Two top 6 duels on Saturday

Alps Hockey League:
Sat, 06.11.2021, 18:30: HC Gherdeina valgardena.it - Steel Wings Linz
Referees: MOSCHEN, VIRTA, Basso, Rigoni | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

With four wins in a row, Val Gardena currently holds the longest winning streak of all teams. The "Furie" improved to ninth place as a result. For the Steel Wings, victory and defeat have always alternated in the last six games. Most recently, the 14th-placed Upper Austrians were narrowly beaten at home by Zell am See. Val Gardena won all four AHL duels so far.

Sat, 06.11.2021, 19:25: Vienna Capitals Silver - Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey
Referees: BRUNNER, HEINRICHER, Holzer, Weiss | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

The Viennese are currently at the bottom of the table. But after six losses in a row, the Silver Caps celebrated their second win of the season last weekend. The opponent from Asiago is currently in top form. In addition to the successful performances in the Continental Cup, the Italians won six of their seven league games and are even at the top of the table (before the Friday games). The two AHL duels so far went to the runners-up.

Sat, 06.11.2021, 19:30: EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel - HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice
Referees: HUBER, LEGA, Bassani, Eisl | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

Jesenice is already today (Friday) a guest in Feldkirch. On Saturday, the Slovenians will conclude their road trip with an away match in Kitzbühel. While the Slovenians celebrated three league wins recently, Kitzbühel had to admit defeat four times in a row. In ten direct comparisons, Kitzbühel won only twice - both victories were celebrated at home.

Sat, 06.11.2021, 19:30: HC Meran/o Pircher - BEMER VEU Feldkirch
Referees: GIACOMOZZI, KUMMER, Cristeli, Puff | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

With three wins in a row, Merano is back on the upswing and in tenth place. Eight of 14 games of the league newcomer were decided with one goal difference, five times HCM walked off the ice as winner. Their opponents from Feldkirch had to admit defeat four times in a row and slipped to second-last place in the table. In the first duel of the season between the two teams, Meran came out on top in overtime just two weeks ago.

Sat, 06.11.2021, 19:30: EHC Lustenau - EC-KAC Future Team
Referees: HLAVATY, RUETZ, Legat, Voican | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

With Lustenau against the EC-KAC Future Team the fourth meets the fifth. After previously winning three games, EHC was defeated 3:7 in Ritten on Thursday. While Klagenfurt - who play Bregenzerwald on the road today - have been strong at home recently, they have lost eight of nine away games so far. In addition, the Vorarlberg team won eleven of twelve direct duels against the young Klagenfurt team.

Sat, 06.11.2021, 19:30: EK Die Zeller Eisbären - Rittner Buam
Referees: OREL, PODLESNIK, Tschrepitsch, Wimmler | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

With four wins from the last five games, Zell am See has established itself in the top-6. While the Salzburgers are the best away team in the league, they won only three of six games at home. The third-placed Rittner Buam have alternated between wins and losses in their last five games. Defenseman Zachary Osburn has been exceptionally strong so far with 16 scoring points. In the first duel of the season, the South Tyroleans won clearly with 8:2.

Sat, 06.11.2021, 20:30: SHC Fassa Falcons - Red Bull Hockey Juniors
Referees: BAJT, STEFENELLI, Bergant, Fleischmann | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

Fassa, currently 15th in the standings, recently suffered defeats at the top teams from Lustenau and Asiago. The Falcons celebrated three of their four wins so far this season on their own ice. They now host the Juniors, who yesterday won 10:3 against Cortina. However, the currently eighth-placed Salzburg team has been defeated four times in a row away from home. In the first duel of the season Fassa won 4:1 away, it was only the second victory in the 13th comparison.

Sat, 06.11.2021, 20:30: S.G. Cortina Hafro - EC Bregenzerwald
Referees: HOLZER, REZEK, Arlic, Spiegel | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<

After today's home game against KAC, Bregenzerwald will head to Cortina on Saturday. The Italians lost their last four games and slipped to 13th place. The Vorarlberg team presented itself as one of the positive surprises of the season so far. They won seven of eleven games and are on rank seven. Against Cortina, however, the ECB mostly had a hard time, in eleven of 14 duels the Italians left the ice as winners.

Photo: Max Pattis