Asiago rides: When opposites attract

Asiago certainly left the better impression over the course of the regular season. The club from Veneto finished the regular season with the same number of points as HC Pustertal 1 . He also has the best offense in the entire league ( 97 goals) and the second best defense ( 52 conceded). The outstanding player of the first phase of the championship was Sean Bentivoglio 34 scorer points, while goalie Vincenzo Marozzi has a catch rate of 92,8% and thus takes third place in the league-wide ranking. However, away from the Serie A scene, Asiago had to endure two bitter disappointments: they had already failed early in the Italian Cup against Milan. It was a similar story at the first big highlight of the season, the Continental Cup semi-final tournament in front of a home crowd, when Borrelli and Co. also fell by the wayside early on.

Meanwhile, the Rittner Buam ended the regular season on a disappointing note for them 3 . Rank. Goalie Chris Holt pointed to his 11 missions have the best statistics ( 94,1% in shots saved) of the entire league, but both the attack ( 82 goals) as well as the defense ( 57 Goals conceded) lag behind compared to Asiago. Eric Johansson was with his 27 Points Ritten's top scorer in the regular round.

Weinhandl gives Rittner defensive stability

After a mixed regular season, Ritten particularly improved his defensive behavior in the second championship phase. The Buam conceded in the Master Round 7 Conceding fewer goals than Asiago and Weinhandl even achieved an extremely strong catch rate of 95,3% . However, again it was only enough for him 3 . Rank - also because Asiago remained significantly more dangerous in front of the opponent's goal ( 62 Goals against them 50 from Ritten).

Ulmer-Bentivoglio-Nigro or rather bum-bum-bum

The tide turned with the start of the playoffs. While Asiago had significant teething problems against Eppan and only really got going again against Milan, the reigning champions gave HC Gröden no chance from the start and then eliminated their local rivals Pustertal.

The guarantors of Asiago's success are Layne Ulmer, Sean Bentivoglio and Anthony Nigro, who are each in the decisive phase of the season 18, 16 and 16 Points were credited and they clearly dominated the post-season scorer rankings. Meanwhile, Luca Ansoldi was with the Knights 15 points in 10 Playing outstanding. The team from the plateau received average losses in the playoffs 2,2 Goals per game, Asiago meanwhile 2,63 .

The direct duels are even

The upcoming final duel promises pure excitement not only because of the development of the two teams, but also because of the fact that the opponents have given each other nothing in the course of the season so far. Asiago and Ritten secured themselves in the 4 encounter each other 2 Victories. Both teams could do both 1 Home, as well 1 Win the away game. A clear favorite cannot be identified before the finale, which begins on Thursday.

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