Release from 20.12.2024

Six games before Christmas | Two top 5 duels on Saturday

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Six games are on the programme in the Alps Hockey League on the last weekend before Christmas. While league leaders Zell am See travel to Celje on Saturday, there are also two top 5 duels: Kitzbühel welcomes the Rittner Buam SkyAlps and Jesenice is visiting Cortina.

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Table leaders Zell am See visit Celje on Saturday. The team from Pinzgau have won seven of their last nine games, and came out on top in Sterzing on Thursday. The EKZ is also the best away team in the league with 19 points from eleven games. Celje lost their first two games in December and are currently in ninth place. The first two season meetings went to a shootout, with each team picking up a win.

Jesenice is first in pursuit of Zell am See, with the Slovenians improving to second place with three wins in a row. Now the Steelers, who currently have the best defence in the league, travel to Cortina. The fifth-placed Italians have gained at least one point in their last four games, even winning three of them. Jesenice won the first two season meetings, and the Slovenians clinched the championship title with a win in Cortina in the 2023 final.

Another top 5 duel is Kitzbühel against Ritten. The Tyroleans, currently the best offence in the league, have recently suffered two away defeats. Ritten prevailed at Cortina after over time on Thursday, overtaking Kitzbühel in the table - the reigning champions are currently in third place. The South Tyroleans won the last three games in Kitzbühel, but the KEC prevailed in the first season meeting.

Sisak (sixth place) and Sterzing (tenth place) recently saw their winning streaks come to an end. The first game of the season was a real goal festival, in which the Broncos prevailed 6:5. Sterzing have also won their last three away games.

On Sunday, HK RST Pellet Celje and Rittner Buam SkyAlps as well as HC Gherdeina valgardena.it and HC Meran/o Pircher will face each other. The South Tyrolean derby promises to be exciting: while Val Gardena has recently suffered four defeats and is at the bottom of the table, Merano has won three in a row.

Alps Hockey League:
Sat, 21.12.2024
18:00: HK RST Pellet Celje - EK Die Zeller Eisbären
Referees: BAJT, OREL, Eisl, Strimitzer

18:30: KHL Sisak - Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan
Referees: MOSCHEN, SNOJ, Brondi, Jeram

19:30: Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel - Rittner Buam SkyAlps
Referees: METZINGER, WENUSCH, Knez, Legat

20:30: S.G. Cortina Hafro - SIJ Acroni Jesenice
Referees: GIACOMOZZI, PIRAS, Cristeli, Fleischmann

Sun, 22.12.2024
18:00: HK RST Pellet Celje - Rittner Buam SkyAlps
Referees: LEHNER, MEIXNER, Matthey, Wendner

20:30: HC Gherdeina valgardena.it - HC Meran/o Pircher
Referees: BULOVEC, PINIE, Abeltino, Arlic

>> All games will be shown on valcome.tv 

Photo: Max Pattis