Release from 20.09.2022

Zell am See wants to maintain its lead in Cortina

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The Alps Hockey League starts on Wednesday with the game SHC Fassa Falcons against EC Bregenzerwald into the new week. On Thursday six more games will follow. Among others, the so far undefeated league leader EK Die Zeller Eisbären will play at the S.G. Cortina Hafro Hockey. After the sensational win against Jesenice, league newcomer Hockey Unterland Cavaliers will be challenged by the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it. The Slovenians, on the other hand, will face the Red Bull Hockey Juniors at home.

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Alps Hockey League | 21.09.2022:
Wed, 21.09.2022, 20:30: SHC Fassa Falcons - EC Bregenzerwald
Referees: EGGER, PINIE, Fleischmann, Pace. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
The SHC Fassa Falcons and The EC Bregenzerwald will open the new week in the Alps Hockey League on Wednesday. The Falcons have already been in action twice this season. After the clear 1:5 opening defeat against the Red Bull Hockey Juniors they surprisingly defeated the EHC Lustenau in overtime. Bregenzerwald suffered a defeat after overtime in their season opener in Kitzbühel. Last season Fassa was victorious in both direct duels (3:1 & 5:0).

Alps Hockey League | 22.09.2022:
Thu, 22.09.2022, 19:00: HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice - Red Bull Hockey Juniors
Referees: KUMMER, WUNTSCHEK, Arlic, Jeram. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Last year's finalist HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice conceded a surprisingly clear 2:5 defeat at league newcomer Unterland on the last matchday. In the season opener they kept the upper hand at home against Cortina clearly with 4:0. Eric Pance is already back in top form for the Slovenians. The league's top scorer from last season scored four points after two games and leads the ranking together with three other players. The Red Bull Hockey Juniors were able to score points in both games at the start of the season. A 5:1 win in Fassa was followed by a 2:3-OT loss at the KAC Future Team.

Thu, 22.09.2022, 19:30: EHC Lustenau - Steinbach Steel Wings Linz
Referees: HOLZER, SCHAUER, Rinker, Spiegel. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Last year's semifinalist EHC Lustenau started the new season with a 2:3-OT home loss against Fassa. The Steinbach Steel Wings Linz have already been in action twice and were defeated both times. A 1:3 away defeat at the beginning of the season in Gherdeina was followed by a 3:4 against Sterzing. Also in the third game of the season the Steel Wings are the clear underdog. Of the six AHL duels so far, Lustenau has won all of them. Five games even with three or more goals difference.

Thu, 22.09.2022, 20:00: Rittner Buam - HC Meran/o Pircher
Referees: BENVEGNU, PINIE, Brondi, Pace. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
After two away games at the beginning of the season, the Rittner Buam are in action for the first time in front of their home crowd on Thursday. The record so far: one win and one defeat. In Zell am See they lost last time with 1:4 despite an intermediate 1:0 lead. The HC Meran/o Pircher has been in action once so far, beating the EC-KAC Future Team 3:2 at home. In their AHL debut season 2021/22 they lost to Ritten in both duels. On the Ritten side, two players are given a special honor. Both Julian Kostner and Alexander Eisath will be inducted into the Rittner Club 500. Kostner will play his 500th game for the Rittner Buam on Thursday, Eisath ended his career after last season and played impressive 608 games at that time.

Thu, 22.09.2022, 20:00: Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan - EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel
Referees: DURCHNER, KAINBERGER, Telesklav, Wimmler. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Still undefeated this season is the EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel. But the Tyroleans were also only once in action and promptly celebrated a 6:5OT victory at the EC Bregenzerwald. The Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan already have played two games. After a 2:4 home loss against Ritten, they prevailed 4:3 away at the Steel Wings Linz. While the Broncos always had the upper hand in the H2H with the Eagles in the past eight AHL duels, Kitzbühel managed to win 2:1 against Sterzing in the preseason.

Thu, 22.09.2022, 20:30: HC Gherdeina valgardena.it - Hockey Unterland Cavaliers
Referees: BULOVEC, LAZZERI, Bergant, Fleischmann. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
Hockey Unterland Cavaliers surprised in the first AHL game in the club's history with a clear 5:2 win over last year's finalist Jesenice. Now it comes for the Cavaliers to the first away match at the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it. The "Furie" already played two games. After a 3:1 win in the opener against the Steel Wings Linz, they lost last Sunday in Cortina narrowly with 3:4, but were in the meantime already with 2:0 ahead.

Thu, 22.09.2022, 20:30: S.G. Cortina Hafro - EK Die Zeller Eisbären
Referees: RUETZ, STEFENELLI, Cristeli, Rigoni. | >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <<
The still undefeated league leader EK Die Zeller Eisbären will play at the S.G. Cortina Hafro on Thursday. The team from Salzburg started the season with two clear victories over the KAC Future Team and the Rittner Buam. Against Ritten, six strong minutes in the final period were enough to turn a 1:1 into a 4:1 victory. Among others, the Swede Henrik Neubauer scored twice. The 25-year-old now has four goals scored after two games and is currently the AHL's top goal scorer. Cortina started the season with one win and one loss. A 0:4 loss in Jesenice was followed by a narrow 4:3 win over Gherdeina. In the AHL comeback season of the "Polar Bears" 2021/22 they faced Cortina twice and celebrated one victory.