Release from 18.11.2020

VSV visits Innsbruck and signs defender

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In the only game on Thursday in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League the HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie will meet the EC GRAND Immo VSV. It is the duel of the eighth-placed team against the eleventh-placed team. There will be a Pay-Per-View-Livestream on live.ice.hockey, where the game can be watched.

The EC GRAND Immo VSV also announced the signing of the Canadian Frèdèric Allard. The 22-year-old comes from NHL club Nashville Predators, where he was picked in the third round of the draft in 2016. However, the defender never played in the NHL. Instead, Allard played for the Milwaukee Admirals in the American Hockey League for the last three years.

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BET-AT-HOME ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE:
THU, 19.11.2020, 19.15: HC TIWAG INNSBRUCK – DIE HAIE – EC GRAND IMMO VSV (LIVE ON LIVE.ICE.HOCKEY)
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  • The HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie meets the EC GRAND Immo VSV in the only game on Thursday. The game will be broadcasted as Pay-Per-View-Livestream on live.ice.hockey.
  • It is already the second duel of the season. On September 27th Innsbruck won with 4:3 in Villach.
  • Both teams are currently having form fluctuations. The eight in the league table from Innsbruck could only win one of the last eight matches, The eleventh in the league table from Villach won only one of the last six games. At their last matches, both teams suffered shootout defeats. The HCI against the Moser Medical Graz99ers and the VSV at the iClinic Bratislava Capitals.
  • In the H2H, the Carinthians lead wit 63:43, which means that since the refounding of the league in the summer 2000, there have been 106 duels between the two teams. The first one is dated on November 18th, 2001.
  • With Braden Christoffer and Daniel Ciampini the HCI has two players in the top six of the Point Leaders Ranking. Both scored ten points. The best point scorer of the VSV is Sahir Gill with nine points.
  • In the Special Team both teams still have potential. Innsbruck is on tenth place in the Powerplay (10%), in the Penalty Killing only on eleventh place (68,1%). Villach is the ninth best team in the Powerplay with a scoring percentage of 14.6%, and they are also in ninth place in the PK with 76.7%.

VSV signs Allard of the Nashville Predators
The EC GRAND Immo VSV also announced the signing of the Canadian Frèdèric Allard. The 22-year-old comes from NHL club Nashville Predators, where he was picked in the third round of the draft in 2016. However, the defender never played in the NHL. Instead, Allard played for the Milwaukee Admirals in the American Hockey League for the last three years. In 186 games he scored 76 points (15G/61A). Allard could make his debut against the EC Red Bull Salzburg as next Wednesday, November 25th.