Continental Cup: Ritten loses opening game against Katowice

The Rittner had to do without the injured defenders Radovan Gabri and Kai Lehtinen, but coach Riku Lehtonen had Andreas Lutz available again, who celebrated his comeback after a three-week injury break.

Ritten's Kevin Fink had the first chance of the game in the fourth minute, but he missed alone in front of Katowice goalie Lindskoug. The Poles took the lead in the 8th minute: Thomas Tragust couldn't hold onto the target, Tomasz Malasinski was quickest to score on the rebound and made it 1-0. After that, Katowice continued to dominate the game, but the Poles remained narrowly ahead until the first half-time tea.

In the middle third, Ritten found his way into the game better and better, but missed some good chances with captain Dan Tudin and Simon Kostner. Katowice, on the other hand, was much more efficient than in the starting third and increased the lead to 33-2 in the power play in the 0rd minute. When Stefan Quinz sat in the penalty box, it was again the 32-year-old Polish attacker Malasinski who was able to celebrate his personal double. Less than two minutes later, the Finnish star player Jesse Rothla even made it 3-0 after a defensive mistake when he was outnumbered. So the match was as good as decided.

Ten minutes before the final siren, the “Buam” could have reduced the score to 1:3, but Kalterer Alex Frei only hit the post. The Poles did better, scoring 56-4 with Janne Laakkonen in the 0th minute. This was also the final result, Ritten's Andreas Lutz and Katowice goalie Kevin Lindskoug were voted “Man of the Match”.

The second game of the opening day between the home side from Belfast and Croatian champions Medvescak Zagreb also ended 4-0.

Next opponent Belfast

On Friday the Italian champions will face the hosts from Belfast at 20.00 p.m. CET. The “Giants” go into this encounter as favorites, with 14 Canadians and two Americans making up 16 foreigners in the Northern Irish squad.

GKS Katowice - Rittner Buam 4:0 (1:0, 2:0, 1:0) Gates: 1:0 Tomasz Malasinski (7.41), 2:0 Tomasz Malasinski (32.47), 3:0 Jesse Rohtla (34.43), 4:0 Janne Laakkonen (55.49)

Punish: GKS Katowice 12 - Rittner Buam 6

GKS Katowice: Kevin Lindskoug (Michal Kieler); Jakub Wanacki-Eetu Heikkinen, Dusan Devecka-Martin Cakajik, Oskar Krawczyk-Niko Tuhkanen, Tomasz Skokan-Patryk Wysocki; Jesse Rohtla-Mikolaj Lopuski-Patryk Wronka, Grzegorz Pasiut-Janne Laakkonen-Tomasz Malasinski, Bartosz Fraszko-Filip Starzynski-Maciej Urbanowicz, Patryk Krezolek-Radoslaw Sawicki-Michal Rybak Coach: Tom Coolen Rittner Buam: Thomas Tragust (Hannes Bustreif); Ivan Tauferer-Tobias Brighenti, Christoph Vigl-Imants Lescovs, Alexander Brunner-Andreas Lutz, Michael Lang-Manuel Öhler; Simon Kostner-Henrik Eriksson-Olegs Sislannikovs, Alex Frei-Dan Tudin-Thomas Spinell, Markus Spinell-Julian Kostner-Kevin Fink, Stefan Quinz-Alexander Eisath-Philipp Pechlaner Coach: Riku-Petteri Lehtonen

Referee: Nicolas Cregut, Maksim Razhkou (Nathan Carmichael, Scott Rodger)

Continental Cup semi-finals, Group E in Belfast (Northern Ireland)

Thursday, November 15th (CET - Central European Time) GKS Katowice - Rittner Buam 4:0 (1:0, 2:0, 1:0) Medvescak Zagreb - Belfast Giants 0:4 (0:1, 0:1, 0:2)

Fri. 16 November 16.00 p.m.: GKS Katowice - Medvescak Zagreb 20.00 p.m.: Rittner Buam - Belfast Giants

Sat. 17 November 16.00 p.m.: Rittner Buam - Medvescak Zagreb 20.00 p.m.: Belfast Giants - GKS Katowice

Table 1. GKS Katowice 3 points/1 game (4:0) 2. Belfast Giants 3/1 (4:0) 3. Medvescak Zagreb 0/1 (0:4) 4. Rittner Buam 0/1 (0:4)

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Continental Cup: Ritten loses opening game against Katowice

Italian champion Ritten lost the first semi-final game in the Continental Cup against GKS Katowice in Belfast on Thursday afternoon. The Polish champion clearly beat the “Buam” with 4-0 goals.

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