Bolzano wins in Alleghe in the penalty shootout, Ritten loses in Cortina

HC Pustertal was without a game, but remains at the top of the Serie A table with an eight-point lead over pursuers Ritten. Bolzano and Asiago follow one point behind, but the white-reds are the only team in the top quartet that still have to keep their rest day. The fight for the play-off ticket will be exciting four match days before the end of the regular season. After their seventh championship defeat in a row, Alleghe is still bottom of the table, the gap to penultimate Cortina has grown to five points.

Bolzano coach Adolf Insam was able to make the most of today's game against Alleghe, while the home team was missing Brad Bonello. Alleghe started very offensively and missed the first opportunity after just 30 seconds with Veggiato, who was unable to accept a cross pass. In the 5.00 minute, goalkeeper Matt Zaba blocked a hammer shot from Kovacevic. A minute later, Rosario Ruggeri had to go to the penalty box. When the Bolzano defender returned to the ice, Alleghe took the lead. New acquisition Peter Sarno converted a pass from Scoville to make it 1-0. In the 12.00 minute Sarno could have scored again, but narrowly missed the Bolzano goal. The middle third began with a shot from Mazzolini directly onto Dennis' face mask. After a short interruption, the game could continue. Bozen equalized in the 33.14 minute with Giulio Scandella, who was played by Mazzolini, making it 1-1. For the 27-year-old striker it was the eighth goal in the 13th game for the white-reds. After 3.22:2 minutes in the final third, the people of Bolzano scored again. Mike Souza, together with Irmen and Bernard, converted a counterattack to make it 1-57.54. A minute later, a penalty for the Bolzano team. Scandella could have made the preliminary decision, but failed because of Adam Dennis. In the 2 minute, Marco Insam had to go to the penalty box and after just nine seconds, Alleghe and Fabrizio Fontanive equalized to make it 2-59.30. In the 3 minute, Mazzolini tried a hammer shot, but without success. Even the extension did not bring a decision. Bozen had better nerves in the penalty shootout. Alexander Egger and Marco Insam scored for the record champions, while only Veggiato scored for Alleghe. Sarno and Rocco, however, failed because of Zaba. Bolzano won 2-XNUMX and celebrated its fourth win in a row against Alleghe.

Ritten loses 1:3 in Cortina Ritten, however, lost to old champions Cortina 1:3. Coach Aegerter had to do without four regular players: Tudin, Hafner, Fritz Ploner and Rottensteiner. Nevertheless, the Rittners took the lead at the end of the first period with Ryan Watson. The middle third was once again the death of the Rittners. Because while Cortina shot Frederic Cloutier 17 times, Ritten tried just five times. In the 26.47 minute, Giorgio De Bettin equalized with the advantage, four minutes later Mattias Wennerberg gave the old master the lead. In the final section, Ritten had a slight advantage on the field, but the only goal of this third was scored by the players in white and blue. Jesse Schulz was the goalscorer 210 seconds after the final siren.

The next round of the championship will take place on Tuesday, February 1st. The top game takes place in the ice wave between Bolzano and league leaders Pustertal. The Pusterer team won their first two direct duels this year against the White-Reds 4:1 and 4:3, while Bolzano won the last two games 5:3 and 4:2. Ritten, on the other hand, has Pontebba as a guest.

Tegola Canadese Alleghe - HC Interspar Bozen 2:3 nP (1:0, 0:1, 1:1, 0:0)

Tegola Canadese Alleghe: Adam Dennis (Davide Fontanive); David Bowman, Sabahudin Kovacevic, Tyson Marsh, Darrel Scoville, Carlo Lorenzi, Francesco De Biasio; Manuel Da Tos, Niklas Anger, Peter Sarno, Daniele Veggiato, Vince Rocco, Mac Faulkner, Manuel De Toni, Jari Monferone, Fabrizio Fontanive, Alberto Fontanive, Milos Ganz Coach: Steven McKenna

HC Interspar Bozen: Matt Zaba (Guenther Hell); Alexander Egger, Mika Lehtinen, Rosario Ruggeri, Christian Borgatello, David Ceresa, Michael Busto; Colton Fretter, Danny Irmen, Rhett Gordon, Giulio Scandella Nick Mazzolini, Marco Insam, Mike Souza, Stefan Zisser, Anton Bernard, Enrico Dorigatti, Christian Walcher Coach: Adolf Insam

Referee: Daniel Gamper and Karel Metelka (Christian Gamper, Alexander Waldthaler)

Gates: 1:0 Peter Sarno (8.19), 1:1 Giulio Scandella (33.14), 1:2 Mike Souza (43.22), 2:2 Fabrizio Fontanive (58.03), 2:3 decisive penalty: Marco Insam

Penalty minutes: Alleghe 4 - Bolzano 12

Shots on goal: Alleghe 31 - Bolzano 27

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The 41th matchday at a glance

Tegola Canadese Alleghe - HC Interspar Bozen 2:3 nP (1:0, 0:1, 1:1, 0:0) 1:0 Peter Sarno (8.19), 1:1 Giulio Scandella (33.14), 2:2 Fabrizio Fontanive (58.03), 2:3 decisive penalty: Marco Insam

SG Cortina - Ritten Sport Renault Trucks 3:1 (0:1, 2:0, 1:0) 0:1 Ryan Watson (17.36), 1:1 Giorgio De Bettin (26.47), 2:1 Mattias Wennerberg (31.13), 3:1 Jesse Schultz (56.34)

Aquile Pontebba - HC Valpellice Arce 4:1 (3:1, 0:0, 1:0) 1:0 Sylvain Dufresne (9.24), 2:0 Luca Rigoni (10.04), 2:1 Anthony Aquino (14.33), 3:1 Luca Felicetti (19.21), 4:1 Patrick Rizzo (49.38)

Supermercati Migross Asiago - SHC Fassa 2:1 (0:1, 2:0, 0:0) 0:1 Bradley Smith (6.02), 1:1 Layne Ulmer (29.54), 2:1 Nicholas Plastino (36.01)

There was no game: HC Pustertal

The table after 41 championship rounds 1. HC Pustertal 78 points (-1 game) 2. Ritten Sport Renault Trucks 70 (-1 game) 3. HC Interspar Bozen 69 4. Supermercati Migross Asiago 69 (-1 game) 5. HC Valpellice Arce 53 (-1 game) 6. Aquile Pontebba 45 7. SHC Fassa 39 8. SG Cortina 37 9. Tegola Canadese Alleghe 32 (-1 game)

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Bolzano wins in Alleghe in the penalty shootout, Ritten loses in Cortina

After the two championship defeats against Pontebba and Asiago, HC Interspar Bozen returned to winning ways on Saturday evening in Alleghe. The record champions defeated the bottom of the table 3-2 in a penalty shootout. Ritten Sport Renault Trucks, however, lost 1:3 in Cortina.

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