Release from 03.11.2024
The last five games before the international break were played in the Alps Hockey League on Sunday. EC Bregenzerwald beat HC Meran/o Pircher 4:2 at home and celebrated their third win in a row. In addition, defending champions Rittner Buam SkyAlps narrowly won 4:3 against Red Bull Hockey Juniors. SIJ Acroni Jesenice, HK RST Pellet Celje and S.G. Cortina Hafro were victorious in the other games.
EC Bregenzerwald was successful against HC Meran/o Pircher with 4:2. It was the third win in a row for the team from Vorarlberg, who are in eleventh place in the table, while Merano suffered one of their four defeats in the last five games. The home side led 2-0 after the first period in front of 900 fans before the visitors reduced the deficit to 1-2 in the 28th minute. The ECB restored their two-goal lead in the second period. At the start of the final period, the Vorarlberg team scored to decide the game.
SIJ Acroni Jesenice overtook Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel in the table with a 5:2 home win against Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan and are now third in the table, two points behind leaders Sisak. Sterzing suffered their sixth defeat in a row and are still bottom of the table, six points behind second-last-placed Merano. In Jesenice, the South Tyroleans trailed 0:3 after just nine minutes before reducing the deficit to 1:3. The Broncos even managed to score the 2:3 minutes before the end. However, Erik Svetina's 4:2 goal in the 56th minute meant that the South Tyroleans' comeback went unrewarded. It was the forward's second goal of the evening.
Defending champions Rittner Buam SkyAlps narrowly won 4:3 against Red Bull Hockey Juniors. After a high-scoring first period, which went 3:2 to the “Buam”, the Juniors managed to equalize in the middle period. Ritten scored the game-winner right at the start of the final period through Alan Lobis. The forward also scored to make it 3:1 for the visitors. The South Tyroleans remain in fifth place in the table, while Salzburg are tenth.
The game between HK RST Pellet Celje and the Hockey Unterland Cavaliers remained extremely exciting right up to the end, with the home side ultimately winning 3:2 thanks to Bohdan Panasenko's game-winning goal with 19 seconds remaining. The visitors were 2:1 in front in the meantime. It was the second win in a row for the sixth-placed team in the table, while the eighth-placed Cavaliers suffered their second defeat in a row.
In the fifth game of the day, S.G. Cortina Hafro narrowly won against HC Gherdeina valgardena.it to 4:3. Waltteri Lehtonen put the home side ahead in the eighth minute while short-handed. In the second period, Cortina even increased the lead to 3:0 before the visitors scored for the first time. In the final period, Val Gardena even equalized with a double strike in the 44th minute. In the end, however, the home side prevailed thanks to a goal from Riccardo Lacedelli six minutes before the end. Cortina moved up to seventh place in the table with their fifth win of the season and also overtook Val Gardena, who are in ninth place.
Alps Hockey League:
Sunday, 03.11.2024:
EC Bregenzerwald – HC Meran/o 4:2 (2:0, 1:1, 1:1)
Referees: Pinie, Virta, Divis, Jäger | Spectators: 899
Goals ECB: 1:0 Kookma P. (6.), 2:0 Zwerger J. (19.), 3:1 Metzler P. (36./PP1), 4:1 Mußbacher M. (53.)
Goals HCM: 2:1 Tomasini P. (28.), 4:2 Madsen P. (60.)
SIJ Acroni Jesenice – Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan 5:2 (3:1, 0:0, 2:1)
Referees: Bulovec, Kainberger, Seewald, Zacherl | Spectators: 400
Goals JES: 1:0 Svetina E. (2./PP1), 2:0 Baloh D. (5.), 3:0 Koblar G. (10.), 4:2 Svetina E. (56.), 5:2 Bohinc M. (60./EN)
Goals WSV: 3:1 Brunner A. (11.), 3:2 Sanvido C. (50./PP1)
HK RST Pellet Celje – Hockey Unterland Cavaliers 3:2 (1:1, 1:1, 1:0)
Referees: Meixner, Orel, Jeram, Wendner | Spectators: 240
Goals HKC: 1:0 Panasenko B. (2.), 2:2 Hebar T. (40.), 3:2 Panasenko B. (60.)
Goals CAV: 1:1 Kaufmann M. (3.), 1:2 Murnieks D. (27./PP1)
Red Bull Hockey Juniors – Rittner Buam SkyAlps 3:4 (2:3, 1:0, 0:1)
Referees: Holzer, Huber R, Matthey, Rinker | Spectators: 89
Goals RBJ: 1:2 Sandholzer L. (19.), 2:3 Kogler L. (20.), 3:3 Krening P. (29.)
Goals RIT: 0:1 Öhler M. (8.), 0:2 Szypula E. (17.), 1:3 Lobis A. (20.), 3:4 Lobis A. (43./PP1)
S.G. Cortina Hafro – HC Gherdeina valgardena.it 4:3 (1:0, 2:1, 1:2)
Referees: Leben, Piras, Abeltino, Cristeli | Spectators: 352
Goals SGC: 1:0 Lehtonen W. (8.), 2:0 Saha M. (22./PP1), 3:0 Toffoli G. (34.), 4:3 Lacedelli R. (55.)
Goals GHE: 3:1 Senoner J. (37.), 3:2 McGowan B. (44./PP1), 3:3 Senoner J. (44.)