Release from 24.03.2018
The best-of-seven-semifinal-series - Champion Vienna Captitals (1) vs. HCB Südtirol Alperia (8) and EC Red Bull Salzburg (2) vs. EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz (3) - will start on Sunday.
Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, semifinals 1 (best of seven):
Sun, 25.03.2018: EC Red Bull Salzburg (2) vs. EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz (3) – 17:20, ServusTV and www.servushockeynight.com live.
Referees: LEMELIN, K. NIKOLIC, Nothegger, Schauer.
best-of-seven-series, RBS – BWL: 0:0.
Sun, 25.03.2018: Vienna Capitals (1) vs. HCB Südtirol Alperia (8) – 17:30, SKY Sport 3 HD, video33.it and Live-Streaming SKY TICKET.
Referees: PIRAGIC, TRILAR, Nemeth, Zgonc.
best-of-seven-series, VIC – HCB: 0:0.
Three facts prior semifinal 1:
>Vienna Capitals and EC Red Bull Salzburg opened the semifinals with a home-game past season as well. Each team has started the semifinals 2017 with a win and has netted exactly four goals.
>HCB Südtirol Alperia is the fifth club stepping up to the semifinals after finishing the regular season on place 8. Prior, EC-KAC (2015), EC Red Bull Salzburg (2013), KHL Medvescak Zagreb (2010) and HDD Olimpija Ljubljana (2008) stepped up to the 2nd round after finishing the regular season on place 8. Besides, the Slovenes have been the only club reaching the finals 2008 after finishing the regular season on place 8 ten years ago. But, no one ranked on place 8 after the regular season has earned the title in Erste Bank Eishockey League (since 2003/04) so far.
>Vienna Capitals have been successful in all (four) Playoff-meetings with HCB Südtirol Alperia so far. EC Red Bull Salzburg has won seven straight Playoff-clashes against EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz. The Champion has been successful against Bozen in the semifinals 2017 (4:0). The Mozart Citizens have won the finals 2010 against the Upper Austrians (4:2) and the semifinals 2014 with a sweep 3:0...
Sun, 25.03.2018: EC Red Bull Salzburg (2) vs. EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz (3) – 17:20, ServusTV and www.servushockeynight.com live.
Referees: LEMELIN, K. NIKOLIC, Nothegger, Schauer.
Best-of-seven-series, RBS – BWL: 0:0.
>EC Red Bull Salzburg (2) and EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz (3) will face each other for the third time in a Playoff series. The Mozart Citizens have won each series. The Red Bulls have won the finals 2010 against the Upper Austrians 4:2 and the semifinals 2014 with a sweep 3:0.
>Each team has won their Quarterfinal-series 4:2: EC Red Bull Salzburg knocked out the Dornbirn Bulldogs and EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz has been successful against KHL Medvescak Zagreb with the same result. This means, the players of each team have played a maximum of 60 Erste Bank Eishockey Liga games 2017/18.
>EC Red Bull Salzburg and EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz have scored most goals so far: The Upper Austrians have potted 223 goals and the Mozart Citizens have netted 219 goals. Each team has been on fire in the Playoffs as well: The Black Wings have netted already 30 goals, the Red Bulls were successful 20 times.
>It is 3:3 in the season-clash, each club has celebrated two home- and one road-win.
>Each team has several dangerous players: 13 cracks have scored at least one goal for the Red Bulls in the Playoffs. Salzburgs best Playoff goalscorers have been Ryan Duncan and Captain Matthias Trattnig with three goals. The Austrians Brian Lebler (7G) and Fabio Hofer (5G) have been Linz‘ best Playoff goalscorers, in total eleven cracks have netted at least one goal for the Upper Austrians in this Post Season.
Quotes:
Alexander Cijan, Forward EC Red Bull Salzburg: „Linz is an offensively strong team. Small mistakes will decide this series. We must play a fast game with four lines and we must play with concentration in each match for 60 or more minutes!”
Troy Ward, Headcoach EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz: „The Red Bulls are the favorite, Salzburg is most talented team.“
Sun, 25.03.2018: Vienna Capitals (1) vs. HCB Südtirol Alperia (8) – 17:30, SKY Sport 3 HD, video33.it and live-streaming SKY TICKET.
Referees: PIRAGIC, TRILAR, Nemeth, Zgonc.
best-of-seven-series, VIC – HCB: 0:0.
>Champion EV Vienna Capitals (1) and HCB Südtirol Alperia (8) will face each other for the second time in a Playoff series. The first game of the best-of-seven-series will be played at Erste Bank Arena in Vienna on Sunday. The two clubs have meet in the semifinals 2017 as well. The Austrians have won the series 4:0.
>Each team has won their Quarterfinal series 4:2: The Vienna Capitals stepped up to the 2nd round against HC TWK Innsbruck „die Haie“ and HCB Südtirol Alperia was successful against EC-KAC with the same results. This means, the players of each team have played a maximum of 60 games this season.
>Each team - HCB Südtirol Alperia and Vienna Capitals – has been convincing in the defense in the Playoffs: The Italians have allowed just ten goals in six games and the Champions have conceded just 15 goals during that span.
>The Vienna Capitals are leading in the season-clash (3:1). But watch out: The Italians will travel with good memories to Vienna. The Faxes won the last meeting (at the Erste Bank Arena in Vienna on January 20th 2018 with 3:2). In all four season-meetings the winning team has potted exactly three goals.
>Pekka Tuokkola started with the Caps into this season and is now goalie of HCB Südtirol Alperia.
Quotes:
Serge Aubin, Headcoach Vienna Capitals: „I consider a Playoff series with less goals. The Special Units will have a key-role.“
Anton Bernard, forward HCB Südtirol Alperia: „We are ready to play and to fight. We must avoid mistakes and it needs a fast transition game from us“.
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