Top-Five celebrate victories

Zell am See maintains lead in the standings
The EK Die Zeller Eisbären won 5:2 at the HC Meran/o Pircher and thus remain at the top of the table with 17 points, one point ahead of Vipiteno. In Merano, however, the Polar Bears had more problems than the result suggests. Only three and a half minutes before the end of the game Nick Huard scored the 3:1 for the guests in the powerplay. Only 60 seconds later the Canadian scored again. Alexander Lahoda (18.), Tomi Wilenius (21.) and Frederik Widen (59.) scored the remaining goals for EKZ. Merano lost for the second time in a row and is in twelfth place in the table with five points.

Kitzbühel wins after Shooutout, Ritten celebrates Overtime victory
The EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel celebrated a narrow 2:1-SO home victory against S.G. Cortina Hafro. For the Tyroleans, who are in fifth place in the table, it was already the third win in a row. Cortina is only in eighth place and already conceded its third defeat from the past four games. In a low-scoring game, Waltteri Lehtonen put the Eagles from Kitzbühel ahead in the 36th minute. The narrow lead lasted until four minutes before the end of the game, before Lacedelli equalized for the visitors. Thus, the game went into overtime, in which no decision was made. In the shootout it was Henrik Hochfilzer who converted the decisive penalty in favor of Kitzbühel.

The Rittner Buam SkyAlps, on the other hand, narrowly prevailed over the Red Bull Hockey Juniors with 4:3-OT. After 40 minutes, the South Tyroleans were already leading 3:1. In the final period, however, the Young Bulls managed to equalize. In the overtime Cameron Ginnetti finally scored in the 63rd minute to give Ritten the away victory. The Alps Hockey League premiere champion thus remains in fourth place in the table. The gap to the top of the table is five points. The Red Bull Hockey Juniors are 14th in the table with three points.

Home wins for Lustenau, KAC Future Team and Vipiteno
The EHC Lustenau won against the Steel Wings Linz AG with 3:2. After 40 minutes the guests from Upper Austria were still leading with 2:1. Finally, it was Max Wennlund who scored the decison four minutes before the end of the game. For the Swede it was the second goal of the evening. With eight points, the EHC is in ninth place in the table, the Steel Wings are thirteenth with four points.

The EC-KAC Future Team celebrated a clear 6:1 home victory against the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it. While the Klagenfurt team celebrated the second win in the sixth game of the season and is on eleventh place in the table, Val Gardena already conceded the fifth defeat in the sixth game. The home side from Carinthia already led 5:0 after 27 minutes.

The second-placed Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan defeated the Hockey Unterland Cavaliers 8:0 and celebrated their fifth win in the sixth game. The Broncos are still one point behind Zell am See in the standings. Justin Maylan and Davide Conci scored a brace against the seventh-placed Unterland Cavaliers, who suffered their third defeat of the season. Goalkeeper Jakob Rabanser recorded his first shutout of the season.

No chance for Fassa against Jesenice
Defending champion HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice also celebrated a clear victory at the SHC Fassa Falcons. The 8:1 victory of JES was already the fourth win in a row for the Slovenians. In total, Jesenice had seven different players on the scoresheet. Only Eric Pance scored twice. The third-placed team led 2:0 after the first period, and then added three goals in both the second and third period. For Fassa it was the second defeat in a row and the fourth defeat of the season in total. With six points, the Italians are in tenth place in the table.

Alps Hockey League | 05.10.2023:
EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel - S.G. Cortina Hafro 2:1/SO (0:0, 1:0, 0:1)
Referees: KAINBERGER, LAZZERI, Brondi, Eisl. | Spectators: 409
Goals KEC: 1:0 Lehtonen W. (36.), 2:1 Hochfilzer H. (65./SO)
Goals SGC: 1:1 Zardini Lacedelli N. (57.)

EC-KAC Future Team - HC Gherdeina valgardena.it 6:1 (2:0, 3:1, 1:0)
Referees: OREL, SCHWEIGHOFER, Javornik, Markizeti. | Spectators: 103
Goals KFT: 1:0 Kramer M. (3. Burgar N.), 2:0 Slibar O. (9./PP2 Sunitsch M. – Smolnikar T.), 3:0 Lamereiner L. (22./PP1 Klassek S. – Piuk T.), 4:0 Klassek S. (26. Slibar O. – Piuk T.), 5:0 Kramer N. (28. Klassek T. – Sicher M.), 6:1 Malle M. (57.)
Goals GHE: 5:1 Moroder S. (33./PP1 McGowan B. – DeNardin E.)

Red Bull Hockey Juniors - Rittner Buam SkyAlps 3:4/OT (1:1, 0:2, 2:0)
Referees: HLAVATY, VOICAN, Schonaklener, Seewald J. | Spectators: 58
Goals RBJ: 1:1 Wurzer M. (19./PP1 Helander J. – Samanski N.), 2:3 Assavolyuk D. (45. Zelenov V.), 3:3 Wurzer M. (51. Vinzens P. – Steffler D.)
Goals RIT: 0:1 Insam M. (7./PP1 Kostner J. – Amorosa T.), 1:2 Fink K. (32. Kostner S. – Ginnetti C.), 1:3 Giacomuzzi A. (40. Amorosa T. – Quinz S.), 3:4 Ginnetti C. (63./OT Fink K. – Kostner J.)

EHC Lustenau - Steel Wings LINZ AG 3:2 (0:0, 1:2, 2:0)
Referees: LEHNER, SCHAUER, Matthey, Rinker. | Spectators: 438
Goals EHC: 1:1 Wennlund M. (33./PP1 Johansson M. – Öhrvall H.), 2:2 Alasaari F. (42. Krammer A. – Johansson M.), 3:2 Wennlund W. (56./PP1 Öhrvall H. – Johansson M.)
Goals SWL: 0:1 Grasser B. (30. Tialler C. – Brikmanis A.), 1:2 Feldbaumer M. (40.)

Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan - Hockey Unterland Cavaliers 8:0 (0:0, 5:0, 3:0)
Referees: SORAPERRA, VIRTA, Cristeli, Pace. | Spectators: 287
Goals WSV: 1:0 Conci D. (22. Cianfrone B. – Gschnitzer J.), 2:0 Capanelli A. (24. Livingston J. – Gschliesser F.), 3:0 Maylan J. (26. Niccolai A. – Eisendle P.), 4:0 Maylan J. (28./PP1 Capannelli A. – Topatigh D.), 5:0 Cianfrone B. (37. Sanvido C. – Topatigh D.), 6:0 Eisendle P. (48./PP1 Topatigh D. – Capannelli A.), 7:0 Niccolai A. (53. Capannelli A. – Gschliesser F.), 8:0 Conci D. (56. Cianfrone B. – Niccolai A.)

HC Meran/o Pircher - EK Die Zeller Eisbären 2:5 (0:1, 0:1, 2:3)
Referees: EGGER, MOSCHEN, Abeltino, De Zordo.
Goals HCM: 1:2 Garreffa J. (45. Gellon D. – Anderson C.), 2:4 Trivellato D. (58. Fuchs J. – Beber P.)
Goals EKZ: 0:1 Lahoda A. (18./PP1 Alagic A. – Egger M.), 0:2 Wilenius T. (21. Huard N. – Dinhopel T.), 1:3 Huard N. (57./PP1 Wilenius T.), 1:4 Huard N. (58. Ban D.), 2:5 Widen F. (59./EN Paulweber C.)

SHC Fassa Falcons - HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice 1:8 (0:2, 0:3, 1:3)
Referees: GIACOMOZZI, PIRAS, Cusin, Rivis. | Spectators: 149
Goal FAS: 1:8 Selin S. (59. Näslund V. – Boisio F.)
Goals JES: 0:1 Prostor A. (9. Selan M. – Lesnicar T.), 0:2 Jezovsek Z. (20. Urukalo Z. – Sersen G.), 0:3 Glavic G. (22. Sersen G. – Urukalo Z.), 0:4 Pance E. (28.), 0:5 Pance E. (30./PP1 Svetina E. – Logar M.), 0:6 Cimzar T. (42./PP1 Selan M. – Jezovsek Z.), 0:7 Bohinc M. (43. Selan M.), 0:8 Selan M. (56./PP1 Jezovsek Z. – Sersen G.)