Release from 30.10.2024

Seven games in the next three days

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The Alps Hockey League will play on Halloween, All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. While the Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan meet S.G. Cortina on Thursday, five games are scheduled on Friday. On Saturday, KHL Sisak will face Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel. Both teams will also meet on Friday in Croatia.

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There will be a Halloween game on Thursday in Sterzing. Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan, who are bottom of the table, will face S.G. Cortina Hafro. But the visitors are not in good form either. With just one win from their last eight games, Cortina are only in eleventh place. The Broncos have even only won one of their last ten matches. With a total of eight points, they are five points behind Cortina. On Tuesday, Sterzing lost 3:4 at Bregenzerwald, while Cortina were beaten 1:4 in Neumarkt. In the first duel of the season in Cortina, the home side narrowly won 2:1. Waltteri Lehtonen scored the game-winner just four minutes before the end.

A total of five games are scheduled for All Saints' Day. The new league leader EK Die Zeller Eisbären will face HK RST Pellet Celje. Zell am See took over the top spot with a 5:4 win in Kitzbühel, Celje was not in action on Tuesday and is in eighth place in the table. Both teams have already faced each other once in Zell am See. On October 3, the hosts narrowly prevailed 4:3/SO. It was the third win for the “Polar Bears” in their third AHL duel with the Slovenians.

The new second placed Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel face two tough away games at league newcomer KHL Sisak. The two teams meet in Croatia on both Friday and Saturday. While Sisak have still not lost a game after regular time and are already just behind Kitzbühel in third place in the table, the “Eagles” narrowly lost 4:5 to Zell am See on Tuesday in the game for the top spot in the table, meaning they are now one point behind EKZ. Their lead over Sisak is four points. The two best defenses in the AHL will face each other in the doubleheader in Croatia. SIS has only conceded 17 goals, followed by the KEC with 24.

The fourth-placed Rittner Buam SkyAlps will face twelfth-placed EC Bregenzerwald on All Saints' Day. The team from Vorarlberg celebrated their first win on Tuesday after seven consecutive defeats. Ritten won at Jesenice 3:1 to move past the Slovenians in the table. Among others, Ethan Szypula scored two points, making the Canadian the league's sole top scorer with 24 points. The defending champion narrowly won the first game of the season against the ECB 3:2 away from home.

SIJ Acroni Jesenice's 1:3 defeat against Ritten was only their second loss of the season in regulation. As a result, the Slovenians slipped back to fifth place in the table. They visit HC Gherdeina valgardena.it on Friday. The seventh-placed team in the table was not in action on Tuesday, but has recently celebrated three wins in a row. The two teams have not faced each other this season. Last season, Val Gardena won three out of four encounters.

Moreover, the Hockey Unterland Cavaliers and the Red Bull Hockey Juniors will also face on Friday. While the Cavaliers are currently flying high, having scored points in their last seven games and even won five, the Juniors are on a downward spiral with five defeats in a row. On Tuesday, Salzburg lost 0:3 at home to Sisak, while Unterland defeated Cortina 4:1 in front of their home crowd. Friday's clash will be the first of the season. In the past two seasons, Unterland and Salzburg have faced each other in the quarter-finals. The Juniors prevailed both times: 2024 with 4:1, 2023 with 4:0.

Alps Hockey League:
Thursday, 31.10.2024:
19:00: Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan – S.G. Cortina Hafro
Referees: GIACOMOZZI, PIRAS, Pace, Scalzeri. | >> valcome.tv <<

Friday, 01.11.2024:
18:00: EK Die Zeller Eisbären – HK RST Pellet Celje
Referees: BAJT, MOIDL D., Miklic, Moidl M. | >> valcome.tv <<

18:00: Hockey Unterland Cavaliers – Red Bull Hockey Juniors
Referees: STEFENELLI, VIRTA, Brondi, Pace. | >> valcome.tv <<

18:00: Rittner Buam SkyAlps – EC Bregenzerwald
Referees: OREL, WIDMANN, Telesklav, Wucherer. | >> valcome.tv <<

18:30: KHL Sisak – Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel
Referees: LESNIAK, METZINGER, Javornik, Knez. | >> valcome.tv <<

19:30: HC Gherdeina valgardena.it – SIJ Acroni Jesenice
Referees: EGGER, LAZZERI, Cusin, Formaioni. | >> valcome.tv <<

Saturday, 02.11.2024:
18:30: KHL Sisak – Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel
Referees: BROCK, WENUSCH, Legat, Preiser. | >> valcome.tv <<