Bozen has to admit defeat to Linz after a hard fight

Bozen, which had to make do without the offensive trio Palmieri, Gander and Ramoser in the “No Worries Ice Arena”, was under a lot of pressure at the start of the game. Linz started strong and took the lead through Broda after just under four minutes. The former Bolzano player caught HCB goalkeeper Melichercik on the wrong foot from a tight angle and, with the help of the Slovakian goalkeeper, made it 1-0. Even after that, the Upper Austrians remained in control, but missed the 2-0 lead several times - including a four-minute advantage. As the game progressed, the people of Bolzano became stronger and had their first opportunities, but the “Foxes” were unable to score an equalizer in the first third.

Reid's 27th goal of the season brings Bozen back into the game In the middle section, Vallerand had the first top-class player in the majority, but the French-Canadian was denied by Linz keeper Ouzas from point-blank range. Afterwards the game became more and more disjointed. Both teams found it difficult to get in front of the opposing goal, so the almost 5000 spectators were offered little action worth mentioning. That changed in the 30th minute: HCB top scorer Reid took a shot, his actually harmless shot landed in the Linz goal after a misfire by Ousaz - the match was thus back in balance. Afterwards, Bozen was unlucky when Gellert, outnumbered (Piche was in the cooler after a nasty stick hit on Vallerand), failed to hit the post with a hammer. In this phase of the game, the HCB was the more active team, but was unable to capitalize on it.

The final third belonged to the home team again. Linz pushed vehemently for the 2-1 and launched attack after attack, but the Stahlstadters were initially unable to take the lead again. Bozen defended itself with all its might and tried to create pinpricks in the Linz defense with its own counter-attacks. In regular time, nothing changed with the score - with the score at 1:1, the game went into extra time.

Lebler ensures the “sudden death” of the HCB

Both teams gave each other nothing in overtime. Both Linz and Bozen were looking for a decision, so an exciting back and forth developed. In the end, the home team had the better end for themselves: After a Linz attack, the puck happily found its way into the Bozen goal via Leblerett, thus sealing the Stahlstadt victory.

EBEL, playoff quarterfinals – game 1: EHC Black Wings Linz - HCB Südtirol Alperia 2:1 aet (1:0, 0:1, 0:0, 1:0) 1:0 J. Broda (3.43), 1:1 B. Reid (29.30), 2:1 B. Lebler (68.19) Red Bull Salzburg - Moser Medical Graz 99ers 3:0 (2:0, 0:0, 1:0) 1:0 A. Kristler (3.59), 2:0 B. Thomas (19.51), 3:0 M. Latusa (48.53) UPC Vienna Capitals - HC TWK Innsbruck 5:0 (1:0, 3:0, 1:0) 1:0 R. McKiernan (11.13), 2:0 R. Holzapfel (21.46), 3:0 J. Ferland (25.35), 4:0 J. Fraser (29.37), 5:0 R. Holzapfel (41.23) Klagenfurter AC - HC Orli Znojmo 4:3 aet (0:0, 1:1, 2:2, 1:0) 1:0 M. Geier (21.58), 1:1 L. Sulak (37.44), 2:1 M. Geier (45.35), 2:2 D. Bartos (48.29), 2:3 T. Plihal (51.05), 3:3 J. Lundmark (59.25), 4:3 J. Lundmark (77.34) Further game dates: 28.2., 3.3., 5.3., possibly 7.3., 10.3., 12.3.

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Bozen has to admit defeat to Linz after a hard fight

HCB Südtirol narrowly lost the first game of the playoff quarter-final series against Linz. On Sunday evening, the “Foxes” lost to the Stahlstadters 1:2 after extra time.

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