Andy Bernard makes the KAC despair and Bolzano rejoice

When the final siren sounded on Friday evening in the Heidi-Horten-Arena in Klagenfurt, which was filled with 3438 spectators, Andy Bernard briefly disappeared in a crowd of cheers. The Kalterer goalie received the trust of coach Glen Hanlon for the first time since October 30th and repaid it with his second shutout of the season in the extremely tricky away game against Klagenfurt. The HCB narrowly won 1-0, while HC Pustertal lost in Innsbruck.

Bolzano and away trips to Klagenfurt – that has amounted to torture in the past months and years. There have recently been six defeats in a row for the White Reds in the Carinthian capital. On Friday this curse was broken. Although Klagenfurt largely dominated the game, the cleverer and more hardened team was Bolzano. For the Foxes, who were missing the injured Cameron Ginnetti and Dylan Di Perna, a deflected goal from Brad McClure was enough to clinch victory.

Bolzano's Scott Valentine (left) and Klagenfurt's Matt Fraser in a duel. © Kiss

The man of the evening was Andy Bernard. The Kalterer goalkeeper has only acted as Sam Harvey's backup in recent weeks, but now took advantage of his chance. He defused all 32 shots and thus drove away the looming specter of crisis: Bolzano recently suffered two defeats in a row, but now the Foxes are back on the right track. And: They are keeping pace with leaders Innsbruck, who won against HC Pustertal on Friday. The highlights Blood in the game Rok Ticar unfortunately gets hit in the face by Scott Valentine's bat and has to go to the dressing room bloodied (11th). KAC is building steam After a slow opening third, the home team pushed the envelope in the second half! Andy Bernard ruined three great chances in the HCB goal. McClure! The goal is not scored by the KAC, but by the HCB! In the third power play of the match, the second best power play in the league struck: Brad McClure deflected a Ryan Culkin blueliner into an unsustainable position (31'). Always Andy In the final third, Andy Bernard is initially under constant fire, but the Bolzano goalie always reacts brilliantly. On the other side, Sebastian Dahm, who is also extremely strong, prevented the decision from being made against Daniel Mantenuto with a huge save. tension Shortly before the end, Mike Dalhuisen received an extremely unfavorable penalty, but the Bolzano special teams did not disappoint. It remains 1-0 for the HCB. The Foxes now travel on to Székesfehérvár, where the away game against Fehervar is scheduled for Sunday at 17.30:19.45 p.m. HC Pustertal will face bottom team Vorarlberg at home on Saturday evening at XNUMX p.m. EC KAC – HCB Südtirol Alperia 0:1 KAC: Dahm (Usnik); Strong-Postma, Unterweger-Vallant, Maier-Steffler, Preiml-Witting; Petersen-Ticar-Ganahl, Bukarts-Haudum-Fraser, Gomboc-Hundredpound-Lessio, Kraus-van Ee-Hochegger Coach: Matikainen

HSBC: Bernard (Harvey); Miglioranzi-Culkin, Cole Hults-Dalhuisen, Valentine; Halmo-McClure-Gazley, Frattin-Mitch Hults-Thomas, Frigo-Alberga-Frank, Kasslatter Coach: Hanlon

Gate: 0:1 McClure (30.22)

Viewers: 3438

The other games HC Innsbruck – HC Pustertal 5:3 1:0 Coulter (2.20), 2:0 Mackin (33.13), 3:0 Feldner (34.01), 3:1 Luchuk (39.57), 4:1 Mackin (47.34), 5:1 Ulmer (49.15), 5: 2 Willcox (54.15), 5:3 Bardaro (55.19) Audience: 2300

Vienna Capitals – Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 1:0 Antal (21.44), 2:0 Zimmer (33.17), 3:0 Bradley (59.13) Viewers:

Villacher SV – Fehervar 3:4 0:1 Hari (28.03), 1:1 Lanzinger (29.42), 2:1 Rivett-Mattinen (39.28), 3:1 Rivett-Mattinen (43.30), 3:2 Hari (46.12), 3:3 Kuralt (48.11 ), 3:4 Bartalis (48.27) Audience: 2381

Black Wings Linz – HK Olimpija 3:2 nP 1:0 Brucker (8.28), 2:0 Lebler (16.43), 2:1 Kalan (39.25), 2:2 Dodero (48.22). Decisive penalty: Knott. Audience: 2150

SP G U V TV P 1. Innsbruck 21 14 0 7 89:71 44 2. HCB South Tyrol 20 14 0 6 70:49 41 3. Villach 21 12 0 9 76:66 36 4. Salzburg 17 12 0 5 54:35 35 5. Linz 20 12 0 8 56:48 34 6. Fehervar 21 10 0 11 57:53 34 7. Vienna Capitals 20 11 0 9 63:55 33 8. Klagenfurt 20 10 0 10 59:52 29 9. Graz99ers 20 8 0 12 35:50 25 10. Olimpija Ljubljana 20 8 0 12 55:69 23 11. HC Pustertal 20 7 0 13 54:66 20 12. Asiago Hockey 17 6 0 11 47:66 17 13. Vorarlberg 17 3 0 14 30:65 10

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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Andy Bernard makes the KAC despair and Bolzano rejoice

Curse defeated, mini-crisis averted: HCB Südtirol Alperia scored big in their away game on Friday evening in Klagenfurt. One man became a Bolzano hero.

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