Release from 10.01.2025

Seven games on Saturday and Sunday: Kitzbühel hosts Ritten in the top game

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The Alps Hockey League continues with six games on Saturday. Among others, fourth-placed Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel will host second-placed Rittner Buam Sky Alps. The defending champions from South Tyrol will also be in action on Sunday when they face the Red Bull Hockey Juniors. The Young Bulls will play against S.G. Cortina Hafro on Saturday.

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In the top game of the weekend, Kitzbühel will host defending champions Ritten. Both teams will face each other for the third time this season on Saturday. So far, Kitzbühel has clearly had the upper hand in both meetings (7:3, 6:2). The current form of fourth-placed Kitzbühel is also very good, with five wins from their last six games. On Wednesday, they suffered a surprising 2:5 defeat at Bregenzerwald. In front of their home crowd they are unbeaten since November 16 and seven games. Ritten are in second place in the table, four points ahead of the “Eagles” and have also won five of their last six matches. In their last two matches, they have scored 15 goals and conceded just two (8:1 against Sisak and 7:1 against Jesenice).

Less than 24 hours after their guest appearance in Kitzbühel, the “Buam” welcome the Red Bull Hockey Juniors, who play at S.G. Cortina on Saturday. Ritten have won one of their two encounters against the Juniors so far this season. Cortina also lost to the Young Bulls once with 1:2/OT. In their second encounter, they won 3:0 in Salzburg. Cortina are currently in fifth place in the table and have won three of their last five games. The Juniors are bottom of the table, but celebrated a 5:3 home win against Unterland on Thursday. It was their first game in the Alps Hockey League since November 30.

League leader SIJ Acroni Jesenice recently lost 1:7 in Ritten, their first defeat after nine league wins in a row. The Slovenians still have a two-point lead in the table over their closest rivals Ritten and Zell am See. The Hockey Unterland Cavaliers are in ninth place and have only won one of their last six games. They have not had a chance against Jesenice so far this season (2:5, 2:9).

Third-placed EK Die Zeller Eisbären face league newcomers KHL Sisak for the second time this season on Saturday. In the first encounter in Croatia, Zell am See lost 2:10, before taking revenge with a 3:0 home win. The “Polar Bears” were victorious in two of their last five games. On Thursday, they beat Sterzing 5:3. Sisak are in seventh place in the table and have not won in three games. They have only won two of their last eight matches. On Thursday, they were clearly defeated 1:8 in Ritten.

In the South Tyrolean derby, HC Meran/o Pircher will host HC Gherdeina valgardena.it. The eighth-placed team from Merano recently celebrated two wins in a row and has a ten-point lead over eleventh-placed Val Gardena. The visitors recently beat Cortina 2:1/OT. Val Gardena have won three of their last five games. They have suffered two defeats against Merano so far this season (1:5, 2:3/OT).

The Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan will face HK RST Pellet Celje. The sixth-placed Broncos are currently eight points behind Cortina in fifth place. The South Tyroleans have been beaten in their last two games. Opponents Celje are in tenth place and celebrated their first league win since November 30th and nine defeats in a row on Monday. They have lost all four AHL duels against Sterzing so far. This season they were beaten 4:6 and 2:5.

Alps Hockey League:
Saturday, 11.01.2025:
18:00: Hockey Unterland Cavaliers – SIJ Acroni Jesenice
Referees: HOLZER, SPIEGEL, Jäger, Rivis. | >> valcome.tv <<

18:00: Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan – HK RST Pellet Celje
Referees: LEGA, MOSCHEN, Cusin, Strimitzer. | >> valcome.tv <<

18:30: KHL Sisak – EK Die Zeller Eisbären
Referees: HLAVATY, METZINGER, Knez, Legat. | >> valcome.tv <<

19:30: Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel – Rittner Buam SkyAlps
Referees: KAINBERGER, VOICAN, Preiser, Seewlad J. | >> valcome.tv <<

19:30: HC Meran/o Pircher – HC Gherdeina valgardena.it
Referees: LEBEN, LESNIAK, Fecchio, Jeram. | >> valcome.tv <<

20:30: S.G. Cortina Hafro – Red Bull Hockey Juniors
Referees: LAZZERI, OREL, Cristeli, Telesklav. | >> valcome.tv <<

Sunday, 12.01.2025:
18:00 Uhr: Rittner Buam SkyAlps – Red Bull Hockey Juniors
Referees: BAJT, MEIXNER, Markizeti, Wendner. | >> valcome.tv <<