The final round of the Italian Cup begins on Saturday - video

In the first semi-final, HC Pustertal and HC Gherdeina will face each other at 17 p.m. The “Wolves” can draw on their full potential, Val Gardena will be strengthened with the Eppan legionnaires Spelda, Coleman, Campbell and Kaye.

At 20.30 p.m. there will be a duel between HC Interspar Bozen and Ritten Sport Renault Trucks in the second semi-final. 24 hours before this game, Bolzano, like many other South Tyroleans, is battling the flu epidemic. “Several players are in bed with fever, in yesterday's 3-6 defeat in Pontebba we not only had to do without Rosario Ruggeri and Nick Mazzolini, Mika Lehtinen and Danny Irmen also went into the game weakened,” complains HCB coach Adolf Insam.

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Insam hopes to be able to rely on his top performers again tomorrow, but is not very optimistic. Defender Ruggeri was particularly hit hard. He doesn't know who will be available tomorrow. The only good news comes from Christian Walcher, who celebrated his comeback in Pontebba after a two-month injury break. Dan Tudin (finger injury) as well as the sick Nick Deschenes and Benjamin Bregenzer are questionable for Ritten.

The record champions have already played against Ritten five times in this year's team. The balance of the direct encounters speaks for Bolzano with 3:2 victories, but Ritten won the last game 3:2 after a penalty shootout. In general, Ritten is currently in impressive form. Bruno Aegerter's team has won nine of the last 10 games in the championship. The Rittners are also defending champions and have already won the Supercup this year.

The winners of the semi-finals will play the final on Sunday at 20.30 p.m., which will be broadcast live by RAI Sport 1. The tickets cost 14 euros. On Saturday you can watch both games with one ticket. As a special incentive for the audience, the club management and the sponsor “Pichler Touristik” are offering several trips to Prague in raffles. However, the athletes on the ice are also honored: after each game, the best goalkeeper and field player of the respective team are chosen. After the title is awarded on Sunday, the most valuable player of the tournament will also be chosen.

This is how Bozen and Ritten will play (Eiswelle Bozen, Saturday, January 22, 2011, 20.30:XNUMX p.m.) HC Interspar Bozen: Matt Zaba (Guenther Hell); Alex Egger, Mika Lehtinen, Rosario Ruggeri, Christian Borgatello, David Ceresa, Michael Busto; Colton Fretter, Danny Irmen, Rhett Gordon, Giulio Scandella Nick Mazzolini, Marco Insam, Enrico Dorigatti, Mike Souza, Stefan Zisser, Anton Bernard, Christian Walcher, Riccardo Tombolato, Paolo Widmann Coach: Adolf Insam

Ritten Sport Renault Trucks: Fredric Cloutier (Josef Niederstätter); Kimmo Pikkarainen, Fritz Ploner, Brendan Buckey, Ingemar Gruber, Markus Hafner, Klaus Ploner; Dan Tudin, Kevin Baker, Ryan Watson, Roland Ramoser, Luca Ansoldi, Nick Deschenes, Emanuel Scelfo, Lorenz Daccordo, Alex Rottensteiner, Matteo Rasom, Thomas Spinell, Matthias Fauster Coach: Bruno Aegerter

Program Final Four Italian Cup - Eiswelle Bozen

Saturday, January 22, 2011 17.00 p.m.: HC Pustertal - HC Gherdeina 20.30 p.m.: HC Interspar Bozen - Ritten Sport Renault Trucks

Sunday, January 23, 2011 20.30 p.m.: Final

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The final round of the Italian Cup begins on Saturday - video

The “Final Four” begins on Saturday, January 22nd at 17 p.m. in the Bolzano Eiswelle. For the first time, exclusively South Tyrolean teams will contest the final round of the Italian Cup: HC Bozen, defending champions Ritten Sport, HC Pustertal and HC Gherdeina.

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