HC Bozen: The start against Rouen went completely wrong - UPDATE

HCB coach Brian McCutcheon left his line configuration almost unchanged. In defense, Hannes Oberdörfer and Troy Barnes were used as the third block. Only striker Christian Walcher was not in the squad due to injury, but he still made the trip to Ukraine. The start of the game was extremely promising for HC Bozen: MacGregor Sharp caused the first excitement with a shot against the post. As the encounter continued, the Italian champions increasingly lost their line and were pushed onto the defensive by Rouen. First Francois-Pierre Guenette missed from a promising position, then Juraj Stefanka and David Fredriksson were denied by Tomas Duba. However, Rouen's opening goal was only postponed, as in the 14th minute Marc-Adre Thinel took advantage of a numerical advantage to make it 1-0. Bozen now seemed visibly weakened and had to accept the second goal from Julien Desrosiers after 16.36 minutes. It was only shortly before the first third siren that Mark McCutcheon caused danger again in front of the opposing goal.

At the beginning of the second period, the McCutcheon team was caught off guard: the French champions used another power play to increase the score to 3-0 through David Fredriksson. The HCB now had a very difficult situation. Zisser tried to make things exciting again, but his chance was thwarted. In return, coach Garnier's men hit the mark for the fourth time through former Pontebba player Francois-Pierre Guenette. At this point, Bozen was once again playing with one man less. When Loup Benoit made it 5-0, Tomas Duba had to give up his place for backup Günther Hell. In the 32nd minute, Bozen found itself in the opponent's third again, but this time Marco Insam failed to hit the goalposts. Two minutes before the second break, Peter Wunderer had to admit defeat to Rouen goalie Fabrice Lhenry.

Even in the final third the game was mainly aimed at one goal. First Rouen failed to hit the post, then Hell went above and beyond with a brilliant performance. After 52.03 minutes, HC Bozen managed a consolation goal through Markus Gander. The French once again provided the final highlight: Guenette, how could it be otherwise, made the final score 6-1 in the power play.

Rouen Dragons - HC Bozen 6:1 (2:0, 3:0, 1:1)

Rouen Dragons: Fabrice Lhenry (Sebastian Ylonen); Andrej Tavzelj, Raphael Faure, Lauri Lahesalu, Miroslav Durak, Jonathan Janil, Leo Guillemain, Florent Aube; Francois-Pierre Guenette, Marc-Andre Thinel, Julien Desrosiers, Eric Castonguay, David Fredriksson, Juraj Stefanka, Loup Benoit, Ilpo Salmivirta, Romain Gutierrez, Anthony Rech, Dimitri Thillet, Maxime Joly Coach: Rodolphe Garnier

HC Bolzano: Tomas Duba (from 30.32 Günther Hell); Andrea Ambrosi, Christian Borgatello, Alexander Egger, Daniel Fabris, Hannes Oberdörfer, Troy Barnes; Ryan Flynn, MacGregor Sharp, Mark McCutcheon, Marco Insam, Anton Bernard, Markus Gander, Enrico Dorigatti, Stefan Zisser, Peter Wunderer, Federico Gilmozzi, Pontus Moren Coach: Brian McCutcheon

Schiedsrichter : Reiber-Vinnerborg (Melnychuk-Rodionov)

Gates: 1:0 Marc-Andre Thinel (14.00), 2:0 Julien Desrosiers (16.36), 3:0 David Fredriksson (20.52), 4:0 Francois-Pierre Guenette (27.46), 5:0 Loup Benoit (30.32), 5 :1 Markus Gander (52.03), 6:1 Francois-Pierre Guenette (57.18)

Best players: Fabrice Lhenry (Rouen Dragons), Christian Borgatello (HC Bozen)

Three points also for hosts Donbass Donetsk The Ukrainian KHL team lived up to their role as favorites in the second game and won the match against the Belarusians from Metallurg Zholbin. However, the home team had more trouble than expected and only prevailed with 1-0 goals. Yevgeni Dadonov scored the winning goal in the 26.46 minute.

The game was very even. The home team's goalkeeper, Jan Laco, left a very strong impression. Donbass Donetsk is HC Bozen's next opponent tomorrow, Saturday, at 18.30:XNUMX p.m.

Donbass Donetsk - Metallurg Zhlobin 1:0 (0:0, 1:0, 0:0)

Donbass Donetsk: Jan Laco (Stepan Goryachevskikh); Clay Wilson, Peter Podhradsky, Oskars Bartulis, Sergei Tereshenko, Sergei Peretyagin, Jan Kolar, Pasi Puistola; Vaclav Nedorost, Tuomas Kiiskinen, Yevgeni Dadonov, Fredrik Pettersson, Randy Robitaille, Lukas Kaspar, Denis Kochetkov, Vitali Donika, Sergi Varlamov, Petteri Wirtanen, Olexander Materukhin, Maxym Kvitchenko Coach: Julius Supler

Metallurgist Zhlobin: Dmitri Milchakov (Leonid Grishukevich); Ilya Kaznadei, Anton Pulver, Ilya Shinkevich, Andrei Spiridonov, Georgi Yaskevich, Konstantin Durnov, Alexei Plotnikov, Vitali Marchenko; Kirill Brikun, Dmitri Igoshin, Konstantin Baranov, Alexei Yefimenko, Nikita Osipov, Valeri Khlebnikov, Vyacheslav Andryushenko, Nikita Remezov, Alexei Yeremin, Sergei Dudko, Pavel Dashkov, Yevgeni Kashtanov Coach: Vasili Spiridonov

Referee: Robert Mullner, Daniel Piechaczek (Vladimir Snasel, Simon Wust)

Gate: 1:0 Yevgeni Dadonov (26.46)

Super Final Continental Cup, Donetsk, Ukraine

Friday, January 11, 2013? Rouen Dragons vs. Bozen Foxes 6:1? Donbass Donetsk vs. Metallurg Zhlobin??1:0

Saturday, January 12, 2013? 14:30 p.m.*: Rouen Dragons vs. Metallurg Zhlobin? 18:30 p.m.*: Bozen Foxes vs. Donbass Donetsk??

Sunday, January 13, 2013? 14:30 p.m.*: Metallurg Zhlobin vs. Bozen Foxes? 18:30 p.m.*: Donbass Donetsk vs. Rouen Dragons *Local time (CET +1h)???

Table Super Final Continental Cup 1. Rouen Dragons 3 points (6:1) 2. Donbass Donetsk 3 points (1:0) 3. Metallurg Zhoblin 0 points (0:1) 4. HC Bozen 0 points (1:6)

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HC Bozen: The start against Rouen went completely wrong - UPDATE

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