Sunday’s home games for Caps haunter

Pregame facts of Sundays games of round 10:

• On Sunday a complete round (10.) is scheduled in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. 
• The game between EC Red Bull Salzburg and KHL Medvescak Zagreb will be broadcasted live by www.servushockeynight.com. 
• For the first time, the Servus Hockey Night will be presented bilingually. Igor Oslic will comment on the game in Croatian language on audio track 2. 
• Leader Vienna Capitals aims his 10. victory in a row. The Caps are hunting their own starting record set past season, when they started with twelve consecutive wins. 

Sun, 14.10.2018: HC Orli Znojmo – Vienna Capitals (17:30, SPORT 5 live)
Referees: GRUBER, KINCSES, Soos, Zgonc.

• Second last in standings HC Orli Znojmo hosts leader Vienna Capitals. The Viennese are still unbeaten after nine games. The Czech side succeeded only five points out of eight games. 
• The Capitals are – together with the KAC – the team with the fewest goals against (15). Znojmo received more than double of goals against (34). 
• The Czech side reveals big problems on Penalty Killing: 72,4% is the worst rate inside of the league. (Capitals – 83,3% #4)
• The leader won the last two games in Znojmo. The “eagles” took a shoot-out win in the last meeting of these to teams. 
• On Friday’s last Caps win new arrival Christopher DeSousa convinced again: The former HCB-player scored twice and holds eleven points overall, which gives him 6th place in statistics.

Pregame quotes:

Miroslav Frycer, head coach of ZNO: “We need to be at our best for 60 minutes and be focused at the start of the game. We cannot afford to go behind as easy as on Friday. Some of our guys need to get mentally better.”

Christopher DeSousa, forward of VIC: „The games against Znojmo is like a Derby and so very special for us. Our main goal is a win. We do not talk about Znojmos position in standings. The EBEL is well-adjusted and everybody can beat everybody. It will be a tough game, no doubt. But we have to win this game.”

Sun 14.10.2018: Moser Medical Graz99ers – Fehervar AV19 (17:30)
Referees: BABIC, PIRAGIC, Nagy, Nedeljkovic.

• The Moser Medical Graz 99ers and champion HCB Südtirol Alperia are the first haunters of leader Vienna Capitals. The 99ers have 18 points and are still unbeaten in front of their home crowd. Fehervar AV19 is currently ranked fifth. The Hungarians suffered a 2:4-defeat at the last game in Villach.
• On Friday Graz celebrated its first shut-out win this season, after beating Linz 4:0. Last game they did not receive a goal was on March 5th 2017 in quarterfinal #4 against Salzburg. 
• The Hungarians did not convince that much on the road: Only two of their thirteen points were gained in road games. While they scored an average of 4,6 goals at home, they potted only 1,75 per road game. 
• Graz presents bis power on the offensive end so far: 37 goals is the optimum value. Five players of Graz are listed top-14 in leagues goal scorer ranking. No other team has five players placed in top-14. (Loney, Caito je 6, Hamilton, Yellow Horn, Ograjensek je 5)
• Both teams performed well on power play situations: Graz used 31,3% and Fehervar 25,9% of power play situations for goals. 
• These two teams played six games past season. Fehervar won four games, but the hosts won the last meeting in Graz. 

Pregame quotes:

Doug Mason, head coach of G99: “We will make no changes to the last game, because everything fit nearly perfect. My players have fun out there and know how good they are. On Sunday I expect the same intensity and speed like on Friday.”

Hannu Jarvenpää, head coach of AVS: “I wasn’t happy with our performance in Villach. Bright side is we have a new opportunity to achieve points on Sunday. But only if ee wear our hardhats and work boots right from the beginning on.”

Sun, 14.10.2018: EC Red Bull Salzburg – KHL Medvescak Zagreb (17:30, www.servushockeynight.com live)
Referees: FICHTNER, STOLC, Kaspar, Nothegger.

• The game between EC Red Bull Salzburg and KHL Medvescak Zagreb will be live streamed at Servus Hockey Night. (www.servushockeynight.com)
• For the first time, the Servus Hockey Night will be presented bilingually. Igor Oslic will comment on the game in Croatian language on audio track 2. The usual German comment you will find on audio track 1. 
• After Salzburg celebrated its fourth consecutive win on Friday, they moved up to 6th place in standings. Zagreb lost the last two games but will face HC TWK Innsbruck “Die Haie” on Saturday less than 24 hours before the game in Salzburg.
• The “bears” showed strength on penalty killing: Zagreb did not receive a goal in 87% of its shorthanded situations. On the other hand, Salzburg had to take a goal against every forth time being one man down. 
• The last two meetings of Salzburg and Zagreb were won with only one goal difference by the guests. They faced each other six times past season. Each time secured three wins. 

Pregame quotes:

Chris VandeVelde, forward of RBS: „We want to continue our development as a team. The Croatians are tough to play, but we definitely want to continue our series.”

Aaron Fox, head coach of MZA: “Obviously coming off a back to back we will need to have a good start and match their energy early.  They are a very good team and will be a good challenge for our group. We are coming with a short lineup due to our injuries so we need to play a good defensive game.”

Sun, 14.10.2018: EC-KAC – HC TWK Innsbruck „Die Haie“ (17:30)
Referees: BALUSKA, OFNER, Nemeth, Rezek.

• The EC-KAC plays its first home game of the season against HC TWK Innsbruck “Die Haie”. Due to renovation work, the Carinthians could compete in the first rounds only on the road.  
• While the KAC lost three games in row, the “sharks” improved, after a bad start into the season, with three wins out of four games. 
• The „red jackets“ remain the team with the fewest goals against (15). Also the Vienna Capitals received only 15 goals so far. The complete opposite in this statistic are the “sharks”: With the same number of games, the Tyrolese had already conceded 36 goals. 
• But Innsbruck is cold-blooded on the offensive end: 13,3% of their shots lead to goals, which makes them to the number one in the league. (KAC – 8,4%)
• These two teams had already faced each other fourth in 2018. Innsbruck won all games this year. The “sharks” presented a shut-out win at their last game in Klagenfurt. 
• Innsbrucks Andrew Yogan netted at least once in the last four games against KAC. The forward was also successful in “sharks” past two games. 

Pregame quotes: 

Marcel Witting, forward of KAC: „After a total of 16 road games including preseason, we are very happy being back in front of our amazing home crowed. We as a team are very motivated against my former club and also because of three tight defeats in a row.”

Florian Pedevilla, defender of HCI: „We are in a good mood and have significantly improved our game. Of course, we have more room to improve, but we are much more stable on the defensive end than at the beginning of the season. Our opponent has a good team and is one of the favorites for the title. Nevertheless, I am sure that we have good chance to win in Klagenfurt.”

Sun, 14.10.2018: EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz – EC Panaceo VSV (17:30)
Referees: BULOVEC, KELLNER, Hribar, Kontschieder.

• After EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz suffered its first shut-out defeat, the upper Austrians host EC Panaceo VSV. While Linz had to take two consecutive batterings, the Carinthian side celebrated two wins in a row.
• The VSV plays its third road game this season. The team of head coach Gerhard Unterluggauer lost the first two games in front of the opponents crowd.
• Linz struggled with its performance at home. The Black Wings celebrated only one home win out of five games.
• Villach won three of the four meetings past season. The upper Austrians won the last game against VSV at home 2:0.
• Both teams have problems on power play situations: They used only 14,8% (VSV) respectively 14,7% (EHL) for a score. But Linz is still number one in penalty killings (90,7%).

Pregame quotes:

Jordan Hickmott, forward of EHL: “It is a tough situation for us. I think it is only about low confidence. We need to work a lot harder and we need to play as a team.”

Patrick Spannring, forward of VSV: „I am very happy to be back in Linz, where I played seven seasons. The atmosphere will be again amazing and we will try our best to celebrate a victory.”

Sun, 14.10.2018: HCB Südtirol Alperia – Dornbirn Bulldogs (18:00)
Referees: MORI, M. NIKOLIC, Pardatscher, Schauer.

• Champion HCB Südtirol Alperia hosts the Dornbrin Bulldogs. After two clear wins against the bottom team, the Italian side is ranked third having the same amount of points like second team. The Vorarlberg side dropped to 7th place in standings. 
• Dornbirn is on a loosing streak: The Bulldogs lost five games in a row and gained only one point out those games.
• The Bulldogs are not any more effective in front of the net like they were at the beginning of the season: While they scored 4,75 goals in the first four games of the season, they potted an average of 2 in the last five meetings. 
• The “foxes” showed good defensive skills so far: The CHL participant received only 17 goals against. (#3)
• Bozen won four of six meetings past season. 

Pregame quotes:

Anton Bernard, forward of HCB: “Despite the many kilometers we had to pass last week, the victory in Znojmo gave us a good team spirit. To be in touch with leader Vienna in standings, we try to win our home game against Dornbirn.”

Dave MacQueen, head coach of DEC: “It will be a tough game against the champions of last year. They have built a real solid team, four lines deep, eight defense men. We have to fight for everything we get. It will be a tough game. Usually there is not a lot of chances. So we have to capitalize on the chances.”