With four goals to victory

Steel Wings Linz - EHC Lustenau 3:4 (1:1,1:1,1:2)
After the clear 7:1 victory in Vienna the day before, EHC Lustenau also won at Steel Wings Linz. Although the favored Vorarlberg team took the lead twice, the Upper Austrians managed to equalize each time. It was not until the final period that the EHC found the winning track with a brace from Chris D'Alvise. Linz came close again, but Lustenau, now in second place, managed to hold on for the 4:3 away win and thus celebrated a perfect weekend. In the fifth duel with the Steel Wings, they also won for the fifth time.

Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan - HC Gherdeina valgardena.it 2:4 (1:2,0:0,1:2)
The omens could not have been more different: With the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it, the form-strongest team of the league faced one of the form-weakest, the Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan. Although the team from Sterzing took an early lead, Val Gardena had already turned the game around after seven minutes. After that, the spectators had to wait a long time for the next goal. Late in the final period, both teams scored again, but Max Oberrauch netted a powerplay goal in the last minute to secure a 4:2 away win. Head coach Hannu Järvenpää's team improved to fifth place with its eighth win in a row.

HC Meran/o Pircher - EC-KAC Future Team 4:3 (2:0,0:2,2:1)
Meran got off to a perfect start and already led 2:0 after five minutes in their home game against Klagenfurt. The guests took a timeout and now found their way better into the game. In the middle period, the KAC was rewarded for its offensive efforts, Rok Kapel equalized with a brace. In the third period Meran went ahead again, but after another equalizer it already looked like an overtime. But five minutes before the end of regulation, Gennady Stolyarov scored his fourth goal of the season to secure a 4:3 home victory. While Meran remains in tenth place, the Future Team slipped to eighth.

EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel - EC Bregenzerwald 4:2 (1:0,1:1,2:1)
In a for some parts rough game, Kitzbühel initially took the lead twice, but Bregenzerwald equalized each time. The Eagles always stayed focused and had the right answer in the third period. David Kreuter scored to make it 3:2 and Ricards Purins, who already opened the scoring, fixed the 4:2 final score. The Tyroleans thus ended their six-game losing streak and moved up to twelfth place. The Vorarlberg team lost one place and is now ninth.

EK Die Zeller Eisbären - Red Bull Hockey Juniors 2:4 (1:0,0:2,1:2)
The Red Bull Hockey Juniors took revenge on the EK Die Zeller Eisbären for the narrow 3:4 home defeat at the start of the AHL season with a 4:2 away win. In front of almost 1000 fans in Pinzgau, the home side initially had more of the game and took the lead after just 91 seconds through a Sinegubovs goal. In a somewhat rougher middle period, the Juniors turned the game around with two goals within five minutes. In the final period, Lucas Thaler increased the lead to 3:1, before Zell's captain Tobias Dinhopel scored again. After that, it got really exciting again as the hosts pressed for the equalizer, but Florian Bugl and his defense held out against the Zell attacks. Thus, almost with the final siren, the Tommy Purdeller made the final score 4:2 by an empty-net goal. The seventh-placed Juniors are now one place behind their local rivals.

S.G. Cortina Hafro - SHC Fassa Falcons 5:4 OT (1:2,1:2,2:0,1:0)
Both teams came into the game with a sense of achievement and delivered an open exchange of blows. While Cortina was able to come back from a deficit twice, Fassa pulled ahead to 4:2 in the middle period with goals from Diego Iori and Sebastiano Rossi. But the home side managed a comeback, a Finucci brace bringing them into overtime. In the 63rd minute, Michael Zanatta secured Cortina's second win of the season over the Falcons - it was their 13th victory overall in the 18th AHL duel.

Alps Hockey League | 20.11.2021:
Steel Wings Linz – EHC Lustenau 3:4 (1:1,1:1,1:2)
Referees: OREL, PODLESNIK, Reisinger, Schweighofer.
Goals 0:1 EHC Wilfan M. (09:36 / D'Alvise C. ,Connelly B. / PP), 1:1 SWL Ekelund U. (17:21 / Brikmanis A. ,Lahtinen N. / PP), 1:2 EHC Wallenta E. (33:42 / Oberscheider D. / EQ), 2:2 SWL Farren K. (36:38 / Feldbaumer M. ,Brikmanis A. / EQ), 2:3 EHC D'Alvise C. (46:30 / Giftopoulos R. ,Hrdina S. / EQ), 2:4 EHC D'Alvise C. (50:57 / Wilfan M. ,Hrdina S. / EQ), 3:4 SWL Mosaad B. (52:13 / Gaffal P. ,Ekelund U. / 5:3 PP)

Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan – HC Gherdeina valgardena.it 2:4 (1:2,0:0,1:2)
Referees: EGGER, GIACOMOZZI, Mantovani, Pace.
Goals 1:0 WSV Salo N. (02:59 / unassisted / EQ), 1:1 GHE MC GOWAN B. (05:44 / Sullmann Pilser M. ,Korhonen V. / EQ), 1:2 GHE Moroder S. (07:00 / Linder T. ,Galassiti D. / EQ), 1:3 GHE Luisetti M. (54:40 / Sölva M. / EQ), 2:3 WSV Cianfrone B. (55:31 / Cristellon Y. ,Eisendle P. / EQ), 2:4 GHE Oberrauch M. (59:31 / Linder T. ,Brugnoli J. / PP)

HC Meran/o Pircher – EC-KAC Future Team 4:3 (2:0,0:2,2:1)
Referees: SORAPERRA, STEFENELLI, Basso, Piras.
Goals 1:0 HCM Gellon D. (02:24 / Borgatello C. ,Stolyarov G. / EQ), 2:0 HCM Ansoldi L. (04:56 / Gellon D. ,Stolyarov G. / EQ), 2:1 KFT Kapel R. (22:51 / Brodnik N. / EQ), 2:2 KFT Kapel R. (36:00 / Fröwis J. / 5:3 PP), 3:2 HCM Ansoldi L. (41:13 / Stolyarov G. ,Hofer R. / EQ), 3:3 KFT Hammerle V. (47:05 / Kramer N. ,Sunitsch M. / EQ), 4:3 HCM Stolyarov G. (54:52 / Ansoldi L. ,Borgatello C. / PP)

EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel – EC Bregenzerwald 4:2 (1:0,1:1,2:1)
Referees: HEINRICHER, WALLNER, Holzer, Wimmler.
Goals 1:0 KEC Purins R. (17:36 / Kittinger P. ,Freidenfelds R. / EQ), 1:1 ECB Schlögl R. (25:08 / Nyqvist J. ,Lipsbergs R. / PP), 2:1 KEC Mintaustiskis M. (27:18 / Jevdokimovs R. ,Lindhagen E. / EQ), 2:2 ECB Zwerger J. (44:08 / Pilgram G. ,Tschofen M. / PP), 3:2 KEC Kreuter D. (48:27 / Kittinger P. ,Jabornik H. / EQ), 4:2 KEC Purins R. (55:07 / Kittinger P. ,Ebner M. / EQ)

EK Die Zeller Eisbären – Red Bull Hockey Juniors 2:4 (1:0,0:2,1:2)
Referees: BAJT, LOICHT, Legat, Weiss.
Goals 1:0 EKZ Sinegubovs A. (01:31 / Widen F. ,Dinhopel T. / EQ), 1:1 RBJ Purdeller T. (26:49 / Auer L. / EQ), 1:2 RBJ Auer L. (31:54 / Lehmus J. ,Lahnaviik R. / EQ), 1:3 RBJ Thaler L. (43:59 / Stapelfeldt P. / PP), 2:3 EKZ Dinhopel T. (49:54 / Frandl A. / EQ), 2:4 RBJ Purdeller T. (59:59 / unassisted / EQ)

S.G. Cortina Hafro – SHC Fassa Falcons 5:4 OT (1:2,1:2,2:0,1:0)
Referees: HOLZER, SCHAUER, De Zordo, Fleischmann.
Goals 0:1 FAS Schiavone D. (10:27 / Mcparland S. ,Trottner N. / EQ), 1:1 SGC De zanna R. (12:13 / Zanatta M. ,BARNABO' L. / EQ), 1:2 FAS Mcparland S. (17:34 / Trottner N. / EQ), 2:2 SGC BARNABO' L. (24:33 / Faloppa D. ,Zanatta M. / PP), 2:3 FAS Iori D. (27:05 / Rossi S. ,Spimpolo G. / EQ), 2:4 FAS Rossi S. (36:12 / Deluca A. ,Lindgren E. / EQ), 3:4 SGC Finucci C. (53:32 / Kaskinen O. ,Johansson M. / EQ), 4:4 SGC Finucci C. (58:44 / Kaskinen O. ,Zanatta L. / EQ), 5:4 SGC Zanatta M. (62:44 / De zanna R. ,BARNABO' L. / EQ)

Asiago stopped in third round of Continental Cup
Asiago was also defeated in the second game of the Continental Cup. The AHL runner-up lost 4:2 to Kazakh representative Karaganda on Saturday, with the Italians conceding three goals already in the first period. On Sunday, Asiago, which no longer has a chance of advancing, will play host Cracovia Krakow for the last game.

Photo: EKZ