EBEL: Bozen throws away what was believed to be a certain victory in Graz

In the Merkur Ice Stadium, the hosts took the lead in the 3rd minute, Oliver Setzinger scored on the power play to make it 1-0. Still in the first third, the Foxes managed to equalize in the 12th minute through Christopher DeSousa, after an assist from Alexander Egger. Immediately before the end of the first third, the Foxes really turned up the heat and scored two goals within 40 seconds: Austin Smith put the HCB in the lead, Michael Halmo scored 2 seconds before the break to make it 13:1.

4 goals lead The Foxes' storm continued in the middle third. Alexander Petan used the double power play in the 24th minute to make it 1:4, Christopher Carlisle increased it to 2:1 less than 5 minutes later. The Graz team had to react and changed their goalkeeper. Hannu Toivonen had to come off the ice after conceding the fifth goal and Thomas Höneckl came on to replace him. After that, things went up for the 5ers, Clemens Unterweger scored the 99:37 goal in the 2th minute, and Evan Brophey scored in the 5th minute to make the score 39:3 at halftime.

Graz turned the game around The longer the game lasted, the better the Styrians got into the game, and with Jonathan Carlsson's 4:5 win in the 43rd minute, the spirits of the almost 1800 spectators rose again. The Foxes showed a strong will to win and Smith made it 53-4 with his second goal in the 6rd minute. 80 seconds later Petan followed up and made it 4:7. The Foxes looked like the sure winner, but the Graz team didn't give up and fired up the goal machine: In the 56th minute, Brophey scored the next goal to make it 5:7, and in the power play the hosts then scored the 6:7, and 6 seconds Before the final siren, Buzzeo scored to make it 7:7. In extra time, both teams neutralized each other and it went to a penalty shootout, where Graz had the better end.

The HCB and the 99ers are no longer neighbors in the table: Graz climbs to 8th place, and Bozen is the new bottom in 12th place.

Moser Medical Graz99ers - HCB Südtirol Alperia 8:7 (1:3, 2:2, 4:2, 0:0,1:0) Goals: 1:0 Setzinger (2.42), 1:1 DeSousa (11.35), 1:2 Smith (19.07), 1:3 Halmo (19.47), 1:4 Petan (23.15), 1:5 Carlisle (25.24), 2:5 Unterweger (36.08), 3:5 Brophey (38.56), 4:5 Carlsson (42.18), 4:6 Smith (52.07), 4:7 Petan (53.27), 5:7 Brophey (55.47), 6: 7 Woger (57.37), 7:7 Buzzeo (59.54), 8:7 Woger (65.00) spectator : 1.793

The other results from Friday: Fehervar – RB Salzburg 2:1 (1:0, 1:0, 1:1) 1-0 Music (26.41), 2-0 Music (52.58), 2-1 Raymond (58.17) Dornbirn Bulldogs – VSV 4:3 (2:1, 2:2, 0:0) 0:1 Verlic (09.09), 1:1 Reid (13.09), 2:1 Fraser (17.26), 3:1 Haberl (23.22), 3:2 Glenn (28.12), 3:3 Platzer (33.27), 4: 3 Timminis (36.35)

The current EBEL table: 1. UPC Vienna Capitals 18 points 2. EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz 13 3. HC Orli Znojmo 12 4. HC TWK Innsbruck The Sharks 11 5. EC Villacher SV 9 6. EC Red Bull Salzburg 9 7. EC Klagenfurter AC 9 8. Moser Medical Graz99ers 8 9. KHL Medvescak Zagreb 8 10. DEC Dornbirn Bulldogs 8 11. Fehervar AV 8 12. HCB South Tyrol Alperia 7

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EBEL: Bozen throws away what was believed to be a certain victory in Graz

In the duel against direct table rivals Graz, HCB Südtirol gave away 3 important points. Instead of a victory that was believed to be certain, Coach Pat Curcio's team ended up suffering a bitter defeat in the penalty shootout.

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