Bozen fends off the first knockout blow - Ritten and HCP also win

Playoff, 5th quarter final game Ritten Sport Renault Trucks – Hafro Cortina 3:1 (0:0, 2:1, 1:0) Ritten Sport Renault Trucks: Justin Pogge (Josef Niederstätter); Kevin Mitchell, TJ Kemp. Ingemar Gruber, Fabian Hackhofer, Markus Hafner, Klaus Ploner, Ruben Rampazzo; Dan Tudin, Greg Jacina, Domenico Perna, Ryan Ramsay, Chris Durno, Alex Frei, Emanuel Scelfo, Mathias Fauster, Lorenz Daccordo, Thomas Spinell, Alexander Eisath Coach: Rob Wilson

Hafro Cortina: JP Levasseur (Renè Baur); Paul Albers, Darrell Hay, Luca Zandonella, David Bowman, Michele Zanatta, Luca Zanatta; Giorgio De Bettin, Luca Felicetti, Erik Weissmann, Derek Edwardson, Stanislav Gron, Andrea Moser, Christian Menardi, Francesco Adami, Andrea Baldo Coach: Clayton Beddoes

Goals: 1:0 Chris Durno (30.43), 2:0 Greg Jacina (36.01), 2:1 Andrea Baldo (38.45), 3:1 Dan Tudin (50.23)

After a hard-fought 3-1 win in front of their home team, Ritten now had the chance to seal the deal in Cortina. Both teams had to select one player each: Matteo Rasom was missing from Ritten and Ryan Dingle from Cortina. The guests were able to rely on Francesco Adami again, who has served his two-game ban. The initial phase was characterized by numerous penalty minutes. Guest striker Stanislav Gron provided the first highlight, then Ritten also found his way into the game better. However, the many interruptions prevented a clear flow of the game. The 0-0 score after the first twenty minutes is emblematic of what the spectators in the Ritten Arena have been offered up to this point. However, the tide turned after the first break: first a De Bettin shot hit the crossbar, then Ritten began to forcefully push in front of the opponent's goal. Emanuel Scelfo was unable to capitalize on an exemplary pass from Thomas Spinell, but after 30.43 minutes Cortina carelessly gave away the puck in the power play and Chris Durno scored to make it 1-0. Now the knot seemed to be broken and the “Buam” increased to 2-0 just five minutes later. Greg Jacina scored a dream goal. However, immediately before the second break, Cortina struck out of nowhere and reduced the score to 1:2 through Andrea Baldo. He directed a shot from Zandonella into the goal. In the final third the waves really rose again. Cortina now threw everything forward, but Ritten had the better scoring chances in return. First Thomas Spinell missed, but a little later Dan Tudin directed a shot from TJ Kemp into the net on the power play. In the final minutes, Cortina was able to have the advantage and also took the goalkeeper off the ice, but the home team didn't let anything go wrong and took the two-goal lead over time.

HC Bozen - Migross Supermercati Asiago 4:3 (2:1, 0:2, 2:0) HC Bozen: Tyson Sexsmith (Günther Hell); Christian Borgatello, Andrea Ambrosi, Alexander Egger, Andy Delmore, Hannes Oberdörfer, Daniel Fabris; Marco Insam, Anton Bernard, Ryan Flynn, Mark McCutcheon, MacGregor Sharp, Balasz Ladanyi, Enrico Dorigatti, Stefan Zisser, Christian Walcher, Markus Gander, Peter Wunderer, Federico Gilmozzi Coach: Brian McCutcheon

Migross Supermercati Asiago: Tyler Plante (Alessandro Tura); Daniel Sullivan, Enrico Miglioranzi, Stefano Marchetti, Michele Strazzabosco, Lorenzo Casetti, Michele Stevan; Chris DiDomenico, Layne Ulmer, Sean Bentivoglio, Matteo Tessari, Dave Borrelli, Paul Zanette, Nicola Tessari, Luca Rigoni, Mirko Presti Coach: John Parco

Goals: 0:1 Layne Ulmer (7.11), 1:1 Ryan Flynn (17.09), 2:1 Enrico Dorigatti (19.29), 2:2 Dan Sullivan (34.00), 2:3 Layne Ulmer (34.55), 3:3 Alexander Egger (42.00), 4:3 Mark McCutcheon (48.02)

Bolzano can continue to hope for a successful title defense. In the fifth play-off quarter-final, the white and red defeated Asiago in the ice wave after an extremely exciting match with 4:3 goals and fended off the guests' first match point. The White-Reds lined up today with their best line-up, while Asiago was missing the injured Federico Benetti. In addition, Jeremy Rebek had to watch as a surplus foreigner. The game started with fireworks. After just 30 seconds, Ryan Flynn started the counterattack, but missed just in front of visiting goalkeeper Plante. On the other side, Andrea Ambrosi was just able to hold off the strong Sean Bentivoglio. Bolzano then tried to dictate the tempo, but Asiago took the first opportunity to take the lead. After a wonderful combination of games between DiDomenico, Bentivoglio and Ulmer, the guests' number 18 scored 7.11-1 in the 0 minute. Three minutes later, Enrico Dorigatti could have equalized, but Plante made a clever save. The equalizer came in the 17.09 minute: Marco Insam saw the unmarked Ryan Flynn, who scored to make it 1-1. The 24th goal of the season for the 30-year-old American. Bozen stayed on the trigger and took the lead for the first time before the break. Enrico Dorigatti directed a pass from captain Egger directly into the opposing goal. A wonderful hit. The middle third began with an opportunity for Luca Rigoni, which Sexsmith destroyed. Bozen responded with a shot from Markus Gander, but Plante also excelled. In the 30th minute, Bolzano missed two more chances, first with Flynn and then on the counterattack with Mark McCutcheon. But Asiago scored the goal. Dan Sullivan outwitted goalkeeper Sexsmith in the 34th minute to make it 2-2. Just 55 seconds later the bell rang again in the White-Reds' box. McCutcheon was in the penalty box, Delmore couldn't break free in his own defense and Ulmer scored on the power play to make it 3-2. Bozen also had a good opportunity to score with a majority, but Ladanyi shot at Plante from close range. Just two minutes after the last break, Bozen made it 3-3 with help from Tyler Plante. The Asiago goalkeeper made a mistake with Egger's harmless release and tried to pass to DiDomenico, but the puck rolled into his own goal. This goal gave Bozen momentum again and in the 48.02 minute the home team took the lead again. Gander started the counter-attack quickly and passed in the middle to McCutcheon, who had no trouble making it 4-3. Plante then saved Bernard with a brilliant save, while on the other side Sexsmith had to stop Dave Borrelli. In the 56.30 minute, McCutcheon had the knockout blow on his hands, but missed miserably. Asiago put everything on one card in the final minutes, also taking Plante off the ice for a sixth field player, but no one wanted to score again and so Bolzano's narrow 4-3 victory remained.

Fiat Professional Wolves - Milano Rossoblu 5:1 (1:0, 3:0, 1:1) Fiat Professional Wolves: Jean Sebastien Aubin (Hannes Hopfgartner), Tuuka Mäkelä, Christian Willeit, Christian Mair, Armin Hofer, Armin Helfer, Daniel Glira; Max Oberrauch, Pat Iannone, Joe Jensen, Joe Cullen, Rok Pajic, Ben Guitè, Patrick Bona, Benno Obermair, Lukas Tauber, Viktor Schweitzer, Alex Obermair Coach: Paul Adey

Milano Rossoblu: Andrew Raycroft (24.41 Paolo Della Bella); Marvin Degon, David Liffiton, Andreas Lutz, Matt De Marchi, Alessandro Re, Federico Betti, Francesco Borghi; Ryan Kinasewich, Luca Ansoldi, Jordan Knackstedt, Edoardo Caletti, Manuel Lo Presti, Diego Iori, Tommaso Goi, Michael Mazzacane, Tommaso Migliore, Marcello Borghi Coach: Adolf Insam

Goals: 1:0 Lukas Tauber (2.07), 2:0 Max Oberrauch (20.17), 3:0 Pat Iannone (23.35), 4:0 Joe Cullen (24.41), 4:1 Matt DeMarchi (43.15), 5:1 Ben Guite (48.49)

HC Pustertal took a step towards the semi-finals with an easy home win. In the home game against Milan, the Wolves were able to rely on Patrick Bona again for the first time, but Danny Eliscasis, Lukas Crepaz and Thomas Erlacher were missing. Meanwhile, Angelo Esposito had to watch again for the Lombards. The home team needed just two minutes and seven seconds to open the scoring through Lukas Tauber. The Insam team never really recovered from this early goal. As a result, the HCP clearly dominated the action and missed Rok Pajic to make it 2-0. He was again given preference over Pat Kavanagh. Aubin was only really challenged once by Jordan Knackstedt. At the beginning of the middle section, Pustertal started again like a fire department and secured the early decision with three goals within five minutes. Max Oberrauch scored after 20.17:24.41, and a short time later Pat Iannone did the same with a double advantage. After 4:0, Joe Cullen made it 43.15-XNUMX. Veteran Paolo Della Bella then took Andy Raycroft's position in the Milan goal. The Bruneck team now shifted down a gear and gave Marcello Borghi a top-class opportunity. However, Aubin was able to thwart this. After XNUMX minutes, Milan got a consolation goal: Matt De Marchi's shot took a strange trajectory and ended up in the net. Now the guests took courage again, but Manuel Lo Presto didn't have more than one opportunity. So it was up to the HCP to finish off the game with Rok Pajic's fifth goal. This was the last excitement of the encounter.

Alleghe Tegola Canadese - HC Valpellice Bodino Engineering 1:3 (1:1, 0:0, 0:2)

Alleghe Tegola Canadese: Adam Dennis (Davide Fontanive), Francesco De Biasio, Matt Waddell, Carlo Lorenzi, Nicholas Kuiper, Luka Tosic, Sean McMonagle, Kevin Adami; Jeff Lo Vecchio, Nicola Fontanive, Gino Guyer, Vince Rocco, Daniele Veggiato, Manuel De Toni, Manuel Da Tos, Jari Monferone, Patrick Tormen, Davide Testori, Alberto Fontanive Coach: Tom Pokel

Valpellice Bodino Engineering: Jordan Parise (Andrea Rivoira), Florian Runer, Slavomir Tomko, Trevor Johnson, Andrea Schina, Nick Anderson, Jaroslav Spelda; Rob Sirianni, Nate DiCasmirro, Brian Ihnacak, Ralph Intranuovo, Brodie Dupont, Alex Silva, Marco Pozzi, Pietro Canale, Matteo Mondon Marin, Stefano Coco, Martino Durand Varese, Paolo Nicolao Coach: Mike Flanagan

Goals: 0:1 Trevor Johnson (11.19), 1:1 Gino Guyer (15.57), 1:1 Gino Guyer (15.57), 1:2 Rob Sirianni (40.20), 1:3 Alex Silva (58.17)

Valpe scored an away coup in the series against Alleghe. Alleghe had to make do without the injured Jonas Johansson, while Valpellice started the away trip without the suspended Anthony Aquino. Baier and Davenport had to go into the stands next to him as surplus foreigners. It was the Piedmontese who stepped on the accelerator from the start and consequently took the lead with the second power play after 11.19:1 minutes. Trevor Johnson scored with a shot from the blue line. However, Alleghe showed an immediate reaction and equalized with Gino Guyer to make it 1-20. In the second third, mistakes on both sides dominated the game, but neither team was able to convert them into a goal. Only XNUMX seconds passed in the final period of the game before Valpellice pulled away with a goal from Rob Sirianni. Alleghe now seemed to be under attack and almost had to accept the third goal from DiCasmirro. But this time Dennis was on point. The Bellunese then showed a reaction and pushed in front of the opponent's goal. Shortly before the end, however, the cold shower came when Francesco De Biasio gave up the target and Alex Silva calmly sank it. So the game was over.

Serie A – 5th quarter-final match – Thursday February 28, 2013 Ritten Sport Renault Trucks - Hafro Cortina 3:1 (0:0, 2:1, 1:0) Standings in the best-of-seven series: 3:2 (3:0, 3:2, 2:3 aet, 1:4, 3:1) Alleghe Tegola Canadese - HC Valpellice Bodino Engineering 1:3 (1:1, 0:0, 0:2) Best-of-seven series standings: 2:3 (4:3, 2:3, 0:3, 5:2) HC Bozen - Migross Supermercati Asiago 4:3 (1:1, 1:2, 2:0) Standing best-of-seven series: 2:3 (0:3, 1:4, 6:3, 3:4 dts, 4:3 ) Fiat Professional Wolves – Milano Rossoblu 5:1 (1:0, 2:0, 1:1) Best-of-seven series standings: 3:2 (1:2, 1:0, 5:1, 2:4, 5:1)

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Bozen fends off the first knockout blow - Ritten and HCP also win

In the fifth quarter-final game, HCB clinched its second win against Asiago, while Ritten and Pustertal pushed the semi-final door wide open with their third win. The same applies to Valpellice, who won in Alleghe.

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