Release from 24.09.2018

Sharks and Red Bulls will be in a fight for their first season-win on Tuesday

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HC TWK Innsbruck „Die Haie“ welcomes bottom-club EC Red Bull Salzburg on Tuesday. Each team is without a win in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga this season so far.

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Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, round 5:
Tue, 25.09.2018: HC TWK Innsbruck „Die Haie“ vs. EC Red Bull Salzburg (19:15)
Referees: KELLNER, K. NIKOLIC, SCHAUER, Tschrepitsch.
>HC TWK Innsbruck „Die Haie“ and EC Red Bull Salzburg will be in a fight for their first season-win in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga in the Tyrolean Capital on Tuesday: Each club is without a win so far, the Red Bulls haven’t even earned a point yet and are on the bottom of the table.
>There are different reasons for Innsbrucks and Salzburgs poor season-start: While the Red Bulls have had problems to score so far and have netted fewest goals (3), the Sharks allowed most goals (23). The Mozart Citizens had 109 shots on net so far, but they potted only three goals out of three matches (scoring-efficiency: 2,75%). On Sunday, the Red Bulls didn’t even score a single goal in their home-game against EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz (0:3).
>EC Red Bull Salzburg will play their first road-game of the season in Innsbruck on Tuesday. The other League-clubs have already played at least once on the road.
>The Mozart Citizens have won two straight meetings with the Sharks.
>Each team would climp up in the ranking earning three points on Tuesday: Bottom club EC Red Bull Salzburg would earn place 9 with a 3-point-win on Tuesday, while the Sharks would jump from place 10 to place 8.
Quotes:
Rob Pallin, Headcoach HC TWK Innsbruck „Die Haie“: “’Every game is tough in this league. Our next opponent is Salzburg, and they haven’t won a game yet, but they are a very good team. It will be hard. If you look at the top six and the bottom six teams, we were in the top six in the last two years. I believe we are a top six team. It’s been only four games, and it is not a four game season, it’s a 44-game season. There are a lot of points out there, and we have to try to catch them.”
Greg Poss, Headcoach EC Red Bull Salzburg knows: „We changed our system lately. We have good scenes and our chances, but the puck does not go in right now and then we make mistakes in the back. We want to correct that quickly to get the confidence back.“