Marko Virtala & Co. have continued their success. © Manfred Sinn

Hechte remain untouchable, Eisbären score big points

SV Kaltern keeps a clean sheet in the Master Round of the Italian Hockey League. In the battle for the last two playoff tickets, however, HC 3 Zinnen Dolomites celebrated an important victory on Thursday evening.

17 January 2025

From: leo

Thanks to the 4-2 victory against Feltre, the Hechte secured their fourth win in as many games. Florian Wieser & Co. had to work hard for it, however. Oskari Siiki opened the scoring after just three minutes, but Feltre immediately responded through Markus Korkiakoski. The Finn added another goal in the second period, before Jonas Schöpfer and Siiki made it 3-2 after 40 minutes. The Hechte, led by goalie Alex Andergassen, successfully defended their lead. Luca De Donà finally made everything clear with an empty-net goal.

Meanwhile, HC Eppan has also lost its fourth game of the Master Round. Without new signing Daniel Svoboda, the Pirates lost 2:4 in Alleghe. After Emanuel Rottensteiner's 1:0 in the 12th minute, the home team pulled ahead to 3:1. Daniel Eruzione did shorten the deficit with a power play goal in the final third, but the comeback failed to materialize because Loris De Val restored the old gap shortly afterwards.

Toblach rejoices, Brixen hopeless

The HC 3 Zinnen Dolomites celebrated a 1:3 victory in Brixen, which put them at the top of the Qualification Round. The Falcons, on the other hand, are at the bottom of the table with just four points. It was only in the final third that the Eisbären scored the decisive goals, with double goalscorer Daniel Bäckström and Renato Talamini. Raffael Nitz scored the only Brixen goal.

Master round

Alleghe – HC Eppan 4:2
Goals: 0:1 Rottensteiner (11.54), 1:1 Iori (23.30), 2:1 Mäkelä (28.27), 3:1 Moberg (39.46), 3:2 Eruzione (45.22), 4:2 De Val (51.43)
Audience: 385

SV Kaltern – Feltre 4:2
Goals: 1:0 Siiki (2.51), 1:1 Korkiakoski (5.35), 1:2 Korkiakoski (31.45), 2:2 Creator (34.42), 3:2 Siiki (37.41), 4:2 De Donà (57.54)
Audience: 210

Varese – HC Aosta 5:3
Goals: 1:0 Borghi (4.43), 1:1 Nardella (16.07), 2:1 Franchini (18.26), 2:2 Christian Buono (22.41), 3:2 Mazzacane (34.47), 4:2 Franchini (49.02) , 5:2 Shina (58.42), 5:3 Lenta (59.16)
Audience: 915

Qualification Round

Falcons Brixen – HC 3 Zinnen Dolomites 1:3
Goals: 1:0 Nitz (17.01), 1:1 Bäckström (47.12), 1:2 Talamini (49.08), 1:3 Bäckström (57.20)

Pergine – Como 4:2
Goals: 1:0 Foccoli (2.49), 2:0 Meneghini (19.54), 3:0 Bitetto (26.00), 3:1 Subotic (30.05), 3:2 Ambrosoli (34.31), 4:2 Monteleone (43.32)
Audience: 202

Fassa Falcons – Fiemme 5:3
Goals: 1:0 Themar (8.09), 2:0 Kustatscher (14.52), 2:1 Popovic (21.28), 3:1 Salo (28.57), 4:1 Salo (44.37), 4:2 Nicolao (54.34), 4:3 Willeit (58.23), 5:3 Salo (59.17)
Audience: 840