Elite. A: Golden Saturday for South Tyrolean ice hockey

Wolves remove “Asiago curse”. In the sold-out Leitner Solar Arena, Asiago had to make do without the injured goalkeeper Marozzi, who has to miss 15 days due to head trauma. Tura took his place between the posts. The home team, on the other hand, was able to play fully. The match was at a high level and the Wolves in particular showed ice hockey at its best. Asiago immediately came under pressure, but when they were outnumbered, DeVergilio almost scored the opening goal. In the 13th minute, however, the home team had something to celebrate when McCauley fed the lurking Sirianni and he scored to make it 1-0. The hosts continued to push until the siren sounded, but were unable to score another goal.

After the break, McCauley had a good chance, but he was unable to convert it. Asiago got stronger as the match progressed and equalized in the 24th minute. Marchetti beat Aubin from the blue line. After that, O'Marra could have put the HCP, who was now letting the reins slip a little, into the lead, but he slammed the puck onto the post alone in front of Tura. Sullivan could have made it 2-1 for Asiago straight away, but he also missed the huge opportunity. After 40 minutes the score remained 1:1.

In the final third, the guests set the tone, Aubin's box was under constant fire. But the Wolves' goalie outgrew himself time and time again. And once he was defeated, the goddess of fortune, Fortuna, was on his side, just like when Zanette hit the post. Since the score was still 60-1 after 1 minutes, the game went into extra time. There the Wolves had the longer stamina and the necessary bit of luck, because Max Oberrauch was there after 69.13. He grabbed the puck, went for Tura's goal and gave the Asiago keeper a (durable) shot. 2-1 for the wolves, who moved into the semi-finals.

Ritten also closes the bag early Valpellice was missing Maxwell (he was serving the fourth matchday of his suspension), Johnson and Strong. Ritten, on the other hand, had to give way to Guentzel, but was determined to end the series on Saturday evening. And they competed in Piedmont with corresponding motivation. After 6.40 minutes the “Buam” were rewarded. After great preparatory work from Scelfo-Daccordo, Johansson flicked the disc into the net. As a result, Valpellice became stronger, but the guests were able to save their narrow lead into the first break.

Afterwards, Chris Mason played his way into the limelight again and again, driving the Valpellice attackers to despair with his saves. When Ansoldi made it 2-0 for Rittner after half an hour, a preliminary decision had been made. With Rissmiller's 3-0 win after 37 minutes, the South Tyroleans finally broke the neck of the home team from Piedmont.

Ritten Sport is in the semi-finals like the wolves. These two teams are now playing the Coppa Lega. The winner of this trophy (best of three) gets to choose their semi-final opponent.

Determined Broncos bring Milan to their knees In Vipiteno everything started well for the Broncos, as after 1.18:1 minutes Florian Wieser scored with a backhand shot to make it 0-3. But Milan didn't let the early goal throw them off course and equalized in the fifth minute with DiDiomete, who stood perfectly after a rebound and pushed the puck over the line. For the Milan attacker it was the third goal in the second game against the Broncos. In the middle third, the Wipptalers made the preliminary decision, namely in the form of Roman Erat. With his brace he made it 1-XNUMX from the home team's point of view. Meanwhile, Milan hardly ever appeared dangerous in front of Millykowski.

That changed in the final third when the Lombards threw everything into the balance. The reward: Gellert reduced the score to 2:3 in the power play, having played just under 49 minutes at this point. When Eastman made it 4-2 after a counterattack in the final phase, the match was decided. Lee was able to make up for the result just 55 seconds later with his fifth goal into an empty net. Vipiteno qualified for the second phase of the quarter-finals and is now fighting against Asiago for the semi-final ticket, while Milan's summer holidays begin.

Elite.A, Quarterfinals (first phase) – Game 4

"Upper half Valpellice Bodino Engineering - Ritten Sport Renault Trucks 0:3 (0:1, 0:2, 0:0) 0:1 Eric Johansson (06.40), 0:2 Luca Ansoldi (29.54), 0:3 Patrick Rissmiller (36.26) Standings in the series (best of five): 1:3 (0:5, 4:2, 3:5, 0:3) ---> Ritten Sport in the semi-finals

Wolves Fiat Professional - Migross Asiago 2:1 aet (1:0, 0:1, 0:0, 1:0) 1:0 Rob Sirianni (12.56), 1:1 Stefano Marchetti (23.08), 2:1 Max Oberrauch (69.13) Standings in the series (best of five): 3:1 (2:5, 3:2, 7:0, 2:1 aet) ---> Wolves Fiat Professional in the semi-finals

"Bottom half" WSV Vipiteno Weihenstephan - Milano Rossoblu 5:2 (1:1, 2:0, 2:1) 1:0 Florian Wieser (01.18), 1:1 Devin DiDiomete (05.06), 2:1 Roman Erat (26.23), 3:1 Roman Erat (32.16), 3:2 Alex Gellert (48.51), 4:2 Derek Eastman (57.02), 5:2 Derek Lee (57.57) Standings in the series (best of five): 3:1 (4:1, 4:3, 0:4, 5:2) --- > Vipiteno qualified for the second phase of the quarter-finals. Opponent: Asiago Hafro Cortina - Val di Fassa Volvo Standings in the series (best of five): 3:0 (5:0, 5:2, 5:0) ---> Cortina qualified for the second phase of the quarterfinals. Opponent: Valpellice

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