HC Bozen wants to take the final step towards their 19th championship title

(2) HC Bozen - (1) Fiat Professional Wolves The HCB proved its critics wrong and surprisingly won the first three finals. After their second away win in the Leitner-Solar-Arena, the White-Reds can claim a total triumph in front of their home team on Thursday. Although there has been no sense of success so far, HC Pustertal Bozen has always stood the test in previous meetings. On Tuesday, the Wolves narrowly missed their first final victory in overtime.

The spectators in Bruneck and Bolzano have so far been treated to a thrilling series in which subtle nuances decided between victory and defeat. The fourth and decisive act of the final thriller could now be written in the filled ice wave - provided that the Foxes clinch the championship title with their twelfth win in the twelfth play-off match. The hopes of HCB fans once again rest on the outstanding offensive trio Giliati-Knackstedt-Sharp. The three Canadians embody everything that characterizes a class striker: drive to score, technique, commitment and the necessary eye for defensive work. The defenders of HC Pustertal sometimes felt these attributes harshly. However, the record champions' guarantee of success was sometimes someone else, namely goalkeeper Matt Zaba, who also excelled several times in game three. With regard to the upcoming duel on Thursday, HCB coach Adolf Insam is worried about the use of the ailing Mark McCutcheon. If he is missing, the Val Gardena trainer will have to rebuild the second and third attack blocks.

While HC Bozen set its sights on the 19th championship title, the Wolves were left licking their wounds after their third defeat. HC Pustertal has its back against the wall before the fourth game. However, anyone who thinks the Pustertal team is already on the losing road is jumping to conclusions, because the HCP cracks have already shown great morale several times this season and have gotten out of difficult situations with irrepressible team spirit, including on Tuesday when they overcame a 0-2 deficit have been done. All in all, far too many opportunities remained unused. In the final series so far, the yellow-blacks have always presented an equal opponent, now they finally want to reward themselves for the enormous amount of work with the necessary goals. The first victory is long overdue. Kivelä will once again try to pull out all the stops in the guest appearance in Bolzano in order to avert the impending end of the season. It will be interesting to see which player he will delete from the player sheet this time due to the foreigner regulations. There is also a small question mark over the use of Willeit, who recently had to miss out due to intestinal problems.

The fourth final game between Bolzano and Pustertal will be broadcast live on RaiSport 2. The game can also be followed live on Radio NBC.

Serie A Škoda – Final, Game 4 – Thursday, April 12th Ice wave in Bolzano, 20.30 p.m (2) HC Bozen - (1) Fiat Professional Wolves Referees: Cassol and Metelka Line judges: Waldthaler and Biacoli Standings in the best-of-seven series: 3:0

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HC Bozen wants to take the final step towards their 19th championship title

After the third final victory, HC Bozen is only one step away from the great triumph, i.e. winning the title in the 78th Serie A season. HC Pustertal is forced to win on Thursday in order to prevent an early championship celebration in the ice wave. This should provide plenty of thrills.

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