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Semifinals will start in Bruneck and Ljubljana on Monday

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The best-of-five-semifinals in Alps Hockey League will start in Bruneck and Ljubljana on Monday.

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Alps Hockey League, Semifinals #1 (best of five):

Mon, 01.04.2019, 19:15: HK SZ Olimpija vs. EHC Alge Elastic Lustenau
Mon, 01.04.2019, 20:00: HC Pustertal Wolves vs. HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice

Mon, 01.04.2019, 19:15: HK SZ Olimpija vs. EHC Alge Elastic Lustenau

Referees: BULOVEC, OFNER, Holzer, Snoj.
• best-of-five-semifinals: 0:0.
• final ranking after the regular season: HKO 2. | EHC 6.
• streak: HKO 2 straight wins / EHC 2 consecutive victories
• home-performance HKO: 20 wins / 23 games
• road-performance EHC: 14 successes / 25 matches
• form (performance during the last 5 games): HKO 3 wins and 2 losses | EHC 3 successes and 2 defeats
• Head-to-head 2018/19:
o 3:0 EHC @Lustenau
o 5:2 HKO @Ljubljana
• Head-to-head (overall Alps Hockey League): 3 wins HKO | 1 victory EHC
• Their teams best scorers:
o HKO: Ales Music – 52 points (22G/30A).
o EHC: Marc-Olivier Vallerand (injury, end of season) – 70 points (37G/33A), Christopher D’Alvise 66 points (35G/31A).
• Hala Tivoli has been impregnable during the last few weeks! Ales Music and Company have won eight straight home-games, allowing just twelve goals. Besides, EHC is still without a win in Ljubljana so far.
• But, watch out: EHC is the most dangerous offensive team in the Alps Hockey League! The Lions have the best scoring efficiency (12.28%), the West-Austrians have already netted 189 goals out of 1.539 shots on net 2018/19. Besides, the EHC-forwards Vallerand (37G, injury) and D’Alvise (35G) are leading the goal-scoring-statistics.

Mon, 01.04.2019, 20:00: HC Pustertal Wolves vs. HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice
Referees: MORI, Rutz, Basso, Rinker.
• best-of-five-semifinals: 0:0
• final ranking after the regular season: PUS 1. | JES 8.
• streak: PUS 4 straight wins / JES 10 consecutive victories
• home-performance PUS: 21 wins / 22 games
• road-performance JES: 13 victories / 23 matches
• form (performance during the last 5 games): PUS 4 wins and 1 defeat | JES 5 successes and 0 losses
• Head-to-head 2018/19:
o 6:2 PUS @Bruneck
o 4:1 PUS @Jesenice
• Head-to-head (overall Alps Hockey League): 5 wins PUS | 3 victories JES
• Their clubs best scorers:
o PUS: Markus Gander – 53 points (28G/25A)
o Tadej Cimzar – 57 points (24G/33A).
• Bruneck has been nearly impregnable during this season: HC Pustertal Wolves has been successful in 21 out of 22 home-games or five straight home-matches. But, watch out: The Slovenes have been convincing on the road lately as well: The "Red Steelers" got six straight road-wins lately….
• HC Pustertal Wolves vs. HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice is the meeting of the best defensive team with the best offensive club: While the Italians have given away fewest goals (63) 2018/19, the Slovenes have potted most goals (193). Besides, the two best netminders -  Brunecks Colin Furlong (save%: 94.8 and GAA: 1.32) and Jesenices Matt Climie (save%: 95.0 and GAA: 1.27) will be in action in Bruneck on Monday too…

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