Release from 13.02.2021

Start of Pick Round | Exciting battles for playoffs

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On Sunday, the first two duels of the Pick Round will take place in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League. While EC-KAC welcomes the spusu Vienna Capitals, EC Red Bull Salzburg travels to league leader HCB Südtirol Alperia. The race for the remaining three playoff spots in the Qualification Round, on the other hand, is already entering the second round. In the live match on PULS 24, the Steinbach Black Wings 1992 will meet the Moser Medical Graz99ers - both teams celebrated victories in the opening game. The other matches will be offered as pay-per-view video streams on live.ice.hockey.

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bet-at-home ICE Hockey League, Pick Round:
Sun, 14.02.2021, 16:30: EC-KAC - spusu Vienna Capitals
Referees: SOOS, STERNAT, Kis-Kiraly, Vaczi I >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • The EC-KAC have finished the first phase of the regular season in second place, higher than at any time since the introduction of the current league mode
  • Klagenfurt starts with two bonus points
  • The Capitals finished the first part of the championship in fourth place, the first time in the club's history they start the intermediate round without any bonus points
  • The "Rotjacken" won three of the four season duels so far and only had to admit defeat after overtime in Vienna at the end of November
  • While the KAC collected the most points (22) in the last ten games, the Viennese only managed 13 points
  • Klagenfurt's Matt Fraser and Thomas Koch have each scored in each of the last nine games.
  • With Jerome Leduc (27 points) and Alex Wall (26), the Viennese have the league's highest-scoring defenders in their ranks
  • KAC goalie Sebastian Dahm, on the other hand, leads the goalkeeping stats (1.64 GAA, 93.8% save percentage)
  • It is the 138th duel against each other, the KAC has won 73 of them
  • The Viennese announced the signing of US-American Grant Besse on Saturday (>> see here).

Sun, 14.02.2021, 18:00: HCB Südtirol Alperia - EC Red Bull Salzburg
Referees: OFNER, TRILAR, Basso, Pardatscher I >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • Bolzano won the first phase of regular season and starts with four bonus points into the Pick Round
  • Salzburg qualified as fifth-placed team for the play-offs , but will start the intermediate round without any points
  • Bolzano and Salzburg have already played four exciting duels this season, three times a goal made the difference - the "Foxes" prevailed three times
  • In the last meeting in South Tyrol, however, the Red Bulls came out on top - John Hughes scored 44 seconds before the end to make it 3-2
  • The top scorers of both teams are in step: Bolzano's Dustin Gazley (15+24) and Salzburg's John Hughes (6+33) each have 39 points so far
  • Three HCB players are in the top four league-wide in plus-minus scoring: Brett Findlay (+28), Dustin Gazley (+25) and Nick Plastino (+23)
  • On the power play, the Foxes have reclaimed first position with a 20.9% success rate, with the Red Bulls just behind at 20.0%
  • Of 54 games against each other so far, RBS have won 30

bet-at-home ICE Hockey League, Qualification Round:
Sun, 14.02.2021, 17:30: EC GRAND Immo VSV - Dornbirn Bulldogs
Referees: FICHTNER, ZRNIC, Hribar, Riecken I >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • Despite trailing by two goals twice, Villach celebrated their first win at the start of the intermediate rounds
  • On his comeback, Jordan Caron was the match-winner with two goals in a 5-3 win over Bratislava
  • The Dornbirn Bulldogs, on the other hand, were beaten 4-1 by Linz despite a lightning start
  • While the Bulldogs are still in first place in the Qualification Round, VSV moved up to fourth place
  • The Carinthians won three out of four season duels against the DEC
  • With the exception of the 5-3 away win three weeks ago (Chris Collins scored on an empty net), all games were decided by a one-goal difference.
  • The Vorarlberg side last won in Villach on 31.1.2019, 1-0 after a penalty shootout
  • VSV have recently lost four in a row at home
  • The Bulldogs have been victorious in three of their last five away games
  • This is the 45th meeting between these two teams, Villach having won 27 of them

Sun, 14.02.2021, 17:30: Steinbach Black Wings 1992 - Moser Medical Graz99ers
Referees: SIEGEL, SMETANA, Bedynek, Seewald | >> FREE PULS-24-LIVESTREAM <<

  • The Linz side put an exclamation mark on the start of the Qualification Round with a 4-1 away win in Dornbirn, leaving the bottom of the table for the first time since late November
  • It was the fourth win in a row for the Black Wings
  • On the debut of the Russian new arrival Vitali Menshikov, Graz also celebrated a success - 3:2 over Innsbruck
  • The Styrians in second place are currently four points ahead of the Upper Austrians (5th place)
  • The 99ers have won three of their four encounters so far this season
  • In these encounters, both teams just scored an average of only 3.25 goals per game
  • Linz forward Brian Lebler has scored a total of seven times in the last five games - with 25 goals he also leads the league scoring charts
  • The Black Wings have the second best powerplay in the league - They scored 26 goals in 126 PP opportunities (20.6%)
  • However, Dan Ceman's team also conceded the second most goals (6) in numerical superiority
  • BWI have won 74 of 116 games against each other

Sun, 14.02.2021, 19:15: HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie - iClinic Bratislava Capitals
Referees: BERNEKER, PIRAGIC, Nothegger, Sparer I >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

  • After the 2:3 opening defeat against Graz, Innsbruck will play their first home game in the intermediate round
  • Guests at the TIWAG Arena are the iClinic Bratislava Capitals, who also suffered a defeat in their opener (3:5 against Villach)
  • While the Slovaks have slipped to third place, the Tyroleans are now at the bottom of the table
  • Bratislava won all four duels with HCI so far - twice the Caps held the upper hand after shootout
  • Bratislava forward Milos Bubela has gained at least one point in every game against the Sharks this season (two goals and three assists).
  • Innsbruck forward Daniel Ciampini leads league scoring charts with 50 points (22 goals, 28 assists)
  • However, the Canadian scored only one goal against Bratislava