West derby and South Tyrol derby on Austrian National Day

BET-AT-HOME ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE | 26.10.2021:
Tue, 26.10.2021, 16:30: HC TIWAG Innsbruck – Die Haie - Dornbirn Bulldogs
Referees: OFNER, RUETZ, Mantovani, Pardatscher. | >> LIVE on Puls 24 (available worldwide) <<
The second west derby of the season will be broadcasted live on Puls 24. In the first duel of the season, on October 17th, the HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie prevailed at the Dornbirn Bulldogs with 5:4 after overtime. HCI also celebrated victories in the following two games, which is why the Tyroleans are already in fifth place in the standings. Dornbirn lost in the past three games and has slipped back to seventh place in the standings. The last two direct duels in Innsbruck were won by the guests from Vorarlberg (5:3 & 4:2). Before that, however, the "Sharks" celebrated three derby home victories in a row.

Tue, 26.10.2021, 17:30: Steinbach Black Wings Linz - spusu Vienna Capitals
Referees: FICHTNER, SIEGEL, Bedynek, Riecken. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
With three wins from the past four games, the spusu Vienna Capitals are currently one of the hottest teams in the league. As tenth in the table, they currently also have a place in the postseason. The Steinbach Black Wings Linz would miss this today. As the bottom of the table, they are five points behind the Capitals. On Sunday, the Upper Austrians conceded a unnecessary home defeat against the VSV. Until 38 seconds before the end of the game BWL was still leading with 3:1, lose 3:4-OT in the end. The Black Wings vs. Vienna Capitals matchup is taking place for the first time this season. Last season, both teams managed to win twice each. This season, Vienna conceded only 26 goals, making them the best defensive team in the league. In addition, they conceded only one goal in the last 210 minutes.

Tue, 26.10.2021, 17:30: Moser Medical Graz99ers - HK SZ Olimpija
Referees: GROZNIK, PIRAGIC, Bärnthaler, Durmis.
The currently hottest team of the league and league leader HK SZ Olimpija will play at the Moser Medical Graz99ers on Tuesday. The Styrians, in twelfth place in the table, are already 15 points behind the leaders from Slovenia. Both teams already faced each other on the second matchday this season. At that time, the "Dragons" kept the upper hand with 5:2. French Guillaume Leclerc scored twice. With five goals and 18 assists, the 25-years-old center is currently the ICE's top scorer. Currently, both teams are in good shape. While Ljubljana got four wins out of the last four games, Graz could win the last two games. On Sunday they won against Salzburg with 3:2-SO.

Tue, 26.10.2021, 18:30: TESLA Orli Znojmo - EC Red Bull Salzburg
Referees: SCHAUER, SMETANA, Jedlicka, Racicot. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
With the TESLA Orli Znojmo and the EC Red Bull Salzburg two Top-6 teams will meet on Tuesday. The Red Bulls are in fourth place with 22 points. Znojmo has 18 points and is sixth in the table. The Czechs have won two of their past five games. At the weekend they made a road trip to the West. A clear victory in Dornbirn (5:1) was followed by a narrow defeat in Innsbruck (1:2). Salzburg always had to go into overtime or shootout in the past five games. Three times they kept the upper hand in the end. The last time the two teams faced each other was on January 17th, 2020. RBS won with 5:2 in Znojmo. Anthony Luciani, who has already scored eight goals this season, scored both goals for the home side. The Canadian is currently the second best scorer in the league. Only T.J. Brennan in the Red Bulls' kit has scored more goals (10). With captain Thomas Raffl and defender Alexander Pallestrang, two players will make their comeback after a three-week absence.

Tue, 26.10.2021, 19:15: EC GRAND Immo VSV - Hydro Fehérvár AV19
Referees: TRILAR, ZRNIC, Hribar, Puff. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
For the third time this season the EC GRAND Immo VSV and Hydro Fehérvár AV19 face each other. The first two duels of the season took place in Hungary and the home side from Székesfehérvár could also win both encounters (5:1 & 3:2). With 25 points AVS is still on the very good second place. However, from the last five matches they only won twice. Villach, on the other hand, was victorious in four of the last five games. In the standings, this means the ninth place for the Carinthians. With a penalty killing of 91.89%, VSV is in second place in this statistic. They have conceded only three goals against in shorthanded situations so far this season. Fehérvár already conceded six shorthanded goals.

Tue, 26.10.2021, 19:15: iClinic Bratislava Capitals - EC-KAC
Referees: HRONSKY, SOOS, Konc, Muzsik. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
After the game in Székesfehérvár on Sunday, the EC-KAC will play at the iClinic Bratislava Capitals on Tuesday. The KAC already has a winning streak of three games and is in third place in the standings. Bratislava is eighth in the table and last won with 5:3 at last year's finalist Bolzano. It was their first win after three defeats en suite before. The Slovaks have already been successful against the KAC once this season. On October 15th, they celebrated a 3:2 win after shootout. Marc-Olivier Roy was the only player to score in the penalty shootout.

Tue, 26.10.2021, 19:30: HC Pustertal - HCB Südtirol Alperia
Referees: BERNEKER, NIKOLIC K., Martin, Seewald. | >> LIVE on PULS 24 <<
The 13th matchday will be concluded with the second PULS 24 live match, an absolute crunch meeting. Because for the first time in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League it comes to the derby between the HC Pustertal and the HCB Südtirol Alperia. The last time both teams faced each other in an official match was on February 14th 2013, when the Wolves from Bruneck won with 3:1. Currently, both teams are in moderate form. Pustertal has already been waiting for a success for six games. Bolzano could only win one of the last six games. In the standings, it is therefore a duel between 11th (HCB) and 13th (PUS). Pustertal has played four home games in the new Intercable Arena so far. Only once they were successful after shootout. In the first derby against Bolzano, the players of the "Wolves" will in any case feel the support of the fans, because there are no more tickets available for the game.

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