Zell am See plays at Unterland | Vipiteno faces Ritten

Alps Hockey League | 14.10.2023:
Sat, 14.10.2023, 18:00: Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan - Rittner Buam SkyAlps
Referees: RICCO, SPIEGEL, Fleischmann, Jäger. | >> valcome.tv <<
The Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan lost against Jesenice in the top clash on Thursday narrowly with 4:5/OT and thus had to give the table lead back to Zell am See. For the Broncos it was only the second OT defeat this season. They did not concede a defeat after regular playing time yet. The Rittner Buam SkyAlps narrowly kept the upper hand against Unterland with 3:2 and improved to the fourth place in the table. The gap to Vipiteno is five points. With only 18 (WSV) and 19 goals against (RIT), both teams have the second and third best defense in the league.

Sat, 14. 10.2023, 18:30: Hockey Unterland Cavaliers - EK Die Zeller Eisbären
Referees: BENVEGNU, LEGA, Grisenti, Vignolo. | >> valcome.tv <<
League leader EK Die Zeller Eisbären will play at the fifth of the table Hockey Unterland Cavaliers. With only 16 goals against, the Polar Bears also have the best defense and with 42 goals scored the best offense in the Alps Hockey League. With Tomi Wilenius, the current second best top scorer is also in the ranks of Zell am See (17 points). On Thursday, the team from Pinzgau celebrated a 4:1 home win against Bregenzerwald. It was their seventh win in the eighth game of the season. Unterland had to concede a narrow 2:3 defeat to Ritten. For the South Tyroleans it was the fourth defeat from the past five games. Last season, both teams faced each other twice. In both encounters, the home team won.

Sat, 14.10.2023, 19:00: EC-KAC Future Team - Red Bull Hockey Juniors
Referees: FAJDIGA, LESNIAK, Markizeti, Wucherer. | >> valcome.tv <<
Eleventh placed EC-KAC Future Team will face 14th Red Bull Hockey Juniors. Both teams are separated by three points. After a bad start to the season with four defeats at the beginning of the season, the Young Bulls have won two of the past three games. In their last match, last Saturday, they prevailed against Gherdeina 5:3. The Future Team won two of the past three encounters, but on Thursday they were clearly beaten 1:4 in Merano. In the H2H, the home team retained the upper hand in each match last season. The Red Bull Hockey Juniors have signed two new forwards twith Kalle Myllymaa and Daniel Murnieks, in response to the long-term absence of many injured players. The 21-year-old Finn Kalle Myllymaa moved from KeuPa HT from the Mestis League to Salzburg. Daniels Murnieks from Latvia, also 21 years old, moved from the North American Hockey League (NAHL) to the Juniors.

Sat, 14.10.2023, 19:15: Steel Wings Linz AG - HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice
Referees: BROCK, VOICAN, Bedynek, Schonaklener. | >> valcome.tv <<
Reigning champion HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice beat Vipiteno 5:4/OT in the top match on Thursday and are only two points behind the top of the table in third place. On Saturday, the Slovenians will play at the Steel Wings Linz AG, who are in thirteenth place in the table. The Upper Austrians lost clearly 1:5 in Fassa on Thursday, their third defeat from the past five games. With 42 goals scored, Jesenice together with Zell am See has the best offense in the league. Zan Jezovsek (15 points), Maks Selan and Miha Logar (13 points) are among the Top-5 point scorer. Against the Steel Wings, Jesenice has won nine out of ten duels in the Alps Hockey League so far. SWL's only win dates back to March 14, 2021 (2:1/OT).

Sat, 14.10.2023, 19:30: EHC Lustenau - HC Meran/o Pircher
Referees: LEHNER, PIRAS, Matthey, Wiest. | >> valcome.tv <<
The EHC Lustenau is currently on a wave of success. With three wins in a row lately, the Vorarlberg team improved to the sixth place in the table. On Thursday, they celebrated a 5:4/OT victory in Kitzbühel. Opponent HC Meran/o Pircher were victorious on Thursday against the EC-KAC Future Team with 4:1. It was the first win after previously three losses in a row for the South Tyroleans. In the table, the Eagles are in twelfth place. Mikael Johansson is the most convincing player in Lustenau's offense at the moment. The Swede has scored in all of the past seven games. With a total of 15 points, the 28-year-old is in joint second place in the Top Scorer ranking. The last time EHC faced Meran was on February 16. At that time, they prevailed 4:1. In the other three duels of the season, the team from Vorarlberg celebrated two more victories.

Sat, 14.10.2023, 19:30: EC Bregenzerwald - EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel
Referees: MOSCHEN, SCHAUER, De Zordo, Seewald J. | >> valcome.tv <<
The sixth and last game on Saturday will be played by the EC Bregenzerwald and the EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel. The ECB currently has thirteen points as the seventh in the table, the KEC is in ninth place with twelve points. On Thursday, both teams lost. The 1:4 defeat of Bregenzerwald at Zell am See was even their third defeat in a row. It should give the ECB hope that they have always been in action away from home recently. At home, they have not yet lost any of their three games this season. Kitzbühel lost in front of their home crowd against Lustenau 4:5/OT and lost for the second time in a row.

Alps Hockey League | 15.10.2023:
Sun, 15.10.2023, 15:00: SHC Fassa Falcons - HC Gherdeina valgardena.it
Referees: LAZZERI, RUETZ, Hesina, Rinker. | >> valcome.tv <<
In the only Sunday match the SHC Fassa Falcons and the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it face each other. The guests from Val Gardena are still in bad form with only one win after overtime. With a total of three points, the South Tyroleans are at the bottom of the table after eight games. Fassa has eleven points and is tenth in the table. Most recently, the Falcons celebrated two wins in a row. A surprising 6:5/SO win at league leader Zell am See was followed by a 5:1 home win against the Steel Wings. At home, the Italians have so far lost only one of their four games, but that clearly with 1:8 against champion Jesenice. Fassa last lost to Val Gardena on November 14, 2020 in front of the home crowd. In total, they have won the last three games against the Furie.