Release from 20.04.2019

Title showdown in Bruneck

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For the second time in a row the Alps Hockey League title will be decided in a game 7. With two successive wins HK Olimpija Ljubljana tied the series against HC Pustertal once again. The decisive game takes place in Bruneck on Easter Sunday.

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Alps Hockey League, Finale #7 (best of seven):
Sun, 21.04.2019, 20:00: HC Pustertal Wölfe (1.) vs. HK SZ Olimpija (2.)
Live: SDF, Video33 and Hokej TV
Referees: OFNER, RUETZ, Basso, De Zordo.
Score in the „best-of-seven“ final series: 3:3
 
  • final ranking after the regular season: PUS 1. | HKO 2.
  • streak: PUS 2 straight defeats / HKO 2 consecutive wins  
  • home-performance PUS: 24 wins / 28 matches
  • road-performance HKO: 19 victories / 27 games 
  • form (performance during the last 5 games): PUS 2 wins and 3 defeats | HKO 3 successes and 2 losses
  • Head-to-head 2018/19: 
    • 4:1 PUS @Bruneck
    • 3:2/SO PUS @Ljubljana
    • 3:0 PUS @Bruneck (F1)
    • 7:2 HKO @Bruneck (F2)
    • 6:4 PUS @Ljubljana (F3)
    • 4:3/OT PUS @Ljubljana (F4)
    • 3:2/OT HKO @Bruneck (F5)
    • 6:2 HKO @Ljubljana (F6)
  • Head-to-head (overall Alps Hockey League): 5 wins PUS | 5 victories HKO
  • Their teams best scorers:
    • PUS: Markus Gander – 63 points (35G/28A)
    • HKO: Ales Music – 63 points (28G/35A)
  • On Sunday the Wolves have the third and last chance to earn the title as the third Italian club after the Rittner Buam (2017) and Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey 1935 (2018) with a home win. 
  • The South Tyroleans were leading 3:1 in the best of seven series. In game #5 the wolves just needed 24 seconds but Olimpija tied the game and won it in overtime. On Friday Olimpija equalized the series
  • With winning the last two games, Ljubljana now hast he chance to claim the title and become the first Slovenian AHL champion
  • HC Pustertal Wolves vs. HK SZ Olimpija Ljubljana is the meeting of the best defensive team with the best offensive club: While the South Tyroleans have allowed fewest goals (96) during this season so far, the green dragons have potted most goals (2214).
  • Pustertal has been convincing in Power Play situations in the Post Season so far. Bruneck has the best PP% in the Playoffs (25,6%), Tommaso Traversa and Co. have already netted ten goals out of 39 Power Plays during that span. Olimpija has a PP% of 21,1 in the Playoffs. The Slovenes netted twelve goals out of 57 Power Plays.
 
Cody Corbett (HC Pustertal): "We have to forget about the last six games, it all comes down to one game. This is what hockey players live for. Everything is mental when it comes to hockey but you can't think too much. We have to threat it like any other game as you can't go thinking about the outcome before the game even starts. Our whole locker room is excited and we gonna need our sixth player, the crowd, who backs us the whole game"
 
Saso Rajsar (HK Olimpija Ljubljana): "We always play tough games against them, they have a good team. We were up twice and fell down, in the last game in Brunico they look good but we believed in ourselves. We kept going and put the puck to the net. In the last two games we changed a little bit and forechecked them early. We have two in a row now and can't stop. We should try to forget that's it a game 7. We only have to go hard and try to win".

Photo: HCP / Foppa / Optic Rapid