This time the top teams are among themselves

Fiat Professional Wolves – Alleghe Tegola Canadese In the Leitner Solar Arena, leaders HC Pustertal welcome the fourth-placed team from Alleghe. The Wolves want to continue their lonely march at the top of the table after the win against Pontebba with another “threesome” and keep HC Bozen at bay. However, the two most recent duels with the Bellunese were lost. On November 3rd they even inflicted their first home defeat on the HCP (4:5). The Wolves should be warned, even if Ben Guitè, an important player, can be added back to the squad. It is still unclear whether Joe Cullen will also make his comeback on Friday. Thomas Erlacher is not available. At Alleghe, McMonagle and Guyer are dueling for a spot on the team.

Ritten Sport Renault Trucks – Valpellice Bodino Engineering Both Ritten and Valpellice secured their place in the Master Round early on Wednesday, meaning that both teams can play freely in a direct duel in the Arena Ritten and use their abundant offensive potential to the fullest. Ritten is extremely strong at home this season, while Valpellice keeps slipping away from their own ice rink. Johnson and Co. have been waiting for an away win since November 24th (7:2 in Pontebba). The hosts will be missing Ryan Ramsay again on Friday, while Valpe will have to make do without defender Paul Baier. Brian Ihnacak, who was recently suspended, returns.

Migross Supermercati Asiago – HC Bozen The guest appearance of HC Bozen in the Odegar Stadium in Asiago also promises pure excitement. There the home side will try to trip up the reigning Italian champions again after winning their most recent meeting in Veneto 1-0. However, this undertaking will not be easy for Asiago, as the HCB has only given up one of its last 17 championship games. The White-Reds want to continue this impressive run of success next matchday, even without the injured Christian Walcher and Andrea Ambrosi. Asiago, on the other hand, cannot field veteran Michele Strazzabosco.

Hafro Cortina – Milano Rossoblu Cortina and Milan face each other in one of the great classics of Italian ice hockey. For both traditional clubs, the season so far has not gone according to plan, although Milan have found their way better since the appointment of coach Adolf Insam. Cortina was also able to convince at times recently, but was still mostly empty-handed. The Ampezzan team are worried about the appearances of Stanislav Gron and Derek Edwardson before tomorrow's game; Diego Iori will not be part of the Milan team.

Val di Fassa Ferrarini – Aquile FVG Pontebba In the basement duel on the 34th matchday, the penultimate Fassa welcomes the latecomer Pontebba. The Trentino team, who have not won in eight games, are absolutely dependent on points in order not to completely lose contact with Cortina. Meanwhile, the team from Friuli is avoiding looking at the table; instead, the aim is to finally convert the initial upward trend of the past few weeks into points. About the lineups: Fassa will be without captain Thomas Dantone, Pontebba will be without Daniele Odoni.

Serie A – Matchday 34 Regular Season – Friday, January 4, 2013 Leitner Solar Arena in Bruneck, 20:30 p.m Fiat Professional Wolves – Alleghe Tegola Canadese Referees: Gastaldelli, Tschirner, Stefenelli

Arena Ritten in Klobenstein, 20:30 p.m Ritten Sport Renault Trucks – Valpellice Bodino Engineering Referee: Bosio, Cristeli C., Cristeli M.

Odegar Stadium in Asiago, 20:30 p.m Migross Supemercati Asiago – HC Bozen Referee: Gamper D., Bettarini, Stella

Olympic Stadium in Cortina, 20:30 p.m Hafro Cortina – Milano Rossoblu Referee: Metelka, Lorengo, Unterweger

Gianmario Scola Stadium in Alba di Canazei, 20:30 p.m SHC Val di Fassa Ferrarini – Aquile FVG Pontebba Referee: Pichler, Marri, Mischiatti

The table after 33 games 1. Fiat Professional Wolves 75 points? 2. HC Bozen 71? 3. Ritten Sport Renault Trucks 63?? 4. Alleghe Tegola Canadese 61 5. Valpellice Bodino Engineering 60 6. Migross Supermercati Asiago 51? 7. Milano Rossoblu 46 8. Hafro Cortina 34? 9. Val di Fassa Ferrarini 21? 10. Aquile FVG Pontebba 13

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This time the top teams are among themselves

After all participants in the Master Round have been determined, the first six teams in the table will face each other in direct duels on Friday, which are: HCP - Alleghe, Ritten - Valpe and Asiago - Bozen. The games Fassa - Pontebba and Milan - Cortina complete the 34th matchday

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