Release from 21.10.2023

Top clash between Villach and Salzburg

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The 14th round of the win2day ICE Hockey League will be completed on Sunday with four games. Already today, Saturday, two games are scheduled. In the absolute top clash, second in the table EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV will face league leader EC Red Bull Salzburg on Sunday. Both teams are separated by only three points. In the PULS 24 live match, the Steinbach Black Wings Linz will take on the EC-KAC. The fifth-placed team from Upper Austria is looking to extend its point streak and score in the tenth game in a row. In addition, Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey will face the BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg and the HK SZ Olimpija will play against the HCB Südtirol Alperia.

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win2day ICE Hockey League | 22.10.2023:
Sun, 22.10.2023, 17:30: EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV - EC Red Bull Salzburg
Referees: SOOS, ZRNIC, Bärnthaler, Puff. | >> live.ice.hockey <<
League leader EC Red Bull Salzburg and the first pursuer EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV meet on Sunday for the absolute top clash of the win2day ICE Hockey League. Both teams are separated by just three points, with Villach already having played one game more. In the first season duel, on September 29, the Red Bulls narrowly retained the upper hand with 4:3. For the VSV, it was the second last defeat of the current season. After that, they only lost at home against Fehérvár. The defeat against the Hungarians was their only home loss so far this season. The Eagles have won all of their past four games. Salzburg has won all of its last six games in the ICE. In total, the Red Bulls were defeated in only one of eleven games. With 23 goals conceded, RBS has the best defense in the league. VSV, on the other hand, has the best offense in the ICE with 47 goals scored.

Sun, 22.10.2023, 17:30: Steinbach Black Wings Linz - EC-KAC
Referees: HRONSKY, SIEGEL, Bedynek, Jedlicka. | >> PULS 24 <<
In the PULS 24 live match, the Steinbach Black Wings Linz, fifth in the table, and the EC-KAC, seventh in the table, face each other. Both teams are currently in very good form. While the Black Wings have always scored points in their last nine games, losing only to league leader Salzburg and the KAC after shootout, the KAC have won five of their past eight games. Most recently, the KAC won 4:0 at home against Olimpija. Thomas Hundertpfund scored his second brace of the season and also contributed an assist. The 33-year-old forward was thus named win2day's Top Performer of the 13th round. In addition, Christian Engstrand celebrated his first shutout in the jersey of the Klagenfurt team. The Black Wings won 5:2 in an action-packed game at last year's finalist Bolzano. At home, the Steel City team has won two out of five matches so far. The EC-KAC has big problems away from home, picking up only three points out of a possible 18. In the first duel of the season with the Black Wings, the KAC narrowly prevailed 5:4/SO. The Carinthians were already leading 3:1 before the Upper Austrians first managed to equalize before they even took the lead. Lukas Haudum finally saved the KAC eight seconds before the end of the game with a power play goal into the overtime.

Sun, 22.10.2023, 17:30: Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey - BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg
Referees: GROZNIK, OFNER, Fleischmann, Pardatscher. | >> live.ice.hockey <<
There was no achievement for Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey and the BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg recently. While the Italians could not win any of the past three games, the Pioneers are already waiting for a success for four games. In the table it comes to the duel of the twelfth (ASH) with the eighth (PIV). Both teams are separated by eight points. The Pioneers won the first match of the season 2:0. It was the first and so far only victory of the Vorarlberg team over the team from Veneto in the win2day ICE Hockey League.

Sun, 22.10.2023, 18:00: HK SZ Olimpija - HCB Südtirol Alperia
Referees: NAGY, STERNAT, Hribar, Vaczi. | >> live.ice.hockey <<
The conclusion of the 14th round is the match HK SZ Olimpija against HCB Südtirol Alperia. Also in this encounter two teams with weak form face each other. Last year's finalist Bolzano could only win three of twelve games this season and is only in tenth place in the table. The HK SZ Olimpija is ranked immediately ahead of them, having been victorious in five of thirteen matches and having 15 points. Big problem of the Dragons from Slovenia is the performance in front of the home crowd. With only one point out of a possible 18 and a goal difference of 8:22, they are only in last place in the home table. Bolzano, on the other hand, could only win one of five games away from home. Olimpija won the first duel of the season in Bolzano with 1:0. It was one of two shutout victories for Ljubljana.