Release from 15.11.2021

Three games on Tuesday | ICE trio in CHL action

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The bet-at-home ICE Hockey League returns from the International Break with three games on Tuesday. League leader HK SZ Olimpija will play at the Tesla Orli Znojmo. Second in the table Hydro Fehérvár AV19 will be challenged by the Steinbach Black Wings Linz. In addition, the HC Pustertal will meet the Moser Medical Graz99ers. In the Champions Hockey League, the first legs oft he Round of 16 are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. With the EC-KAC, the EC Red Bull Salzburg and the HCB Südtirol Alperia, all three ICE teams are represented in the knockout stage.

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Bet-at-home ICE Hockey League | 16.11.2021:
Tue, 16.11.2021, 18:30: Tesla Orli Znojmo - HK SZ Olimpija
Referees: FICHTNER, SIEGEL, Bedynek, Racicot. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
For the third time this season, Tesla Orli Znojmo will face the HK SZ Olimpija. In both encounters, the home team prevailed. Ljubljana kept the upper hand with 6:4. In Znojmo, the Czechs answered with a 4:3 OT win. With eleven wins from the first 16 games of the season, league newcomer Ljubljana is league leader. Znojmo is ninth in the table. Before the International Break, both teams conceded defeats. ZNO lost with 2:5 against Salzburg, HKO conceded a 1:2 defeat against second-placed Fehérvár. For the "Dragons" it was the second defeat in a row.

Tue, 16.11.2021, 19:15: Hydro Fehérvár AV19 - Steinbach Black Wings Linz
Referees: HRONSKY, NAGY, Durmis, Vaczi. | >> PPV-LIVSTREAM <<
The second in the table Hydro Fehérvár AV19 will meet the thirteenth in the table Steinbach Black Wings Linz on Tuesday. Both teams are already separated by 20 points. In the first duel of the season, on October 22nd, Fehérvár clearly kept the upper hand with 6:1. It was already the seventh victory of the Hungarians over the Upper Austrians in a row. With only one overtime win away from home, BWL is only in last place in the away table. Fehérvár, on the other hand, is the second best home team in the league so far. With already three wins in a row, most recently a 2:1 away win at league leader Ljubljana, Fehérvár is in strong form. The Black Wings, on the other hand, celebrated their first win in the last game before the International Break after six defeats in a row before.

Tue, 16.11.2021, 19:45: HC Pustertal - Moser Medical Graz99ers
Referees: LAZZERI, STERNAT, Puff, Sparer. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
The HC Pustertal will play the first of three home games this week on Tuesday against the Moser Medical Graz99ers. The league newcomer from South Tyrol is currently in a bad shape. The bottom of the table could not win one of the past ten games. As a consequence Head Coach Luciano Basile was fired. The previous assistant-coach Matej Hocevar is currently in charge of the team on an interim basis. The two new signings Greg Carey and Max Gerlach are also expected to make their debuts for Pustertal. The Graz99ers recently celebrated two wins in a row and improved to eleventh place in the table. In the first game of the season, on September 26th, the Styrians won with 5:2.

KAC, Salzburg and Bolzano in the Champions Hockey League in action
In the Champions Hockey League, the first legs of the Round of 16 are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. All three teams in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League have made it into the top 16 teams in Europe. Reigning champion EC-KAC will face Swedish representatives Leksands IF in Klagenfurt on Tuesday at 19:00. Leksands is currently third in the standings in the SHL, losing their last two games. Klagenfurt, which has won only one of its last five games, is in eighth place in the ICE. ORF Sport+ will broadcast the match live.

The HCB Südtirol Alperia will also start the knockout phase with a home game on Tuesday. Opponent of the South Tyroleans will be Lukko Rauma from Finland. With only nine wins from the first 20 games of the season, the reigning Liiga champions are only in eleventh place. Start of play in the Eiswelle Palaonda is at 19:30.

The EC Red Bull Salzburg is the only team in the ICE to start with an away game. The Red Bulls will play at the third-places team from France, the Rouen Dragons, on Wednesday at 19:30. Salzburg is also in third place in the ICE. In the CHL, both teams already faced each other in the 2018/19 CHL season in the Round of 16. Back then, the Red Bulls prevailed with a total score of 8:4 and were only stopped by Red Bull Munich in the semifinals. ORF Sport+ will broadcast the match live.

Champions Hockey League | 16.11.2021:
Tue, 16.11.2021, 19:00 Uhr: EC-KAC – Leksands IF (SWE) 
Tue, 16.11.2021, 19:30 Uhr: HCB Südtirol Alperia – Lukko Rauma (FIN)

Champions Hockey League | 17.11.2021:
Wed, 17.11.2021, 19:30 Uhr: Rouen Dragons (FRA) – EC Red Bull Salzburg