Release from 12.10.2019

VSV meets the Graz99ers in the top game of the 10th round

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On Sunday the top game of the 10th round takes place in Villach. The EC Panaceo VSV receives the Moser Medical Graz99ers, live from 17:15 in the Servushockeynight. The fourth-placed from Carinthia wants to celebrate the 50th victory against the Styrians. In addition, leader EC Red Bull Salzburg are challenged at the HC TWK Innsbruck "Die Haie". The Bulls are waiting for more than a year and a half to win against the Tyroleans. In addition, Hydro Fehérvár AV19 will face HCB Südtirol Alperia, the Dornbirn Bulldogs want to surprise against champion EC-KAC and EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz wants to clinch their fourth away win at HC Orli Znojmo.

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5 facts about the 10th round:

  • The match between the EC Panaceo VSV and Moser Medical Graz99ers will be broadcasted live from 5:15 pm on the Servushockeynight.
  • There have been 498 shutouts in the history of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. Thus, only two more are missing for the 500.
  • Andrew Kozek only needs one more scorer point to complete the 300. For the EC-KAC, he scored 192 goals in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga and made another 107 assists.
  • Tim Campbell (Hydro Fehérvár AV19) plays against his former club for the first time.
  • The spusu Vienna Capitals are free from play on Sunday.

Sun, 13.10.2019, 17:30: Hydro Fehérvár AV19 - HCB Alto Adige Alperia
Referees: SIEGEL, ZRNIC, Bedynek, Zgonc

  • Hydro Fehérvár AV19 have lost their last five games. The Hungarians have also been waiting for a victory at home since September 22. They lost the last two games.
  • HCB Südtirol Alperia won two of their last three games. On Friday they celebrated a clear 5:2 home win over the Dornbirn Bulldogs.
  • Both teams played 32 games so far against each other. The guests from South Tyrol won 20 times. In the last three duels, the home team won.
  • Both teams are currently in the league table below the bottom line. Bolzano are missing four points on the important fifth place. Fehérvár is seven points behind fifth-placed HC Orli Znojmo.
  • Both teams have not impressed with their defense so far this season. Hydro Fehérvár AV19 have conceded 35 goals this season, HCB 29.
  • For Canadian defender Tim Campbell, this is the first duel with his former club. Last season, the 28-year-old played for Bolzano, now he is defending for Fehérvár.
  • HCB Südtirol Alperia has currently 398 away goals in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. It is quite possible that the South Tyroleans will shoot their 400th away goal on Sunday.
Pregame Statement: Tim Campbell (AVS) | Daniel Frank (HCB)

Sun, 13.10.2019, 17:30: Dornbirn Bulldogs - EC-KAC
Referees: DURCHNER, K. NIKOLIC, Schauer, Sparer

  • The Dornbirn Bulldogs have lost their last eight matches and thus are clearly underdogs against defending champion EC-KAC. The only victory of the season they celebrated at the start of the season at the HC TWK Innsbruck "Die Haie".
  • The EC-KAC was free from play on Friday and currently occupies the sixth place in the league table. The gap to the important fifth place is just one point.
  • Of the last four games the KAC has won three.
  • Last season, the EC-KAC won all four games against the Dornbirn Bulldogs.
  • Andrew Kozek scored the 299th scorer point in his career in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga last Sunday. With one more point he could reach the 300.
  • EC-KAC goalkeeper Lars Haugen is absent in Dornbirn due to an illness. Also missing for Klagenfurt are the long-term injured Steven Strong, Niki Kraus and Marcel Witting, who will have to undergo a surgery on Tuesday and will be out for several months.
Pregame Statement: Johannes Bischofberger (KAC)

Sun, 13.10.2019, 17:30: HC TWK Innsbruck "Die Haie" - EC Red Bull Salzburg
Referees: M. NIKOLIC, SCHUTZ, Pardatscher, Tschrepitsch

  • With the HC TWK Innsbruck "Die Haie" and the EC Red Bull Salzburg, the two overtime specialists meet each other. In six of the eight games Innsbruck had to go in extra time. They won three times. Most recently on Friday with 6:5 SO at the Moser Medical Graz99ers. Salzburg won on Friday against the EC Panaceo VSV after shootout too. In a game of the bulls four out of eight times the decision did not fell in regular time. Salzburg was victorious three times.
  • Thanks to Friday's victory, EC Red Bull Salzburg beat its 2006/07 season record. Salzburg won seven of the first eight season games and are with 19 points at the top of the league table.
  • The Sharks have a winning streak of three games. The Tyroleans won each time after extra time.
  • With Raphael Herburger and Thomas Raffl Salzburg has the two top scorer in the league in his ranks. Herburger has 14 points (6G/8A), Raffl 13 points (7G/6A).
  • Even if Salzburg is the favorite in Innsbruck, it is Innsbruck who set the tone in direct duels. The last four matches all were won by the Tyroleans. Salzburg is waiting for a win against the Tyroleans for more than one and a half year (02.03.2018).
  • Tyler Cuma is not fit to play for Innsbruck. For Salzburg Brendan Mikkelson and Alexander Rauchenwald are missing.
Pregame Statement: Thomas Raffl (RBS)

Sun, 13.10.2019, 17:30: EC Panaceo VSV - Moser Medical Graz99ers (servushockeynight.com)
Referees: GRUBER, PIRAGIC, Muzsik, Nemeth

  • In the top game of the 10th round, the fourth-placed EC Panaceo VSV receives third-placed, the Moser Medical Graz99ers.
  • The Servushockeynight will broadcast this game live from 17:15.
  • The VSV is the league's strongest home team. Only once they lost in front of their home crowd, with 6:7 OT against HC TWK Innsbruck "Die Haie".
  • Both teams have lost the last two games.
  • In this game, the second strongest powerplay comes up against the strongest penalty killing. Villach finished 27.3% of all powerplays with a goal. Graz on the other hand, conceded only three goals. 33 times in numerical inferiority goalkeeper Thomas Höneckl could not be defeated.
  • In the head-to-head the VSV leads with 49:47. With a victory on Sunday, Villach could celebrate the 50th victory over Graz.
  • The Moser Medical Graz99ers have to compensate further failures. Both Daniel Oberkofler, as well as Kalle Johansson injured in the game on Friday and are therefore not available on Sunday. Cristopher Nihlstorp ought to start between the posts. For the VSV Markus Schlacher and Miika Lahti are probably missing.
Pregame Statement: Anton Karlsson (VSV) | Philipp Lindner (G99)

Sun, 13.10.2019, 17:30: HC Orli Znojmo - EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz
Referees: BALUSKA, KINCSES, Nagy Soos

  • In the game HC Orli Znojmo against EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz, the fifth-placed meets the seventh in the league table.
  • Through the 2:3 home defeat of Znojmo against the spusu Vienna Capitals on Friday the Czechs didn´t gain a point for the first time since the opening game against the Moser Medical Graz99ers.
  • EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz have won four of their last five games. On Wednesday, the Upper Austrians celebrated a clear 4:0 home victory over Hydro Fehérvár AV19.
  • Znojmo has been successful in front of the home crowd only once this season. Three times they lost. Linz, on the other hand, is extremely victorious abroad. They won three of their four games abroad.
  • Znojmo is in the lead in the head-to-head. Of the 51 matches so far they have won 29.
  • David Kickert is currently the league's top goalkeeper. On Friday against Hydro Fehérvár AV19 he was able to save all 28 shots and was thus crowned the top performer of the 9th round. In total, the 25-year-old's save percentage is by 94.7% this season.
  • Linz has the strongest powerplay in the league, with a success rate of 29.4%.
  • Anthony Luciani and Tomas Svoboda have scored in each match for Znojmo so far this season.
Pregame Statement: Miroslav Frycer (ZNO) | Mark McNeill (BWL)