Fatal final third takes the HCB off the winning road

HC Bozen, who once again had to make do without the injured Anton Bernard, continued at the start of the game exactly where they had left off 38 hours earlier at the same place against Zagreb: with impressive, disciplined power ice hockey. The Villach team, who were severely weakened by their replacements, were in trouble from the start. This was quickly reflected in the result, as after three minutes Chris DeSousa pushed the disc over the line for the first time. He was brilliantly staged by Mike Halmo after a Villach playback error. The latter appeared again less than five minutes later. This time he sent on Alex Petan, who didn't need to be asked twice and increased the score to 2-0. At this point, the HCB had one more man on the ice.

The home team's pressure phase lasted until the beginning of the second third, only then was the VSV able to free itself from its grip - aided by two Bozen penalties. When Daniel Glira was stewing in the “cooler” halfway through the game, Marcel Melichercik, who had been flawless until then, had to reach behind him for the first time. The HCB goalie was able to fend off Miha Verlic's shot, but he was powerless to catch the rebound from Dave Shields. It then took the Foxes a few minutes to recover, but as the game progressed they regained the upper hand and managed to put the Carinthians under pressure again. But they failed to extend their lead.

Villach turns the tables

This should take revenge after the second break. After Michele Marchetti got the puck in his face in his own third, there was chaos, which Villach took advantage of to equalize in a split second. Valentin Leiler reacted quickest and scored to make it 2-2. It was the beginning of two spectacular minutes: The HCB immediately took the lead again. Again it was the line around Halmo, DeSousa and Petan that swirled. This time Halmo celebrated as the goalscorer. Then only seconds passed before Melichercik had to get the puck out of the goal on the other side. Jordan Hickmott scored with the advantage to make it 3:3. The Canadian striker wearing the Eagles' jersey became a big HCB shock in this phase of the game, because seven minutes before the end neither Robin Gartner nor Melichercik could stop him from scoring the next goal. He outwitted the goalkeeper with a shot into the near corner. After that, the people of Bolzano were no longer able to react. On the contrary, they were lucky when Verlic shot against the post that the defeat was not worse.

The HCB therefore failed to advance into the playoff zone before the away games in Vienna and Znojmo. Villach once again overtakes the South Tyroleans in the rankings.

HCB Südtirol Alperia - EC Villacher SV 3:4 (2:0, 0:1, 1:3)

Silver : Melichercik (Jake Smith); Gartner, Tomassoni, Carlisle, Clark, Egger, Stefano Marchetti, Glira, Franza; Halmo, DeSousa, Monardo, Frigo, Oleksuk, Austin Smith, Michele Marchetti, Angelidis, Petan, Frank, Gander, Schweitzer Coach: Curcio

VSV : Kickert (Duke); Glenn, Bacher, Stebih, Schlacher, Brunner, Shields; Leiler, Sarauer, Hickmott, Verlic, Flick, Kromp, Nikolas Petrik, Platzer, Benjamin Petrik, Antonitsch, Lanzinger Coach: Holst

Tore : 1:0 Chris DeSousa (2.59), 2:0 Alex Petan (7.12), 2:1 Dave Shields (29.07), 2:2 Valentin Leiler (44.20), 3:2 Mike Halmo (45.24), 3:3 Jordan Hickmott (46.45), 3:4 Jordan Hickmott (52.04)

spectator : 3.000

The other results of the 12th round:

Dornbirn – Salzburg 5:3 0:1 Hughes (7.59), 1:1 Reid (11.46), 2:1 Fraser (14.03), 3:1 Arniel (29.10), 3:2 Raffl (34.51), 4:2 Fraser (51.36), 5: 2 D'Alvise (54.34), 5:3 Aleardi (58.33) Audience: 2.680

Linz – Znojmo 8:3 1:0 Broda (3.02), 2:0 Schofield (3.16), 2:1 Nemec (9.14), 3:1 DaSilva (20.44), 3:2 Lattner (21.46), 4:2 D'Aversa (22.18), 5:2 Locke (29.14), 6:2 Schofield (32.37), 6:3 Nemec (50.25), 7:3 Hofer (56.23), 8:3 Kragl (57.54) Audience: 4.600

Graz – Zagreb 7:5 1:0 Setzinger (1.54), 2:0 Weihager (4.00), 2:1 Morley (7.23), 2:2 Boivin (19.55), 3:2 Higgs (23.19), 4:2 Pirmann (26.38), 5: 2 Laakso (31.20), 6:2 Carlsson (39.13), 7:2 Higgs (42.45), 7:3 Boivin (50.16), 7:4 Morley (57.01), 7:5 Aviani (57.19) Audience: 1.816

Fehervar – Innsbruck 2:4 1:0 Gilbert (13.32), 1:1 Clark (25.40), 1:2 Yogan (43.11), 1:3 Bishop (54.07), 2:3 Latendresse (57.39), 2:4 Lammers (59.27) Audience: 2.680

KAC – Vienna 2:5 0:1 Hartl (9.38), 1:1 Koch (11.08), 2:1 Talbot (26.19), 2:2 Klubertanz (40.25), 2:3 Rotter (48.05), 2:4 Holzapfel (49.45), 2: 5 McKiernan (51.00) Audience: 3.310

The table:

1. Vienna Capitals 33 points (-1 game) 2. EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz 24 3. HC Orli Znojmo 21 4. HC TWK Innsbruck 'Die Haie' 20 5. Moser Medical Graz99ers 20 6. EC Villacher SV 17 (+1 game) 7. KHL Medvescak Zagreb 15 8. EC Klagenfurter AC 15 9. HCB South Tyrol Alperia 14 10. Dornbirn Bulldogs 14 11. EC Red Bull Salzburg 12 12. Fehervar AV 11

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Fatal final third takes the HCB off the winning road

HCB Südtirol Alperia's comeback was stopped by Villacher SV on Sunday afternoon. The Foxes lost 3.000:3 in front of 4 fans in the ice wave, although they looked like the sure winners for a long time.

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