Release from 11.01.2021

Three duels between neighbors in the standings on Tuesday

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On Tuesday, three duels between neighbors in the standings are on the agenda in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League. The top match will be between second-placed HCB Südtirol Alperia and third-placed EC-KAC. In the duel between EC Red Bull Salzburg (5th) and the spusu Vienna Capitals (4th), important points are at stake to further secure a top-5 position. In addition, the two ICE stragglers, the iClinic Bratislava Capitals and the Steinbach Black Wings 1992, will meet. This game will be played in Linz for organizational reasons.

bet-at-home ICE Hockey League, 12.01.2021:
iClinic Bratislava Capitals - Steinbach Black Wings 1992 19:15 (in Linz).
EC Red Bull Salzburg - spusu Vienna Capitals 19:15
EC-KAC - HCB Südtirol Alperia 19:15

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Tue, 12.01.2021, bet-at-home ICE Hockey Leauge:
iClinic Bratislava Capitals - Steinbach Black Wings 1992 19:15
Referees: SMETANA, TRILAR, Bärnthaler, Hribar

  • In the duel iClinic Bratislava Capitals vs. Steinbach Black Wings 1992, the tenth-placed team in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League meets the team at the bottom of the table.
  • The iClinic Bratislava Capitals give up their home right for organizational reasons. The game will be played in Linz.
  • The two teams faced each other just over a week ago. At that time, the Capitals prevailed 4:3.
  • Since then, neither team has been able to score.
  • The Linz team has been winless for seven games. Their last win came on December 26 against the spusu Vienna Capitals.
  • The two teams will meet for the fourth and last time in the ICE regular season. Bratislava won the three previous meetings. In the last two duels, however, only one goal made the difference.

EC Red Bull Salzburg - spusu Vienna Capitals 19:15
Referees: BULOVEC, ZRNIC, Kontschieder, Nothegger

  • EC Red Bull Salzburg will host the spusu Vienna Capitals on Tuesday.
  • While Salzburg could win the last four games, the Viennese had to admit defeat twice in a row last time.
  • The two teams meet for the third time this season. In the first two duels, the Viennese won 4:1.
  • In the standings, the Salzburg team is currently in fifth place. However, the Red Bulls have played far fewer games than the other teams. In the points-per-game table, Salzburg is already in second place behind Bolzano.
  • The Caps are one place ahead of Salzburg in fourth place in the overall standings. The Viennese, however, have already played four games more.
  • In this game, the two defensemen with the most points in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey Leauge will meet. While Derek Joslin already collected 23 points for Salzburg, Alex Wall could record 22 points for Vienna so far.
  • Especially the special teams of Salzburg show strong performances this season. The Red Bulls lead the ratings in both power play (22.9%) and penalty killing (92.3%).

EC-KAC - HCB Südtirol Alperia 19:15
Referees: FICHTNER, SIEGEL, Bedynek, Seewald

  • Third-placed EC-KAC will host second-placed HCB Südtirol Alperia on Tuesday.
  • The EC-KAC got off to a perfect start in the new year. The Klagenfurter captured twelve of twelve possible points in 2021.
  • HCB Südtirol Alperia lost the last two games and had to give up the lead in the standings to Fehérvár AV19. However, in the points-per-game table, the Foxes are clearly ahead with 2.14 points per game.
  • These two teams are meeting for only the second time this season. In the first duel, the Klagenfurter celebrated a 3:2 overtime win. Lukas Haudum scored the game-winner.
  • The Klagenfurt team has been much more successful against teams from the upper half of the standings this season.