Release from 14.01.2019

Two games on Tuesday

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There will be fights for points in the Alps Hockey League in Kitzbühel and Salzburg on Tuesday. HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice has signed defenseman Mathieu Gagnon.

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Tue, 15.01.2019: Red Bull Hockey Juniors vs. HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice (19:15)
Referees: LEHNER, LESNIAK, Bergant, Holzer.
• ranking: RBJ 5. | JES 10.
• streak: RBJ 3 straight wins | JES 1 victory
• home-performance RBJ: 10 wins (31 points) / 14 games; streak: 1 home-win
• road-performance JES: 6 successes (20 points) / 14 matches; streak: 1 road-win
• form (performance during the last five rounds): RBJ 3 wins / 2 defeats | JES 3 successes / 2 losses
• Head-to-Head 2018/19: RBJ vs. JES: 2:0 (results: 5:4 in Salzburg and 3:4 in Jesenice). Cimzar (JES) has scored at least one goal in two straight meetings.
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 5 wins RBJ | 3 victories JES
• RBJ has been successful in three consecutive meetings with JES.
• RBJ has earned points out of eight straight games (five wins) since December 22nd 2018. Lately, the Mozart Citizens have celebrated three straight successes, netting 16 goals in total. The Austrians have started their good run with a 4:3-win in Jesenice eight days ago. Then, RBJ beat EC „Die Adler“ Stadtwerke Kitzbühel (5:1) and  VEU Feldkirch (7:0) as well. 
• Each team has been convincing in Power Play so far. RBJ has the second best PP% (25.9) and JES the third best PP% (25.2).
• RBJ is the best team in Penalty Killing (PK%: 88,9%).
• Their clubs best scorers:
RBJ: Oliver Nordberg 39 points (14G/25A)
JES: Tadej Cimzar 41 points (18G/23A).
 
Tue, 15.01.2019: EC „Die Adler“ Stadtwerke Kitzbühel vs. VEU Feldkirch (20:00)
Referees: A. LAZZERI, MORI, Piras, Wiest.
• ranking: KEC 12. | VEU 6.
• steak: KEC 1 success | VEU 3 straight defeats
• home-performance KEC: 7 wins (20 points) / 14 matches; streak: 2 consecutive home-wins
• road-performance VEU: 10 victories (31 points) / 15 games; streak: 2 road-wins in a row
• form (performance during the last five games): KEC 2 successes / 3 losses | VEU 2 victories / 3 defeats
• Head-to-Head 2018/19: KEC vs. VEU: 1:2 (results: 2:3 and 4:0 in Feldkirch and 1:6 in Kitzbühel).
• Head-to-Head (overall Alps Hockey League): 1 victory KEC | 8 wins VEU
• VEU will travel with good memories to Tyrol: The Vorarlberger have won all games in Kitzbühel so far. Besides, the West-Austrians, who have lost 3 straight games, got their last win against KEC too. 
• VEU has been on fire on the road so far. The Vorarlberger have scored second most away-goals (59).
• The Leagues‘ best scorer Dylan Stanley (47 points) and the Leagues best goal-scorer Robin Soudek (26G) are VEU-players. 
• Their clubs best scorers:
KEC: Adam Havlik 39 points (18G/21A)
VEU: Dylan Stanley 47 points (15G/32A).
 
New defenseman in Jesenice
HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice has welcomed with Mathieu Gagnon a big and strong defenseman. The 26-year old Canadian has already defended in 31 ECHL-games for Brampton Beast during this season, scoring three Assists and he has already played for the Nothingham Panthers in Europe 2017/18.