The HCB is preparing for the Salzburg offensive storm

EC Red Bull Salzburg, who have won ten of their last eleven championship games, will be the opponents in the ice wave. In a season comparison with Bolzano, the long-time series champion from the city of Mozart also leads with two wins from three encounters. Salzburg also has the best attack in the league with 121 goals. The main responsible for this is John Hughes, who leads the EBEL's assist rating with 29 assists and is in sixth place in the scorer ranking with 37 points, immediately behind his teammate Thomas Raffl (38).

These numbers are likely to give HCB coach Kai Suikkanen a headache before the upcoming duel. Especially since he has to provide two defensive supports again in the form of defenders Mat Clark and Chris Carlisle. Striker Austin Smith is also still missing. Pekka Tuokkola, who was recently weakened by the flu and whose contract with Bolzano has been extended, will take his position between the posts again and replace Jake Smith, who was convincing in Innsbruck.

Bolzano urgently needs points in the upcoming home games against Salzburg and Dornbirn (on Friday), even though direct playoff qualification now seems out of reach. Now we have to set our sights on ninth place, which is only four points away. The red lantern could be handed over to Znojmo with just a win against Salzburg. The game on Wednesday in the Eiswelle starts at 19.45:XNUMX p.m.

Wednesday's EBEL games: Znojmo - Linz (18.30 p.m.) Fehervar - Vienna (18.45 p.m.) Dornbirn - Innsbruck (19.15 p.m.) Graz - Zagreb (19.15 p.m.) Villach - Klagenfurt (19.15 p.m.) Bolzano - Salzburg (19.45 p.m.)

The table:

1. UPC Vienna Capitals 75 points (-1 game) 2. EC Klagenfurter AC 64 3. EC Red Bull Salzburg 63 4. EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz 60 5. HC TWK Innsbruck 'Die Haie' 53 6. Dornbirner EC 50 7. KHL Medvescak Zagreb 49 (-1 game) 8. Fehervar AV 47 9. EC Villacher SV 43 10. Moser Medical Graz99ers 43 11. HC Orli Znojmo 41 12. HCB South Tyrol Alperia 39

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The HCB is preparing for the Salzburg offensive storm

After three narrow defeats in a row, HCB Südtirol Alperia wants to get back on the road to success on Wednesday in front of their home crowd. However, the task is likely to prove extremely difficult.

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