Düsseldorf wins the South Tyrol Summer Classic

Coach Glen Hanlon had the same cracks at his disposal as in the encounter against Ambri - with the exception of the injured goalie Alex Harvey, who was replaced by Andreas Bernard. Frederic Cloutier from HC Meran helped out as a backup. Dylan Di Perna, Cole Hults and Angelo Miceli were still sidelined due to injury.

It had only been two minutes played when the guests were already in the lead: Eham played a back pass to McCrea, who was free in the high slot, who caught Bernard in the high corner. The Bolzano goalie then stopped a solo run by Harper, but the Foxes were unable to convince on the other side in the first power play of the match. The White-Reds only got going slowly, and McClure only became dangerous shortly before the end of the third: DEG goalie Hane saved in the splits at the last moment during a quick counterattack. Düsseldorf is more efficient At the beginning of the middle period, Bozen risked conceding the second goal when they had the advantage: Harper pulled away after a pass error by the home team, but Bernard was there. After a blueliner from Valentine, with which Hane had problems, MacAuley calmly walked through the white and red defense on the other side, was not attacked and shot from the high slot to make it 2-0. The Foxes then had a great opportunity to score the next goal: Eham received a 2+2 penalty, and then Harper also ended up in the cooler. Bozen tried several long-range shots, but all of them missed the goal. After eleven minutes, the DEG goal rang: After a cross pass from Hults, Gazley pushed the rebound over the line to score the goal. The joy didn't last long, as Barta restored the old gap in the power play shortly before the end of the period.

Hannes Kasslatter & Co. lost out. © Vanna Antonello

The first few minutes of the final third clearly belonged to the White Reds, who were pushing for a goal. However, Düsseldorf's well-positioned defense left little room for maneuver. During a counter-attack, Hults was too stubborn: he took the shot himself instead of playing to Frattin, who was shortly afterwards denied by Hane alone. A few moments later, Frigo had a free shot in the high slot, but again the visitors' goalie had something against it. In return, Gogulla made the final decision: after a cross pass from Fischbach, he scored an unstoppable shot. Four minutes before the end of the game, Gazley scored goal number two on a delayed penalty with a rebound from McClure's shot. Risk is not rewarded Hanlon took his goalkeeper off the ice just three minutes before the siren; due to a penalty against Düsseldorf, the White Reds now had two more field players on the ice. In vain, the opponent left no stone unturned and scored the empty net goal through Gogulla. In the afternoon game, HC Plzen turned around a 0-2 deficit, won against HC Ambrì Piotta 3-2 after a penalty shootout and secured third place. South Tyrol Summer Classic: HC Bozen – Düsseldorfer EG 2:5 Goals: 0:1 Alec McCrea (2.19), 0:2 Brendan O'Donnell (23.08), 1:2 Dustin Gazley (31:01), 1:3 Alexander Barta (39.49), 1:4 Philipp Gogulla (50: 46), 2:4 Dustin Gazley (56:25), 2:5 Philipp Gogulla (59:36)

HC Ambrì Piotta – HC Plzen 2:3 nP Goals: 1:0 Virtanen (18.00), 2:0 Spacek (21.07), 2:1 Bitten (24.00), 2:2 Hrabik (54.26); decisive penalty: Mertl

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Düsseldorf wins the South Tyrol Summer Classic

HCB Südtirol Alperia lost the final of the South Tyrol Summer Classic. The Foxes had to admit defeat to Düsseldorfer EG in an entertaining game.

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