Release from 07.04.2018
Three facts prior final 1 & 2 in Salzburg:
>The Erste Bank Eishockey Liga finals 2018 between EC Red Bull Salzburg (2) and HCB Südtirol Alperia (8) will be played in a different rhythm (H/H/A/A/H/A/H). The first two final games are played in Salzburg on Sunday (14:00) and Monday (19:20). Then, the best-of-seven-series will continue with two games in Bozen.
>EC Red Bull Salzburg and HCB Südtirol Alperia will meet each other for the second time in a final. The Foxes have won the first series 2014 (3:2) and have earned the title in their first season in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga as the first international club.
>The eight placed team after the regular season has never won the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (since 2003/04). This means: HCB Südtirol Alperia has the big chance to make history this season.
Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, final 1 (best of seven):
Sun, 08.04.2018: EC Red Bull Salzburg (2) vs. HCB Südtirol Alperia (8) – 14:00, ServusTV, www.servushockeynight.com, SKY Sport 2 HD, live-streaming SKY TICKET and video33.it live.
Referees: M. NIKOLIC, PIRAGIC, Seewald, Zgonc.
best-of-seven-series, RBS – HCB: 0:0
Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, final 2 (best of seven):
Mon, 09.04.2018: EC Red Bull Salzburg (2) vs. HCB Südtirol Alperia (8) – 19:20, ServusTV, www.servushockeynight.com, SKY Sport 2 HD, live-streaming SKY TICKET and video33.it live.
Referees: LEMELIN, SMETANA, Pardatscher, Schauer.
>EC Red Bull Salzburg (2) and HCB Südtirol Alperia (8) will face each other for the second time in a final this season. The Foxes have won the first series 2014 (3:2) and have earned the title in their first season in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga as the first international club. The Italians have the chance to make history 2018 as well: The eight placed team after the regular season has never won the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (since 2003/04).
>For the first time, the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga finals (since 2003/04) will be played in a different rhythm (H/H/A/A/H/A/H). The first two final games are played in Salzburg on Sunday (14:00) and Monday (19:20). Then, the best-of-seven-series will continue with two games in Bozen.
>With EC Red Bull Salzburg the best Power Play team (PP%: 25,5) will meet with HCB Südtirol Alperia the best club in Penalty Killing (PK%: 85.4).
>Ten players - Salzburgs Luca Gracnar, Dominique Heinrich, Alexander Pallestrang, Matthias Trattnig and Thomas Raffl and Bozens Alexander Egger, Anton Bernard, Matt Tomassoni, Daniel Frank and Markus Gander - have been with their teams already in the first final clash 2014.
>It’s 2:2 in the season-clash. Each team has been successful by one goal difference once at home and once on the road.
Quotes:
Greg Poss, Headcoach EC Red Bull Salzburg: „We expect a strong team from Bozen and a difficult series.“
Alexander Egger, Captain HCB Südtirol Alperia: „Salzburg has a strong team with much quality. We must play defensivly strong and compact and we have to take advantage from our chances. Our goalie Pekka Tuokkola is doing a great job and he will have a key-role, same as the Special Units!“
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