HCB Südtirol returns to winning ways against the Capitals

The first highlight of this game between HCB Südtirol and the Vienna Capitals was the first puck throw-in, which was performed by none other than Armin Zöggeler, a six-time medalist at six editions of the Winter Olympics. Shortly afterwards, after just 36 seconds, the guests were able to celebrate when Francois Fortier completed a counterattack in an exemplary manner. But Bolzano had the right answer immediately. Anton Bernard also fired up the turbo and, less than a minute later, maneuvered the hard rubber disc into the net to make it 1-1.

A little later, Egger & Co. had a majority situation in their favor, but nothing significant came of it for the Italian record champions. After that, the Viennese played with one more man, but the Foxes' defensive work was fine.

Zisser puts the Foxes in the lead for the first time

In the 14th minute the home team took the lead for the first time in the game. Laliberté took the shot and Zisser deflected the puck so that Matt Zaba could no longer get to it. The final phase of the starting third still had a lot of excitement. First, Markus Gander had to leave the ice after an opponent hit him too hard, then things started flying with penalties on both sides before the Talferstadt team had their third goal denied.

The middle third began with two outnumbered situations for the Pokel team. In the second of these two power plays, Egger should have made it 3-1 after great preparatory work from Strömberg, but the captain slammed the puck against the post. The white and red now dominated the game and in the middle of the second period, Zisser deflected a shot from Schofield, but the puck didn't go into the goal. The Foxes didn't manage to score the third goal, but the actually harmless guests on the other side struck again with Fortier.

Both teams aim to avoid mistakes

In the third period, both teams risked very little to avoid potential mistakes. The Foxes had two more men on the ice than the Viennese guests for 67 seconds, but were unable to capitalize on it and defeat Matt Zaba. Matt Tomassoni missed the best chance for the home team in this double power play, but the former HCB goalie was on the post.

In extra time, HCB Südtirol could have wrapped up the victory when Tomassoni was allowed to take a penalty. However, he got stuck with a great Zaba.

Therefore, the winner of this game had to be determined in a penalty shootout. There MacGregor Sharp became the hero of the day, converting two penalties and giving the Foxes two valuable points.

On Friday the Red Bulls come into the ice wave

On Friday evening the Foxes will compete again in front of their own audience. On the penultimate matchday of the Pick Round, the White-Reds face leaders Red Bull Salzburg. The Talferstadt team won the first leg in Salzburg on January 17th 3-2 after a penalty shootout. MacGregor Sharp scored the decisive goal a little over a month ago. The match, like all games, starts at 19.15:XNUMX p.m.

HCB Südtirol - UPC Vienna Capitals 3:2 nP (2:1, 0:1, 0:0, 0:0, 1:0)

HCB South Tyrol: Hübl (Bright); Egger-Nicoletti, Pichè-Tomassoni, Oberdörfer-Charlebois, Miglioranzi; Strömberg-Sharp-Santorelli, Pance-Whitfield-Laliberté, Insam-Bernard-Gander, Zisser-Schofield-J.Esposito, A. Esposito

UPC Vienna Capitals: Zaba (Bum); Fraser-Lakos, Veideman-Peter, Klimbacher-Schweda; Fortier-Gratton-Rotter, Olsson-Schiechl-Seidl, Keller-Sylvester-Ferland, Puschnik-Fischer-Hartl

Gates: 0:1 Francois Fortier (0.36), 1:1 Anton Bernard (1.32), 2:1 Stefan Zisser (13.54), 2:2 Francois Fortier (37.28), 3:2 Mac Gregor Sharp (decisive penalty)

Pick Round, 8th matchday (Wednesday, February 26, 2014) EC Red Bull Salzburg - EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz 7:2 (1:2, 3:0, 3:0) 1:0 Manuel Latusa (7.11), 1:1 Andrew Jacob Kozek (7.45), 1:2 Daniel Oberkofler (18.30), 2:2 Andreas Kristler (22.52), 3:2 Mark Cullen (28.36), 4:2 Thomas Raffl (34.24), 5:2 Konstantin Komarek (48.19), 6:2 Konstantin Komarek (53.53), 7:2 Fabio Hofer (56.49) EC Villacher SV - HC Orli Znojmo 4:3 (1:0, 1:3, 2:0) 1:0 Curtis Fraser (12.23), 1:1 Patrik Novak (30.08), 1:2 Patrik Novak (32.46), 1:3 Adam Havlik (35.21), 2:3 Scott Hotham (38.54), 3:3 Derek Ryan (53.56), 4:3 Klemen Pretnar (59.59)

The table: 1. EC Red Bull Salzburg 15 points 2. HCB South Tyrol 11 3. UPC Vienna Capitals 11 4. EHC Liwest Linz 9 5. HC Orli Znojmo 8 6. EC Villacher SV 8

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HCB Südtirol returns to winning ways against the Capitals

HCB Südtirol showed strength of character on Wednesday evening and put the Vienna Capitals in their place 3-2 after a penalty shootout. Thanks to the two points against the Viennese, the Pokel team draws level with the Austrian capital and climbs to second place in the table.

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