Villach wins by double digits | Pustertal beats Salzburg

In Thomas Raffl's 700th game for EC Red Bull Salzburg in the win2day ICE Hockey League, the Red Bulls were beaten 3:6 by HC Pustertal. As a result, the South Tyroleans overtook the defending champions in the table. With 24 points, the “Wolves” are in fifth place in the table and one point ahead of Salzburg, who are in sixth place - although Pustertal have played three games more. The visitors were still leading 2:1 after the first period, but then Pustertal got into their stride and pulled away to 4:2 in the middle period. The home side scored two powerplay goals in front of 3,104 fans in the sold-out Intercable Arena. Salzburg pulled back to 3:4 right at the start of the final period, but HCP remained unfazed and restored their two-goal lead just a short time later. Alex Petan scored an empty-net goal shortly before the end to make the final score. The forward also scored the 4:2 game-winning-goal, making him the only player to score twice.

Andreas Bernard was in goal for HC Pustertal. The Italian will form a goalie tandem with Edward Pasquale in the future. The Canadian was signed by Pustertal on Saturday. At the same time, the contract with Olivier Roy, who only moved to South Tyrol in the summer, was terminated. The 33-year-old Pasquale last played in the KHL for no less than five years, most recently in Astana, and represented his home country of Canada in two matches at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Villach wins high-scoring game against Asiago
The EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV celebrated a clear 10:2 home win against Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey, extending their winning streak to three games. As a result of this success, the Carinthians moved past Asiago in the table and now occupy ninth place. Asiago, on the other hand, suffered their third defeat in a row and are one point behind Villach in eleventh place. VSV were 3:0 up after just 202 seconds, with Benjamin Lanzinger scoring both the 1:0 and the 3:0. In the tenth minute, Villach even increased the lead to 4:0 in front of over 3,000 fans. But Asiago came back towards the end of the first period and reduced the deficit to 2:4 with a double strike. In the second period, however, Villach continued to push forward and extended the lead to 6:2 with two goals from Thomas Vallant. Villach added four more goals in the final period, including Benjamin Lanzinger who completed his hat-trick with a goal to make the final score 10:2.

Close home win for Vienna
In the game between the spusu Vienna Capitals and the Steinbach Black Wings Linz, the home side narrowly won 4:3/OT. Vienna was already leading 2:0 and 3:1 in front of 4,000 fans. In the end, however, the game went into overtime as the visitors scored 28 seconds before the end through Sean Collins to equalize. In overtime, it was finally Peter Krieger who secured the extra point for the Capitals with ten seconds remaining. For the Capitals, it was one of two wins from their last eight games, while the Black Wings were beaten for the first time after two previous wins. The Capitals are eighth in the table, one point ahead of the tenth-placed Upper Austrians.

Graz against Pioneers without any problems
The Moser Medical Graz99ers and Pioneers Vorarlberg faced each other already at 12:00 noon. The new third-placed team from Graz celebrated an unchallenged 7:1 home victory. It was the first win for the Styrians after two defeats in a row. Bottom-placed Pioneers Vorarlberg, on the other hand, suffered their third defeat in a row. The home side set the tone right from the start, but it took until the 19th minute before Lukas Kainz scored his first goal of the season to give the 99ers the lead. In the second period, the 99ers increased their lead to 3:0 before the Pioneers also went on the scoreboard. However, the Styrians finally made everything clear with a double strike from Casey Bailey at the start of the final period. It was the US American's first brace for Graz. Sam Antonitsch and Manuel Ganahl added two more goals for the home side in the final nine-and-a-half minutes.

win2day ICE Hockey League:
Sunday, 3. November:
Moser Medical Graz99ers – Pioneers Vorarlberg 7:1 (1:0, 2:1, 4:0)
Referees: OFNER, STERNAT, Nothegger, Riecken. | Spectators: 2.907
Goals G99: 1:0 Kainz L. (19.), 2:0 Ticar R. (34.), 3:0 Albano N. (35./PP1), 4:1 Bailey C. (42.), 5:1 Bailey C. (44.), 6:1 Antonitsch S. (51.), 7:1 Ganahl M. (58.)
Goal PIV: 3:1 Sowder L. (37.)

HC Pustertal – EC Red Bull Salzburg 6:3 (1:2, 3:0, 2:1)
Referees: HRONSKY, NIKOLIC M., Jedlicka, Konc. | Spectators: 3.104
Goals HCP: 1:1 Purdeller T. (14.), 2:2 Findlay B. (22./PP1), 3:2 Wesley J. (29.), 4:2 Petan A. (37./PP1), 5:3 Conci D. (45.), 6:3 Petan A. (60./EN)
Goals RBS: 0:1 Huber M. (2.), 1:2 Bourke T. (19.), 4:3 Schreiner V. (42.)

spusu Vienna Capitals – Steinbach Black Wings Linz 4:3/OT (2:1, 0:0, 1:2, 1:0)
Referees: GROZNIK, SMETANA, Moidl. | Spectators: 4.020
Goals VIC: 1:0 Donohue S. (12.), 2:0 Hackl D. (17.), 3:1 Predan A. (45.), 4:3/OT Krieger P. (65.)
Goals BWL: 2:1 Collins S. (19.), 3:2 Kristler A. (57.), 3:3 Collins S. (60.)

EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV – Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey 10:2 (4:2, 2:0, 4:0)
Referees: REZEK, SIEGEL, Mantovani, Wimmler. | Spectators: 3.196
Goals VSV: 1:0 Lanzinger B. (1.), 2:0 Richter M. (3.), 3:0 Lanzinger B. (4.), 4:0 Wallenta E. (10.), 5:2 Vallant T. (31.), 6:2 Vallant T. (35.), 7:2 Pearson C. (47./SH1), 8:2 Rebernig M. (52./PP1), 9:2 Pearson C. (57./PP2), 10:2 Lanzinger B. (58./PP1)
Goals ASH: 4:1 Turnbull C. (18.), 4:2 Misley B. (10.)

Copyright: VSV / René Krammer