Release from 12.02.2021

Top duo of the qualification round loses first match

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On Friday evening, the first matchday of the qualification round of the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League took place. With the Dornbirn Bulldogs and the iClinic Bratislava Capitals, the top duo promptly conceded defeats. The "Bulldogs" lost against the Steinbach Black Wings 1992 with 1:4, the Capitals lost against the EC GRAND Immo VSV with 3:5. In the third game of the day, the Moser Medical Graz99ers managed a 3:2 home win over the HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie. The 99ers scored all three goals within 238 seconds. While Dornbirn remains at the top of the table, Graz makes up one place and now follows in second place. Bratislava slips to third place. The Black Wings make up one place and pass the bottom of the table to Innsbruck.

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First win of the season for Villach over Bratislava
The qualification round of the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League started with the iClinic Bratislava Capitals against the EC GRAND Immo VSV. The match in the capital of Slovakia started spectacularly. The Capitals got off to the much better start and were already with 2:0 in front after two minutes. Canadian Maxime Fortier scored the first goal of the qualification round after one minute and 38 seconds. In the fourth minute of the game, the guests from Villach scored for the first time in the power play. Matt Mangene from the USA scored his fifth goal of the season. Subsequently, a an equal game developed. Both teams scored once more in the first period.

From the second period on, however, the visitors set the tone, mainly thanks to Jordan Caron. The Canadian scored two goals just before the end of the period as well as right at the beginning of the final period and turned the game around for the VSV. It was the second brace of the season for the 30-year-old. Felix Maxa ensured the final decision in the 57th minute of the game. In the fifth duel of the season, it was the first win for Villach, who are now only two points behind BRC in the standings.



Second win for Black Wings against Dornbirn in a row

For the second time in a row, the Steinbach Black Wings 1992 prevailed over the Dornbirn. After a 2:1 away win on January 10th, the Upper Austrians celebrated a 4:1 success this time. It was also the second victory in the fifth duel of the season. In an extremely fair game, in which only three penalties were handed out, the tempo was high from the start. Already after 54 seconds the hosts took the lead through a goal by William Rapuzzi. The Black Wings' answer was shortly afterwards. Only 34 seconds later Gints Meija equalized. For the 33-year-old Latvian it was only his second game in for Linz and also his first goal. It took a little until the next goals were scored. In minute 33 Brian Lebler was on the spot and shot BWI in the lead. The other two goals of BWI were scored in the final period.



Strong middle period brings Graz victory over Innsbruck

The Moser Medical Graz99ers celebrated a 3:2 home win over the HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie at the start of the qualification round. Both period one and period three were won by the guests from Tyrol with 1:0. A strong middle period was enough for the 99ers, in which they scored all goals. The first goal of the game was scored by Sam Herr (HCI) in the power play in the 16th minute of play. But then the 99ers called the shots. In only 238 seconds they scored all three goals. First, Ken Ograjensek equalized the score to make it 1:1 in the 30th minute of play. In minute 33 Lukas Kainz increased the score to 2:1. 60 seconds later Adis Alagic scored the goal to make it 3:1. Innsbruck was able to reduce the score with eleven and a half minutes to go. The 99ers, who celebrated their third win of the season over the HCI, move up to second place in the standings and are now only one point behind leader Dornbirn.

BET-AT-HOME ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE:
ICLINIC BRATISLAVA CAPITALS – EC GRAND IMMO VSV 3:5 (3:2, 0:1, 0:2)
Referees: HRONSKY, SMETANA, Durmis, Gatol
Goals BRC: 1:0 Fortier M. (2.), 2:0 Higgs B. (2.), 3:1 Bubela M. (14.)
Goals VSV: 2:1 Mangene M. (4./PP1), 3:2 Gill S. (15.), 3:3 Caron J. (40.), 3:4 Caron J. (42.), 3:5 Maxa F. (57.)

DORNBIRN BULLDOGS - STEINBACH BLACK WINGS 1992 1:4 (1:1, 0:1, 0:2)
Referees: BERNEKER, PIRAGIC, Pardatscher, Sparer
Goals DEC: 1:0 Rapuzzi W. (1.)
Goals BWI: 1:1 Meija G. (2.), 1:2 Lebler B. (33.), 1:3 Hytonen J. (44.), 1:4 Pusnik J. (60./EN)

MOSER MEDICAL GRAZ99ERS - HC TIWAG INNSBRUCK - DIE HAIE 3:2 (0:1, 3:0, 0:1)
Referees: STERNAT, ZRNIC, Bärnthaler, Zgonc
Goals G99: 1:1 Ograjensek K. (30.), 2:1 Kainz L. (33.), 3:1 Alagic A. (34.)
Goals HCI: 0:1 Herr S. (16./PP1), 3:2 Christoffer B. (49.)