Release from 20.11.2020

Saturday’s duels for the first time this season

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Both games of the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League Saturday night will take place for the first time this season. While the EC GRAND Immo VSV targets ist 600th victory since the leage was found 2000 in their home game against the spusu Vienna Capitals, which have a five-game winning streak available, the Hydro Fehérvár AV19 start their first road trip at HC TIWAG Innsbruck – Die Haie, as the Austrians have their fourth home-game ahead. Both games will be available as pay-per-view online-stream on live.ice.hockey.

Tonight, Friday, three games of the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League are scheduled. Sky Sport Austria will show Steinbach Black Wings 1992 taking on HCB Südtirol Alperia from 7.05 pm on, the other two games will be offered on live.ice.hockey as pay-per-view online stream. 

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Sat, 21.11.2020: HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie – Hydro Fehérvar AV19 (5.30 pm | live on live.ice.hockey)
Referees: BULOVEC, PIRAGIC, Martin, Sparer. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • Hydro Fehérvár AV19 starts its road trip to Western Austria with stopping by at the HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie, on Sunday the Hungarians will pay at the Dornbirn Bulldogs.
  • The two teams are facing each other for the first time this season.
  • For the eighth-placed HCI it is the fourth game since the V - the fourth on home ice. On Thursday, the "Sharks" celebrated a 5-4 victory after shootout against VSV.
  • AVS, which is in fourth place, has already played four games again and scored in three of them, winning twice. In the last road game at KAC it lost 0-5.
  • There have been 52 games between these two teams so far, AVS won 27 of them, HCI the past three in a row.
  • In Innsbruck, the Hungarians could only win two of their last ten games.
  • Felix Girard, a consistent scorer for Fehérvár in the past campaign (30 points), will now meet his former club for the first time. For the "Sharks", he posted eight scorer points (2G | 6A).
  • The HCI still has problems on PP (13% | #10) and PK (70% | #11).
  • Aron Reisz, who played for AVS since 2011, has asked the club management to terminate his contract and has left the club with immediate effect. The center scored 39 points in 219 league games.

Sat, 21.11.2020: EC GRAND Immo VSV – spusu Vienna Capitals (7.15 pm | live on live.ice.hockey)
Referees: OFNER, STERNAT, Bärnthaler, Hribar. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • The EC GRAND Immo VSV and the spusu Vienna Capitals will also be competing in their first duel of the season.
  • The second-placed Viennese have preserved their top form from before the "break", having won both games recently.
  • This means that VIC has a winning streak of five games available. The last time Vienna won more than five games in a row was from February 3rd to March 13th, 2019, and at that time there were as many as twelve wins in a row.
  • VSV, who is last in standings and has played four games since the re-start, has always scored points in the last three games, won once after shootout, lost twice.
  • With a win on Saturday, VSV could celebrate its 600th victory since the league was found in summer 2000.
  • With only one win from four home games, VSV is the weakest home team in the league in terms of points (2). Vienna on the other hand is the strongest road team with eleven points from five road games.
  • With an average of 2.1 goals per game, VIC ranks second behind the KAC (1.9) in goals against, Villach is last with an average of 4.2 goals.
  • The VSV has all players available.