Release from 06.04.2019

Vienna hosts Salzburg in a duel for Matchpuck

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The semi-finals series between the spusu Vienna Capitals and EC Red Bull Slazburg will continue in a best-of-three mode after the Bulls' 5:3 victory on Friday in Salzburg. The Capitals have home advantage on Sunday and want to increase the pressure on Salzburg with a win. After all games have run extremely tight this season a thriller is expected in the Erste Bank Arena on Sunday again.

Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, Semifinale #5 (best of seven)
Su, 07.04.2019: spusu Vienna Capitals vs. EC Red Bull Salzburg (17:00 Uhr, www.servushockeynight.com live und SKY Sport HD live)

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Su, 07.04.2019: spusu Vienna Capitals vs. EC Red Bull Salzburg (17:00 Uhr, www.servushockeynight.com live und SKY Sport HD live)
Stand in der best-of-seven-Serie: 2:2
Referees: M. NIKOLIC, PIRAGIC, Kontschieder, Zgonc
 
  • The best-of-seven semi-final series between the spusu Vienna Capitals and the EC Red Bull Salzburg is balanced again and goes for at least six games. At the score of 2:2 game # 5 in Vienna follows on Sunday. Live in the Servus Hockey Night and on Sky Sport Austria.
  • In the last game, it was only the third time of the season that one of the teams won in regular time. The other seven meetings were each decided in the extra time or in the shoot-out. For the first time this season Salzburg won against Vienna after 60 minutes.
  •  Both teams impressed with their penalty killing in this playoff campaign. While Salzburg survived 87.8% of their numerical inferiority without damage, the Viennese were able to finish scoreless even 88.6% of their plays in numerical inferiority.
  •  After the eight-goal spectacle in Salzburg on Friday, numerous goals can be expected on Sunday in Vienna again. The top 3 of the scorer rating of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga come either from Vienna or from Salzburg. Capitals players Christopher DeSousa and Peter Schneider lead the ranking with 79 points, on third place follows John Hughes of the Red Bulls with 75 points.
  •  When it comes down to the playoffs, it's all about physical play. The Capitals conceded already 117 penalty minutes in the playoffs, Salzburg had to act already 114 minutes in a minority. Both teams are clearly at the top of the standings.
  •  For the first time since January, the caps lost two games in a row. If Salzburg wins on Sunday and conquers the match-puck the Viennese would have to accept three defeats en-suite for the first time since November 2018.
Quotes:
Dave Cameron, Headcoach oft he spusu Vienna Capitals: "Now it depends on the individual class of our players. We have to get back to our game, which we convinced in the basic round and in the pick-round and with which we made it to the semi-finals. We have to go through our game for 60 minutes. In the last duels, we have done this only in phases. It will be important that we keep our game simple. My boys just have to do their job. "

Raphael Herburger, player of EC Red Bull Salzburg: "We have to be focused from the very first minute. Finish the checks and put pressure on the defense. These are hard games and we are ready for this fight."