Ritten secures the top game

The Rittner Buam got into the game well and took the reins from the start. This superiority was already exploited in the 3rd minute: Julian Kostner gave the hosts a 1-0 lead after a wonderful backhand pass from Markus Spinell. Both teams then neutralized each other and mostly harmless shots from the blue line followed. After 15 minutes, Cortina had the best chance, but Hayden Hawkey was able to parry the attempt from the slot. The visitors hit back in the 19th minute and equalized with a hidden shot from the blue line by Alberto Colli.

In the middle period the guests took control and had significantly more of the game. In the 23rd minute, Hawkey was able to intervene at the last second and prevent the deficit. 4 minutes later the golden chance for the Buam: After winning a target in the neutral zone, Julian Kostner had the 2-1 on his stick, but he missed miserably.

Pure excitement Shortly after the break, Cortina had two more top opportunities, but Hawkey remained the winner in the direct duels and consolidated the score at 1:1. Not much happened in the remaining minutes of the middle third and the score remained 1-1.

The start of the last third definitely belonged to the South Tyroleans. This time too, the men from the high plateau were immediately rewarded and took the lead in the 42nd minute. After a face-off, the disc rolled back to the blue line. Kostner played the puck across to Marco Insam, who coolly scored to make it 2-1. As the minutes wore on, the Buam increasingly concentrated on defending and were able to save their narrow lead over time.

Meran's high flight continues HC Meran is currently in impressive form and proved this on matchday 24 of the Alps Hockey League. However, the encounter against the Lions from Lustenau was a constant back and forth. The guests were already leading after 2 minutes, but Daniel Gellon equalized just two minutes later. The guests' second lead was also canceled out a little later by Patrick Tomasini. Following the motto “All good things come in threes”, the South Tyroleans also made up for the third guest tour by Pascal Brunner.

Are currently in outstanding form: The Meraner Adler © Sarah Mitterer

The South Tyroleans took the lead for the first time in the 38th minute, but the guests also had a suitable answer at the beginning of the last third and made it 4:4. When everything pointed to extra time, the Merano team were able to deliver a “lucky punch” in the last minute and claim their sixth win in the last 8 games. The gold goal scorer for the Eagles was Lucas Chiodo, who scored the decisive goal to make it 42:5 4 seconds before the end.

Narrow defeat for the Fury In Wolkenstein he came to the match between HC Gröden and the Zeller Eisbären. In front of almost 500 spectators, the guests got off to a much better start and were already leading 10-2 after 0 minutes. The goal scorers for the Pinzgauers were Daniel Ban and Bastian Jakob Szieber. It was only in the middle third that the South Tyroleans were able to score for the first time and halve the deficit in the 24th minute.

However, the Fury's joy only lasted for 2 minutes, as the Austrians restored their old two-goal lead in the 26th minute. When the sixth-place team scored the goal in the 50th minute to make it 1:4 from the Val Gardena's point of view, the game was over. Simon Pitschieler and Brad McGowan reduced the score to 3:4, but that was all HCG could achieve that evening.

The Cavaliers are struggling with the outnumbered game Meanwhile, the Unterland Cavaliers suffered a very bitter defeat at the table laggards from Fassa. Although the South Tyroleans had more of the game in the first third, the hosts celebrated for the first time that evening and took the lead 1-0. Shortly after the restart, the Italians scored again and made it 2-0. They coldly used their first power play. Now the phase of double blows began.

First, the Cavaliers equalized with a double strike in the 32nd minute. First, Kokoska shortened the score and just 17 seconds later Florian Wieser equalized. On the other side, the Falcons were also able to take a 4-2 lead with a double strike. Fassa once again took advantage of a power play situation (the goal to make it 3-2 came in the power play). Shortly before the end of the second third, Fassa stepped up again, again in the majority. Although Tobias Brighenti shortened the score in the 48th minute, the South Tyroleans had to admit defeat 6-3 at the end of the day. The thirteenth place team set the final point in the 58th minute of the game. AlpsHL, Thursday's games: Renon - Cortina 2:1 1:0 Kostner (02:17), 1:1 Colli (18.22), 2:1 Insam (41.46) Audience: 272

Val Gardena - Zell am See 3:4 0:1 Ban (06.09), 0:2 Szieber (09.48), 1:2 Moroder (23.48), 1:3 Dinhopel (25.25), 1:4 Neubauer (48.26), 2:4 Pitschieler (50.12), 3: 4 McGowan (56.27) Audience: 487

Meran - Lustenau 5:4 0:1 Ratz (01.47), 1:1 Gellon (04.00), 1:2 Haberl (05.46), 2:2 Tommasini (11.36), 2:3 Larsen (17.55), 3:3 Brunner (26.33), 4: 3 Colella (37.50), 4:4 Larsen (44.28), 5:4 Chiodo (59.18) Audience: 312

Fassa - Unterland 6:3 1:0 De Toni (09.17), 2:0 Pietroniro (21.32), 2:1 Kokoska (31.25), 2:2 Wieser (31.42), 3:2 Deluca (33.49), 4:2 Ploner (34.37), 5 :2 Forte (38.33), 5:3 Brighenti (47.16), 6:3 Defrancesco (57.43) Audience: 320

SP G U V TV P 1. Jesenice 23 21 0 2 102:26 63 2. Salzburg II 28 18 0 10 93:82 51 3. SG Cortina 23 15 0 8 75:58 47 4. Underland Cavaliers 24 16 0 8 86:72 45 5. Rittner Buam 23 13 0 10 81:70 42 6. Zell am See 23 13 0 10 83:63 39 7. Kitzbuhel 23 12 0 11 81:80 35 8. HC Gherdëina 24 11 0 13 77:68 35 9. HC Meran 24 11 0 13 68:92 32 10. Bregenzerwald 23 11 0 12 71:88 31 11. Lustenau 24 9 0 15 66:80 29 12. Wipptal Broncos 22 9 0 13 60:74 26 13. HC Fassa 23 8 0 15 62:85 24 14. Klagenfurt II 28 7 0 21 56:93 19 15. Linz II 23 5 0 18 43:73 17

AlpsHL Austria	SP	TV	P
1. Rittner Buam	32	130:94	64
2. Jesenice	29	112:70	62
3. Zell am See	30	101:79	61
4. Kitzbuhel	30	118:79	54
5. SG Cortina	31	97:81	54
6. Wipptal Broncos	31	105:93	46
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Ritten secures the top game

In the top game of the round, the Rittner Buam beat the old champions from Cortina 2-1. While Meran was also able to celebrate (5:4 against Lustenau), Val Gardena (3:4 against Zell am See) and Unterland (3:6 against Fassa) suffered bitter defeats.

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