Release from 07.04.2021

Semifinal series will start on Thursday

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Four teams remain in the fight for the fourth Alps Hockey League title. Defending champion HK SZ Olimpija Ljubljana will face the EHC Lustenau in the semifinals. This duel already took place in the semifinals of the AHL in the season 2018/19, when the "Dragons" from Slovenia clearly kept the upper hand with 3:0 victories. The second semifinal took place in the past once too. In the first season of the AHL in 2016/17, Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey prevailed against HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice with 3:2 victories. This time, the Slovenians are slight favorites. There will be a free livestream of both games on hokejtv.si.

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Thu, 08.04.2021, 18:00: HK SZ Olimpija Ljubljana - EHC Lustenau
Referees: GROZNIK, LESNIAK, Bergant, Miklic. I >> FREE-LIVESTREAM <<
Defending champion HK SZ Olimpija Ljubljana will face the EHC Lustenau in the semifinals of the Alps Hockey League. Both teams clearly prevailed in their quarterfinal duels. As expected, Ljubljana gave the Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan no chance (7:3, 4:3, 6:0). More surprising was the clear success of Lustenau against the HC Pustertal Wölfe (6:0, 3:1). This will be the second time that both teams have met in the AHL semifinals. In the season 2018/19, HKO clearly prevailed with 3:0 (4:1, 4:0, 7:4). Subsequently, they won the AHL for the first time. In the remaining seasons, both teams reached the quarterfinals at the latest. This season, HKO and EHC have met twice in the regular season. The "Dragons" from Ljubljana won both duels (6:0, 3:1). Overall, HKO leads in the H2H with nine to two. Watch game one of the "best-of-5" semifinal series on hokejtv.si.

  • H2H AHL HKO - EHC 9:2

Thu, 08.04.2021, 20:30: HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice - Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey
Referees: PAHOR, REZEK, Arlic, Snoj. I >> FREE-LIVESTREAM <<
In the second semifinal, with HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice the second Slovenian team of the Alps Hockey League will be in action. Their opponent is the 2018 AHL champion Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey. Jesenice has reached the semifinals in every season so far, but they never qualified fort he finals. Also in the first season 2016/17, where they narrowly lost to the current opponent Asiago with 2:3 victories. The Italians won the decisive fifth game with 4:2. In the final they lost against Ritten with 1:4. In this year's quarterfinals, both teams prevailed with 3:0 victories. Jesenice won three close matches against the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it. Asiago prevailed in the "Derby Veneto" against S.G. Cortina Hafro also with 3:0 victories. However, a clear semifinal success of one of the two teams is not to be expected. In this season, each team was successful once each. Overall, the H2H is extremely balanced. Asiago leads with 12:11. Watch game one of the "best-of-5" semifinal series on hokejtv.si.

  • H2H AHL JES - ASH: 11:12
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