Release from 23.12.2024

Two absolute top games on St. Stephen's Day

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The Alps Hockey League gets right back to business after Christmas. On St. Stephen's Day, December 26, the top four face each other in direct duels. League leaders EK Die Zeller Eisbären will face third-placed Rittner Buam SkyAlps and second-placed SIJ Acroni Jesenice will host fourth-placed Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel. In addition, the Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan will face HC Meran/o Pircher in a derby and HK RST Pellet Celje will duel with the Hockey Unterland Cavaliers. The AHL will also be played on Friday, December 27. EC Bregenzerwald will face KHL Sisak.

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The top match between league leaders EK Die Zeller Eisbären and third-placed Rittner Buam SkyAlps takes place on St. Stephen's Day. Both teams are currently separated by five points. Each team has had the upper hand once in the direct season comparison so far. On December 5, Zell am See prevailed at Ritten with 2:1/SO. On September 26, Ritten won at home with 3:1. At the moment, leaders Zell am See are in better form. The team from Pinzgau have won four of their last five matches. The “Buam” have been beaten in three of their last five games, but most recently won 3-0 in Celje.

In the second top match of the day, second-placed SIJ Acroni Jesenice welcome fourth-placed Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel. The Slovenians are currently three points behind leaders Zell am See and three points ahead of Kitzbühel. With four wins in a row, Jesenice are in very good form. In their last game, the 2023 AHL champions won 2:1 in Cortina. Kitzbühel celebrated a clear 7:3 home win against Ritten in their last outing, before which they suffered two consecutive defeats. The “Eagles” were victorious 4:2 against Jesenice in their last encounter on December 5. In the first duel of the season, Jesenice won 5:2 in Tyrol.

The Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan welcome HC Meran/o Pircher in the South Tyrolean derby. Both teams are currently in very good form. While the Broncos, who are tenth in the table, have won six of their last seven games and only lost to league leaders Zell am See, Meran, who are seventh in the table, are on a four-game winning streak. The “Eagles” are currently four points ahead of the WSV in the table. In the head-to-head, both teams have each won once so far this season.

There will also be the match between HK RST Pellet Celje and the Hockey Unterland Cavaliers on December 26. Both teams currently have 30 points in the table, with Unterland in eighth place directly ahead of Celje. The Slovenians have not won any of their last three home games. Overall they have not won the last two games. Unterland, on the other hand, have won two of their last five games. In their last outing, on 19 December, they defeated Kitzbühel 5:2 at home, while the South Tyroleans lost 2:3 away from home in their only away game of the season so far against Celje.

In the only Friday game, EC Bregenzerwald welcomes league newcomers KHL Sisak. The Croatians, who got off to a brilliant start in the Alps Hockey League and led the table for a long time, have already slipped back to sixth place. They are currently four points behind the all-important fifth place. Bregenzerwald are in eleventh place. The Croatians are currently in slightly better form, with two wins from their last five games. However, Sisak have been beaten in their last two games. Bregenzerwald have only won one of their last five games and also lost their only match of the season against Sisak (0:6).

Alps Hockey League:
Thursday, 26.12.2024:
18:00: SIJ Acroni Jesenice – Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel
Referees: KAINBERGER, LEHNER, Markizeti, Matthey. | >> valcome.tv <<

19:00: HK RST Pellet Celje – Hockey Unterland Cavaliers
Referees: LESNIAK, UNTERWEGER, Jeram, Telesklav. | >> valcome.tv <<

19:30: EK Die Zeller Eisbären – Rittner Buam SkyAlps
Referees: SNOJ, WENUSCH, Preiser, Rinker. | >> valcome.tv <<

20:00: Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan – HC Meran/o Pircher
Referees: EGGER, GIACOMOZZI, Abeltino, Grisenti. | >> valcome.tv <<

Friday, 27.12.2024:
19:30: EC Bregenzerwald – KHL Sisak
Referees: OREL, WIDMANN, Strimitzer, Wucherer. | >> valcome.tv <<