtirol Alperia, EC GRAND Immo VSV travels to Hydro Fehérvár AV19.

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Sun, 31.01.2021, 16:30: Moser Medical Graz99ers - HCB Südtirol Alperia
Referees: TRILAR, ZRNIC, Bärnthaler, Gatol I >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • The Moser Medical Graz99ers were defeated 2:3 in overtime by Vienna yesterday after leading 2:0
  • In the 4:7 defeat in Fehérvár, Bolzano conceded six goals in the middle period
  • But with 69 goals conceded in 36 games, the league leaders still have the best defence in the league.
  • The seventh-placed Styrians won the first match of the season 3:2 after overtime in Bolzano, but in the other two matches the league leader prevailed
  • Less than a week ago - on 22 January - the Foxes won 4-0 at home.
  • The two teams are meeting for the 40th time, with HCB winning 23 of those games.
  • While Ken Ograjensek will return to the 99ers line-up, Michael Latta will be missing.
  • The new arrival was injured in his debut in Vienna, but could return to the ice as early as next week

Sun, 31.01.2021, 16:30: spusu Vienna Capitals - EC Red Bull Salzburg
Referees: PIRAGIC, SMETANA, Hribar, Kaspar I >> FREE PULS24 LIVESTREAM <<

  • Fourth-placed spusu Vienna Capitals clinched an early playoff ticket with a 3-2 overtime win over Graz
  • After 110 days out with injury, Rafael Rotter made an impressive comeback with a goal to level the score at 2-2
  • After a clear 6-0 win in Linz during the week, the Red Bulls were beaten 3-1 at home by the KAC on Friday.
  • The Salzburgers, who are in fifth place, could book their place in the Pick Round on Sunday.
  • Head coach Matt McIlvane's team need two points more than the Bulldogs to qualify for the playoffs.
  • The Capitals, however, have won all three of their season duels with Salzburg, each by a score of 4-1.
  • The two teams are in their 142nd meeting, 78 of which have been won by Salzburg.
  • The Viennese have had the upper hand in four of their last five home games.
  • The Red Bulls have won four of their last six away games.
  • Salzburg's Filip Varejcka, who played his last game on 23 October, could make his comeback

Sun, 31.01.2021, 17:30: Hydro Fehérvár AV19 - EC GRAND Immo VSV
Referees: KINCSES, SOOS, Muzsik, Vaczi I >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • The best offense in the league of Hydro Fehérvár AV19 could not be stopped by league leaders Bolzano in a 7-4 win on Friday
  • The Hungarians are six points behind HCB and one behind the KAC in third place
  • EC GRAND Immo VSV have alternated between wins and losses in their last six games, with a 5-1 defeat at home to Bratislava on Friday.
  • This means that Villach, who are in tenth place, now have the worst cards in the four-way fight for 7th place.
  • In the three duels so far this season, the visitors have always come out on top, giving Fehérvár a 2-1 lead.
  • Villach's Chris Collins scored in each of the three games.
  • VSV have won three of their last four games away from home - but are still only in ninth place in the away table.
  • Villach have won 41 of 71 direct comparisons so far
  • VSV head coach Rob Daum will have to do without Patrick Bjorkstrand, Christof Wappis, Philipp Kreuzer, Daniel Wachter, Benjamin Lanzinger and Jordan Caron.
  • Alexander Schmidt will start in goal for the Eagles this time.

Sun, 31.01.2021, 17:30: EC-KAC - Dornbirn Bulldogs
Referees: FICHTNER, SIEGEL, Miklic, Zgonc I >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • With nine wins out of the last ten games, the EC-KAC is currently the most in-form team in the league
  • On Friday, the second-placed Klagenfurt side prevailed 3-1 in Salzburg
  • The Carinthians' current run of five straight wins is their longest of the season
  • The DEC, on the other hand, have lost three in a row, with coach Kai Suikkanen's team losing to VSV on 24 January.
  • The sixth-placed Vorarlberg team still have a chance of making the Pick Round - if they don't, eight bonus points for the Qualification Round are within their grasp.
  • The Vorarlbergers have played the EC-KAC 39 times so far, the historical record speaks clearly for the Carinthians with 24:15 victories and 130:94 goals.
  • The KAC won the first duel of the season, but the Bulldogs kept the upper hand in the other two games.
  • With an effectiveness of 20.8 percent (30 goals on 144 occasions), the EC-KAC is currently the most successful team in the league when it comes to power play.
  • Anthony Luciani will make his debut for the Bulldogs on Sunday. The Canadian has 44 goals and 74 assists in 96 league games.
  • David Madlener will guard the KAC net against his former club.