Cedric Lacroix & Co. celebrated an important victory. © Soos Attila

Wolves awaken from deep sleep and beat the league leader

The international break has done HC Pustertal good: After nine defeats in ten games, the Wolves made a big statement on Friday evening with a dominant victory over league leaders Fehervar.

20 December 2024

From: leo

Before the resumption of play in the ICE Hockey League, the HCP club management resorted to unusual measures to shake up the struggling team. In a written lecture The Wolves doubted "whether all players have the will to give their best for the club, the team and the fans." Harsh words, but they bore the desired fruit. The Black and Yellows showed how great their potential is in Hungary and defeated Fehervar 7:2.

If you just look at it on paper, the victory may seem sensational. On the one hand, because Fehervar has the second best defense in the league after Bozen. On the other hand, because Tommy Purdeller & Co. have recently lacked the wit they showed at the start of the season. On this evening, however, it was not apparent that the South Tyroleans had recently been in a deep crisis - quite the opposite. Jason Jaspers' team literally played the favorites into the wall, played with a lot of drive towards the goal and impressed with great coolness. Every time a big chance arose, the puck ended up in the net.

Goalkeeper Eddie Pasquale showed a strong performance. © Soos Attila

Tommy Purdeller's goal after just 16 seconds served as the initial spark for this brilliant success. This early lead gave the Wolves, who were without the services of Josh Wesley, great confidence. And so the guests remained calm even after the interim 1:2. They then steadily increased their lead and prevented the Hungarians from suffering their heaviest defeat of the season.

The victory will give the Wolves great confidence in their upcoming tasks. They have shown that they do not have to hide from the "big ones". The next game will take place next Thursday in Villach (19.15 p.m.).

AV Fehervar – HC Pustertal 2:7

OASI: Reijola (Horvath); Atkinson-Campbell, Gaunce-Messner, Stipsicz-Stajnoch; Berger-Hari-Kuralt, Brown-Bartalis-Cheek, Magosi-Kulmala-Ambrus, Terbocs-Nemeth-Mihaly.
coach: Kiss

HCP: Pasquale (Bernard): Andersen-Osmanski, Svedberg-Bouramman, Glira-Althuber; Coulter-Lacroix-Purdeller, Petan-Frycklund-Andergassen, Akeson-Findlay-Mantinger, Deluca-Traversa-Gschliesser.
coach: Jasper

Gates: 0-1 Purdeller (00.16), 0-2 Frycklund (4.23), 1-2 Brown (5.35), 1-3 Purdeller (20.56), 1-4 Akeson (22.23), 2-4 Cheek (24.30), 2: 5 Findlay (29.17), 2:6 Frycklund (39.38), 2:7 Andersen (49.32)

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