Cortina is in the semi-finals, Ritten manages to stay in the league

Hafro SG Cortina - HC Valpellice Bodino Engineering 4:1 (0:0, 2:1, 2:0) Hafro SG Cortina: Jean-Philippe Levasseur (Renè Baur); David Bowman, Paul Baier, Luca Zandonella, Jan Öberg, Michele Zanatta; Ryan Dingle, Curtis Fraser, Rob Hennigar, Jonas Johansson, Luca Felicetti, Giorgio De Bettin, Ryan Menei, Francesco Adami, Andrea Moser, Denis Soravia, Andrea Baldo, Christian Menardi; Coach: Stefan Mair

HC Valpellice Bodino Engineering: Steve Valiquette (Marcello Platè); Trevor Johnson, Ryan Martinelli, Kevin Kantee, David Urquhart, Florian Runer, Ladislav Benysek, Luca Rivoira, Martino Durand Varese; Robert Sirianni, Taggart Desmet, Garret Bembridge, Lou Dickenson, Alex Nikiforuk, Luca Frigo, Alex Silva, Marco Pozzi, Stefano Coco, Pietro Canale; Coach: Ron Ivany

Gates: 1:0 Giorgio DeBettin (20.45), 1:1 Lou Dickenson (22.12), 2:1 Ryan Dingle (35.37), 3:1 Luca Felicetti (50.24), 4:1 Ryan Dingle (55.58)

In the fifth game between Cortina and Valpellice, this time again in the Olympic Stadium, a win meant that the Ampezzo team would qualify for the semi-finals, while the visitors drew hope from the victory in game number four, in which they reduced the series to 1:3 . There was no news in terms of absentees, as Luca Zanatta, Isherwood and Regan were missing. In the first few minutes, Cortina dominated the game, but despite the power play they were unable to score. The longer the match lasted, the better the guests became, but Dickenson was denied by the attentive Levasseur. It remained a goalless draw until the siren. After the break it took less than a minute for the first goal of the game. Johansson used De Bettin ideally, who scored to make it 1-0. But the home team's joy didn't last two minutes as Lou Dickenson equalized and Levasseur lost. After that, the match remained competitive and the goalkeepers ruined several good opportunities with brilliant saves. Only a masterpiece by Ryan Dingle, who let two opponents out and then beat Valiquette, brought the next goal in the 36th minute. After the second break, Valpellice came out of the locker room transformed and pushed for the equalizer - but Levasseur could not be defeated. Instead, an exemplary combination between Adami and Felicetti brought the latter 3-1, which was also the decision. Dingle sealed the deal four minutes from time, catapulting Cortina into the last four, while Valpellice can plan their holiday.

Aquile FVG Pontebba – HC Alleghe Tegola Canadese 3:4 (3:1, 0:0, 0:3)

Aquile FVG Pontebba: Alex Petizian (Simon Fabris); Matt Waddel, Nick Anderson, Jakob Milovanovic, Slavomir Tomko, Davide Nicoletti, Peter De Gravisi, Andrea Ricca; Tommy Goebel, Luca Rigoni, Patrick Rizzo, Brian Ihnacak, Felice Giugliano, Pat Iannone, Paolo Nicolao, Niccolò Pace; Coach: Tom Pokel

Alleghe Tegola Canadese: Adam Dennis (Davide Fontanive); Michael Schutte, Jani Forsstrom, Joni Haverinen, Mike Card, Francesco De Biasio, Carlo Lorenzi, Simone Manfroi; Nicola Fontanive, Adam Henrich, Vincent Rocco, Greg Hogeboom, Markku Tahtinen, Daniele Veggiato, Manuel De Toni, Jari Monferone, Davide Testori; Coach: Steve McKenna

Gates: 1:0 Brian Ihnacak (2.27), 1:1 Manuel DeToni (13.21), 2:1 Tommy Goebel (17.54), 3:1 Matt Waddel (19.52), 3:2 Nicola Fontanive (51.39), 3:3 Vince Rocco (52.22), 3:4 Daniele Veggiato (57.23)

The series was 2-2 between Pontebba and Alleghe because Alleghe was able to equalize thanks to a win that was only secured in extra time. The home side were once again without the suspended Kevin De Vergilio, while Mateijcek was relegated to the stands as a surplus foreigner and Tartaglione was absent due to injury. Alleghe, on the other hand, had to give way to Alberto Fontanive and Da Tos. The game started with a cold shower for the guests, because after 2.27:1 minutes Ihnacak accepted the gift of thanks from the defenders and beat Dennis to make it 0-14. Adam Dennis was also the focus of the next scene, because in the 3th minute of the game he did the preparatory work for DeToni's equalizer with a quick pass from behind his goal. In the final phase of the first period, Pontebba pulled ahead to 1-4 thanks to goals from Goebel and Waddel. Goebel decisively deflected a shot, while Waddel shot in from close range. In the second third, Pontebba controlled the action, also because Alleghe was unable to react significantly. Only Adam Henrich had two good opportunities that the attacker missed. On the other side, Pat Iannone could have made it 1-3, but in the end there was no goal celebration. The score remained 1-51.39 for the home team when the siren sounded for the second time. Even in the third period, it seemed as if Alleghe couldn't shift gears. But far from it. First, Nicola Fontanive shortened the score after 43 minutes with a deflected shot, before Rocco even managed to equalize, which had only just been thought impossible, just XNUMX seconds later. Things were to get even better for the guests two and a half minutes later when Veggiato took the shot and placed the puck in the goal guarded by Petizian. Here, however, the video evidence had to be consulted first. Pontebba then pushed vehemently for the equalizer, but Dennis took the chestnuts out of the fire for the guests. Now Alleghe can make everything clear on Thursday at De Toni Stadium.

Ritten Sport Renault Trucks – WSV Vipiteno Weihenstephan 3:2 (1:0, 1:2, 1:0) Ritten Sport Renault Trucks: Karol Krizan (Josef Niederstatter); Andy Delmore, Brad Farynuk, Ethan Graham, Ingemar Gruber, Markus Hafner, Klaus Ploner; Thomas Spinell, Scott May, Dan Tudin, Thomas Pichler, Chris Blight, Mac Faulkner, Emanuel Scelfo, Matteo Rasom, Lorenz Daccordo, Alexander Eisath, Rupert Stampfer; Coach: Greg Holst

WSV Vipiteno Weihenstephan: Thomas Tragust (Dominik Steinmann); Agris Saviels, Aaron Power, Christian Rainer, Fabian Hackhofer, Simon Baur, Philip Pircher, Luca Scardoni; Ryan Ginand, Randall Gelech, Dirk Southern, Markus Gander, Josh Prudden, Christian Sottsas, Paolo Bustreo, Hannes Stofner, Florian Wieser, Tobias Kofler, Thomas Pichler, Patrick Mair; Coach: Oly Hicks

Gates: 1-0 Emanuel Scelfo (5.50), 2-0 Brad Farynuk (22.17), 2-1 Ryan Ginand (35.29), 2-2 Ryan Ginand (35.56), 3-2 Emanuel Scelfo (45.48)

In Klobenstein, Vipiteno had its back to the wall on Tuesday. After Ritten prevailed in the Weihenstephan Arena on Saturday, the Holst team only needed one win to ensure they stayed in the league. The suspended Fauster and Bregenzer were missing from Ritten, while Sterzing Lee had to step in. From the first second the match was entertaining with many counterattacks. After a counter-attack the hosts made it 1-0. Scelfo moved towards Tragust's goal, took a shot, the Vipiteno goalie could only let the shot bounce away and Ritten's number 79 made it 1-0. A little later May could have made it 2-0, while the guests were dangerous with a Krizan shot, but Krizan was on the post. Power then scraped the puck off the line before the period ended. After 137 seconds in the second period, Farynuk made it 2-0. Sterzing showed the expected reaction and could have scored with Southern and Kofler, but Kofler's shot hit the crossbar. These two opportunities energized the Broncos and within 35 seconds they equalized. First, Ginand defeated Krizan in the 36th minute with a remarkable diagonal shot, before the Vipiteno attacker was there after a shot from Saviel. In the third period of the game, Vipiteno failed to score the goal they had hoped for and perhaps extend the series. Instead, Ritten closed the bag. First May failed with a powerful shot before the player who had already made it 3-2 scored to make it 1-0: Emanuel Scelfo. After that, Blight and Spinell could have cosmeticized the results, but in the end it remained 3:2, which gave the Rittner Buam the victory in the play-out series.

Serie A Škoda, 5th game play off quarter-finals (best of seven) – Tuesday, March 13, 2012 (4) Aquile FVG Pontebba – (5) HC Alleghe Tegola Canadese 3:4 (3:1, 0:0, 0:3) Alleghe leads the series 3-2

(3) Hafro SG Cortina - (6) HC Valpellice Bodino Engineering 4:1 (0:0, 2:1, 2:0) Cortina wins the series 4-1 and meets Bolzano in the semi-finals

Pustertal and Bolzano have already qualified for the round of the last four against Asiago and Fassa respectively. Both series ended 4-0.

Serie A Škoda, 5th game Play Out (best of seven) – Tuesday, March 13, 2012 (9) Ritten Sport Renault Trucks – (10) WSV Vipiteno Weihenstephan 3:2 (1:0, 1:2, 1:0) Ritten wins the series 4:1 and with it the play out

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