Release from 18.10.2017

Sharks and 99ers fighting for place 3

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In a meeting of two neighbours in the standing HC TWK Innsbruck „Die Haie“ (4) welcomes Moser Medical Graz99ers (5) on Thursday (19:15, SKY Sport 6 HD and SKYTicket live). The winner of this clash between two offensive teams will be third.

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Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, round 13:
Thu, 19.10.2017: HC TWK Innsbruck „Die Haie“ vs. Moser Medical Graz99ers, 19:15, SKY Sport 6 HD and SKYTicket live.
Referees: GAMPER, LEMELIN, Kaspar, Schauer.
>>HC TWK Innsbruck „Die Haie“ vs. Moser Medical Graz99ers is the meeting of two neighbours in the standing: The Sharks are Fourth, the Styrians are on place five! Both teams collected 20 points (six wins, one win after extratime and five defeats) so far from twelve games. The Tyroleans have the better goal-differnce (43:34 vs. 46:44), that’s why they are Fourth. The winner of the game will be third in the ranking.
>>With HC TWK Innsbruck „Die Haie“ and Moser Medical Graz99ers two offensive strong clubs will face in the Tyrolen Capital on Thursday. The Mur Citizens even scored the highest number of goals (46) so far. In their last two games, for example, Oliver Setzinger and Co. were successful twelve times. The Graz99ers best goal-scorers are the two Austrians Oliver Setzinger (6 goals) and Daniel Oberkofler (5) and import Justin Buzzeo (5). Totally18 99ers-players scored at least one goal. The Tyroleans were successful so far 43 times. The Sharks best goalscorers are the imports Tyler Spurgeon (7 goals), Mitch Wahl (7), John Lammers (6) and Andrew Yogan (5), totally 13 HCI-players could score at least one goal so far.
>>The Moser Medical Graz99ers won the first season-clash at home with 5:3. It was the first season-defeat for Innsbruck in round 4. The last four meetingsbetween HCI and G99 were won by the home-team.
>>The Moser Medical Graz99ers convinced so far in Power Play, the Mur Citizens scored 15 goals from 61 Power Plays (PP%: 24,6). The Sharks on the other side had big problems in Power Play, made just five goals from 56 chances (PP%: 8,9).
>>The Moser Medical Graz99ers won so far just two from six road-games, while Innsbruck won five from six home-games.  
Quotes:
Rob Pallin, Headcoach HC TWK Innsbruck „Die Haie“: „I think we could gain some momentum with our win at Szekesfehervar, which we can use against Graz. It is really difficult to win in this league, you must put all in during the game to be successful.“
Brock Higgs, Forward Moser Medical Graz99ers: „We played already against Innsbruck, so we know what we have to expect. We must keep our game simple and show our strengths. We will give our best to get the points.“