Release from 07.01.2023

Steel Wings and Broncos win high-scoring games

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The first phase of the season in the Alps Hockey League is drawing to a close. Only one game, on Sunday, January 15th, is still outstanding, before the league continues with the Master Round and Qualification Round A/B on Thursday, January 19th. On Saturday, two matches were scheduled. In both games there were numerous goals to see. The Steinbach Steel Wings Linz won at home against the EHC Lustenau with 7:6 after shootout. The Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan celebrated a clear 8:0 away win at the EC Bregenzerwald.

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The Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan won clearly with 8:0 at EC Bregenzerwald and passed the team from Vorarlberg in the table. Both teams have 35 points, but the Broncos won both direct duels. The eleventh place is therefore safe for the South Tyroleans. In the very last game of Regular Season Phase 1 against Gherdeina on Sunday, January 15th, Vipiteno even has the chance to move up to the ninth place. At Bregenzerwald, the Broncos' highest win of the season was never in doubt. Already after 18 minutes they were leading 3:0. In the middle period the guests added five more goals. Nothing happened in the final period and WSV goalkeeper Jakob Rabanser celebrated his fourth shutout of the season. For the Broncos it was already the third win in a row. Bregenzerwald, on the other hand, ended the first phase of the season with three defeats in a row.

Steel Wings narrowly defeat Lustenau
Saturday's game marked the end of Regular Season Phase 1 for both the Steinbach Steel Wings Linz and the EHC Lustenau. In a high-scoring game, the home side from Linz narrowly prevailed 7:6 in the shootout after leading 3:2, 4:3 and 6:5 in the meantime. Ryan Hayes scored the third goal of the night to send Lustenau into the overtime. Niko Lahtinen was the player of the game for the Steel Wings. The Finn scored twice in regular playing time and converted the decisive penalty in the shootout. In the standings, the Steel Wings finish the first phase of the season in 14th place. Lustenau is in tenth place, but can still be overtaken by Vipiteno if they win the last game against Gherdeina on Sunday, January 15th.

Alps Hockey League | 07.01.2023:
Steinbach Steel Wings Linz - EHC Lustenau 7:6/SO (0:1, 4:4, 2:1)
Referees: OREL, SCHWEIGHOFER, Legat, Schonaklener. | Spectators: 165
Goals SWL: 1:1 Lahtinen N. (22. Feldbaumer M. – Moser A.), 2:2 Kitt G. (25. Noreika E. – Stöttner L.), 3:2 Haiböck M. (27. Mayrhofer M. - Bucenieks K.), 4:3 Kitt G. (32./PP1 Mosaad B. – Brikmanis A.), 5:5 Noreika E. (51. Rappold K. – Kitt G.), 6:5 Lahtinen N. (52. Mosaad B. – Brikmanis A.), 7:6 Lahtinen N. (65./SO)
Goals EHC: 0:1 Hayes R. (18. Larsen M. – D´Alvise C.), 1:2 Wilfan M. (23./PP1 Koczera P. – Larsen M.), 3:3 König D. (27. Ratz P. – Haberl L.), 4:4 Larsen M. (35./PP1 Wilfan M.), 4:5 Hayes R. (37./PP1 Larsen M. – Koczera P.), 6:6 Hayes R. (52. Puschnik K. – D´Alvise C.)

EC Bregenzerwald – Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan 0:8 (0:3, 0:5, 0:0)
Referees: HOLZER, LEHNER, Eisl, Moidl. | Spectators: 619
Goals WSV: 0:1 Conci D. (13. Gander M. – Deluca R.), 0:2 Mizzi J. (15. Messner M.), 0:3 McBride S. (18. Giftopoulos R. – Mizzi J.), 0:4 Eisendle P. (24. Zecchetto A. –Soraruf D.), 0:5 Conci D. (28. Gander M. – Niccolai A.), 0:6 Maylan J. (30. Planatscher A. – Niccolai A.), 0:7 Giftopoulos R. (32. Mizzi J. – De Lorenzo Meo L.), 0:8 McBride S. (35./PP1 Giftopoulos R. – Jokinen J.)

Bonus points and grouping for the intermediate round, starting on January 19th:

1st place - Master Round - 4 bonus points
2nd place - Master Round - 3 bonus points
3rd place - Master Round - 2 bonus points
4th place - Master Round - 1 bonus point
5th place - Master Round - 0 bonus points

6th place - Qual Round A - 6 bonus points
7th place - Qual Round B - 5 bonus points
8th place - Qual Round B - 4 bonus points
9th place - Quali Round A - 3 bonus points
10th place - Quali Round A - 2 bonus points
11th place - Qual Round B - 1 bonus points
12th place - Qual Round B - 0 bonus points
13th place - Quali Round A - 0 bonus points
14th place - Quali Round A - 0 bonus points
15th place - Qual Round B - 0 bonus points

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