3rd victory en suite: Linz can't stop the HCB either

In addition to the injured Luca Frigo, HC Bozen had to do without Andrew Crescenzi and Alex Petan in the No Worries Arena, which was filled with 4.500 fans. The latter traveled to North America on Thursday due to a death in the family, while Crescenzi was rested after his shoulder injury had healed. The trained defender Tobias Brighenti was repeatedly used sporadically in the attack.

Suikkanen has to provide three strikers The absence of the three offensive players was clearly noticeable in the starting third. The Black Wings clearly set the tone. However, the Linz fans had to wait until the 18th minute before Kevin Kapstad was able to beat the newly strong Leland Irving in the Bozen goal (45 shots saved). The former KAC striker took advantage of a double power play after Viktor Schweitzer and Matti Kuparinen were sent to the penalty box by the extremely rigorous referees.

The HCB also found it difficult to get in front of the opponent's goal in the middle section. In the disjointed game, Linz still had the better chances, but Laurens Ober and Dragan Umicevic were denied by the aluminum. Blunden shakes the Foxes awake It was only after the last break that the tide turned: the Stahlstadt team repeatedly weakened themselves with penalty minutes, Bozen became more courageous and was in absolute control of the situation from the 43rd minute at the latest. It was the time of Mike Blunden's equalizer. He scored from close range to make it 1-1. The long-time NHL warhorse (135 games) in the Bolzano uniform was there again just three minutes later when he directed a pass from Dan Catenacci into the goal and gave his team the lead for the first time. Remarkable: This was Blunden's seventh point in the third EBEL game. However, it wasn't enough to win three points for the Foxes, as Bracken Kearns sent both teams into overtime with his goal to make it 57-2 with 2 seconds left.

After this passed without any further goals, the decision had to be decided in the penalty lottery. Kapstad was the fifth Linz shooter to hit the mark, but Blunden had the right answer ready. Immediately afterwards, Angelo Miceli shot the HCB to victory.

The reigning champions are still undefeated before Sunday's home game against KAC, but Linz still has to wait for their first win.

EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz - HCB Südtirol Alperia 2:3 nP (1:0, 0:0, 1:2, 0:0, 0:1) 1:0 Kevin Kapstad (17.37), 1:1 Daniel Glira (42.05), 1:2 Mike Blunden (45.08), 2:2 Bracken Kearns (59.03) , 2:3 Angelo Miceli (decisive penalty) Audience: 4.500 The other games on matchday 3: Fehervar AV19 – Klagenfurter AC 3:2 nP 1:0 Harty (7.18), 2:0 Kuralt (31.25), 2:1 Liivik (47.54), 2:2 Kozek (59.02), 3:2 Hari (decisive penalty) Audience: 3.238

Vienna Capitals – HC TWK Innsbruck 8:2 1:0 Nödl (6.03), 2:0 Tessier (21.01), 3:0 Davis (24.22), 4:0 Schneider (24.42), 5:0 Arniel (26.43), 6:0 Hartl (30.29), 7: 0 DeSousa (36.32), 8:0 Tessier (42.46), 8:1 Koper (51.42), 8:2 Lammers (52.11) Audience: 3.300

Graz 99ers Moser Medical – Villacher SV 4:2 1-0 King (15.49), 2-0 Loney (21.08), 2-1 Wolf (22.53), 3-1 Hamilton (26.48), 3-2 Alderson (27.30), 4-2 Yellow Horn (36.35) Audience: 2.533

Medvescak Zagreb – Dornbirn Bulldogs (Saturday, 17.30 p.m.) The table: SP G U V TV P 1. Vienna Capitals 3 3 0 0 15:6 8 2. HCB South Tyrol 3 3 0 0 9:5 8 3. Graz99ers 3 2 0 1 12:9 6 4. Dornbirn 2 2 0 0 7:5 5 5. Fehervar 3 2 0 1 10:8 5 6. Klagenfurt 2 1 0 1 6:5 4 7. Villach 3 2 0 1 9:9 4 8. Linz 3 0 0 3 6:9 2 9. Znojmo 1 0 0 1 3:4 1 10. KHL Zagreb 2 0 0 2 4:8 1 11. Innsbruck 3 0 0 3 8:18 1 12. Salzburg 2 0 0 2 3:6 0

ICE Regular Season ICE	SP	TV	P
1. Klagenfurt	47	183:101	102
2. Fehervar	46	146:126	89
3. Salzburg	46	142:107	87
4. HCB South Tyrol	46	137:125	76
5. Linz	46	146:116	75
6. Villach	46	155:136	74
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3rd victory en suite: Linz can't stop the HCB either

Lost the first point and still undefeated: HCB Südtirol Alperia defeated Black Wings Linz in a penalty shootout on Friday evening. Top scorer Mike Blunden and goalie Leland Irving were once again crucial to the 3-2 win.

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