Derby bankruptcy: The HCB's restart fails

HCB coach Tom Pokel had to go to the Innsbruck Olympiaworld without his regular goalie new father Marcel Melichercik , the ailing Travis Oleksuk and Joachim Ramoser, as well as the suspended Toni Bernard.

The recently crisis-hit Foxes got off to the worst possible start: Lubomir Stach gave the home team the lead in the fifth minute. As a result, a completely even duel developed in which the HCB provided the next highlight. In the second power play of the evening, Ryan Glenn scored on a pass from newcomer Andrew Yogan to make it 1-1.

HCB committed, but harmless

Things continued in this vein after the first break: After a combination via Lindsay Sparks and Nick Palmieri, the advanced Max Everson gave the guests from the south the lead for the first time. However, this only lasted a short time, because almost immediately Hunter Bishop lost out to HCB goalie Jake Smith for the second time. The HCI goalscorer was there again in the 33rd minute when he pushed the puck over the line for the second time and put the Sharks back in front. This all happened completely contrary to the course of the game, as Bozen had now clearly taken over the scepter and forced its game on the opponent - although the latter acted much more effectively.

In the final third, the HCB also acted with much more commitment than in their previous league appearances, but remained harmless on offense. Innsbruck had little trouble managing the result and finally made everything clear with an empty net goal 30 seconds before the end. Again it was the outstanding Bishop who made the final score 4-2.

For HC Bozen, fourth place in the table and therefore home advantage in the quarter-finals is out of reach after this defeat. Now it's time to gain self-confidence in the final three intermediate round games - starting with the home game on Friday against leaders Vienna.

HC TWK Innsbruck - HCB Südtirol 4:2 (1:1, 2:1, 1:0) 1-0 Stach (4.24), 1-1 Glenn (19.28), 1-2 Everson (21.29), 2-2 Bishop (23.12), 3-2 Bishop (32.01), 4-2 Bishop (59.31)

The other EBEL games from Tuesday: Vienna - Linz 1:0 (0:0, 1:0, 0:0) 1-0 McKiernan (24.20),

Salzburg - KAC 3:4 nV (0:0, 0:1, 3:2, 0:1) 0:1 Robar (30.31), 1:1 Hughes (41.35), 2:1 Schiechl (45.08), 2:2 Schumnig (48.15), 3:2 Herburger (58.09), 3:3 Koch (59.42), 3: 4 Cook (64.39)

The charts:

Pick Round 1. UPC Vienna Capitals 19 points 2. EC Red Bull Salzburg 16 3. EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz 14 4. EC Klagenfurter AC 14 5. HC TWK Innsbruck 'Die Haie' 9 6. HCB South Tyrol Alperia 4

Qualification Round 1. Graz99ers 16 points 2. HC Orli Znojmo 14 3. EC Villacher SV 12 4. Dornbirner EC 10 5. Fehervar AV 8 6. Olimpija Ljubljana 7

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Derby bankruptcy: The HCB's restart fails

The signs were pointing to a new beginning at HCB Südtirol, but when the championship restarted, the Foxes were brought back down to earth on Tuesday evening in Innsbruck: Despite a courageous performance, they lost to the Haie 2:4. The minimal chance of fourth place in the table is now gone.

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