The star striker leads the Wolves to first place

So far this season, Jason Akeson has been overshadowed by David Morley and Alex Petan, whose goals helped Wolves achieve four successes in a row. On Tuesday, however, the hour came for the long-time DEL bomber. In the 5-3 win over the Red Jackets, the Canadian contributed three assists and a (beautiful) goal and repeatedly showed his incredibly high class. Just before the derby, it seems as if Akeson has integrated himself perfectly into the already well-functioning HCP structure.

However, his strong performance does not hide the fact that the Wolves once again appeared extremely united and more than deserved the victory. The fact that the opponent was Klagenfurt further enhanced the success, as the Carinthians proved why they are considered title contenders again this year. Valtonen's troops generated pressure with the first three lines and closed the spaces at the back. The KAC individual talents around Lukas Haudum were kept in check as much as possible.

In addition to the extremely safe HCP goalie Jacob Smith, defense chief Joel Messner also deserves special praise. The Canadian was omnipresent in all zones and put in valuable overtime. In this form the HC Bozen, which lost 0-1 against Olimpija Ljubljana at the same time, Dress warmly on Friday (20.30:XNUMX p.m.). The highlights Messner again He had already opened the scoring against Asiago, and Joel Messner also scored 1-0 against KAC. His wrist shot hits the corner of the cross with pinpoint accuracy. Akeson's premiere After four games without a goal, the star acquisition strikes: In the power play, David Morley assists the Canadian, who gives Florian Vorauer no chance with a well-placed shot. Tired of goals The lead is immediately gone again: Jan Mursak with a single action and Lukas Haudum with a shot into the corner (in the power play) put everything back to zero. Petan uncompromising A penalty is called for, Akeson sees the unmarked Alex Petan, who shoots straight away and puts the Wolves back in the lead. Morley decides After a HCP pressure phase, Akeson notices that Vorauer is on the ground and crosses for Morley, who hits the empty goal. An own goal from Alex Petan makes it even more exciting. Purely into happiness Vorauer leaves the goal in the final minute, shortly afterwards Daniel Catenacci makes everything clear. HC Pustertal – EC KAC 5:3 HCP: Smith (Bernard); Stanton-Messner, Kasastul-Ege, Glira-Atwal, Althuber-Baumgartner; Hannoun-Schofield-Petan, Morley-Frycklund-Akeson, Catenacci-Sill-Mantinger, Deluca-Andergassen-Öhler. coach: Valtonen

KAC: Vorauer (Kropiunig); Unterweger-Maier, Strong-Postma, Sablattnig-Vallant; Fraser-Mursak-Petersen, Ganahl-Hundredppound-Bischofberger, Schwinger-Haudum-Hochegger, Kraus-Witting-Van Ee. coach: Furey

Gates: 1:0 Messner (9.32), 2:0 Akeson (14.14), 2:1 Mursak (15.55), 2:2 Haudum (17.16), 3:2 Petan (19.26), 4:2 Morley (46.33), 4: 3 Ganahl (49.21), 5:3 Catenacci (59.03)

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ICE Hockey League Villacher SV – Asiago 2:1 nP Goals: 1-0 Hughes (47.35), 1-1 Ierullo (58.47); decisive penalty: Luciani Audience: 2544

AV Fehervar – Graz 99ers 6-1 Goals: 1:0 Kuralt (1.55), 1:1 Salinitri (7.11), 2:1 Philipps (24.45), 3:1 Leavens (42.28), 4:1 Leclerc (45.23), 5:1 Mihaly (46.22), 6:1 Terbocs (57.08) Audience: 2115

HC Innsbruck – Red Bull Salzburg 2:1 aet Goals: 1-0 Shaw (11.19), 1-1 Genoway (59.00), 2-1 Mackin (64.20) Audience: 2200

Pioneers Vorarlberg – Vienna Capitals 4:6 Goals: 1:0 Woger (1.10), 2:0 Kirichenko (30.37), 2:1 Eriksson (34.57), 2:2 Ticar (38.57), 2:3 Brunner (44.23), 2:4 Kainz (47.26), 3:4 Owre (50.49), 4:4 Owre (53.32), 4:5 Drugge (54.01), 4:6 Weinger (59.52) Audience: 1235

HC Bozen – Olimpija Ljubljana 0-1 Goals: 0:1 Simsic (13.09) Audience: 2005

The table SP G U V TV P 1. HC Pustertal 5 5 0 0 23:12 14 2. EC Salzburg 5 4 0 1 19:9 12 3. EC Villach 5 4 0 1 18:10 12 4. Fehervar 5 3 0 2 16:13 9 5. Olimpija Ljubljana 5 3 0 2 12:9 9 6. HC Innsbruck 5 3 0 2 16:14 9 7. Vienna Capitals 4 3 0 1 15:14 8 8. EC Klagenfurt 4 2 0 2 15:14 6 9. Vorarlberg 5 2 0 3 13:16 6 10. HCB South Tyrol 6 1 0 5 8:17 3 11. Linz 4 1 0 3 7:14 2 12. Graz99ers 4 0 0 4 8:16 2 13. Asiago Hockey 5 0 0 5 3:15 1

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The star striker leads the Wolves to first place

HC Pustertal is unstoppable: The Wolves also beat EC KAC on Tuesday and gained a lot of self-confidence ahead of Friday's derby against HC Bozen. The royal transfer became the match winner against the red jackets.

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