Andy Bernard pulls the wolf's teeth

Andy Bernard has been in goal at Villach since this season. On Sunday evening he proved several times that he is one of the best goalkeepers in the league. The Kalterer goalie defused a total of 43 shots and thus pulled the plug on the self-sacrificing fighting wolves. In the end they had to admit defeat 2:3 after extra time. The only blemish on Bernard's work record: when the score was 1-1, he looked unhappy for the only time that evening. On the other hand, he defused a shot from Gerlach in overtime with a monster save that not many in this league parry.

Despite the defeat, the HCP has seen a clear upward trend since Finnish ice hockey legend Raimo Helminen took charge of the boards. The Wolves never played like a bottom team against the top club from Carinthia, but were mostly on an equal footing. And: The team around captain Armin Hofer, who was back in the game on Sunday, showed morale by catching up from a deficit twice.

Villach is celebrating, Pustertal is disappointed: both teams fought a thrilling battle. © fabianleitner

Things got strange at the end of the game: After Renars Krastenbergs scored Villach's 3-2 winning goal after a counterattack and all the players stormed onto the ice, the referees called back the cracks again and checked a scene in front of the goal for around five minutes. In the end the score was 3:2. The Wolves continue their away game against Salzburg next Friday. The highlights After a goalless opening third, things immediately got loud in the second half: Althuber and Harju (HCP) and Oleksuk (VSV) hit the woodwork within a few seconds. After a little more than half an hour the goal spell is broken: First Hughes puts Villach in the lead after a Caruso-Kristensen mistake (33'), then Bernard slips a shot from the blue line through the braces and to Harju, who strikes (35'). ) – suddenly it's 1:1. At the beginning of the final third, Villach pressed for the opening goal, which Fraser scored with a precise shot (51'). But this time the Wolves are back: Stukel goes around Bernard and scores to make it 2-2 (55th). Overtime – with a lot of spectacle. First Bernard destroys Gerlach's chance with a monster save, then Krastenbergs scores in direct return to make it 3-2. The goal is given after video study. While the HCP showed a solid performance, HC Bozen was completely out of control on Sunday lost by double digits in Znojmo . HC Pustertal Wölfe – EC Grand Immo VSV 2:3 nV HCP: Sholl (Stoll); Hanna-Willcox, Caruso-Kristensen, Althuber-Hofer, De Lorenzo Meo-Andergassen; Carey-Harju-Bardaro, Mantinger-Ikonen-Budish, Stukel-Gerlach-Hannoun, Ivan Deluca-Berger-Stephan Deluca Coach: Helminen

VSV: Bernard (Schmidt); Fraser-Jaslin, Lindner-Flemming, Zauner-Bacher, Aumaier; Karlsson-Collins-Hughes, KRastenbergs-Broda-Kosmachiuk, Richter-Oleksuk-Lanzinger, Wohlfahrt-Maxa-Moderer Coach: Daum

Gates: 0:1 Hughes (32.57), 1:1 Harju (34.49), 1:2 Fraser (50.30), 2:2 Stukel (54.23), 2:3 Krastenbergs (62.01)

Viewers: 1810 The other results: Orli Znojmo – HCB Südtirol Alperia 10:2 Goals: 1:0 Fejes (2.02), 2:0 Sedlak (4.15), 3:0 Tomas Svoboda (10.09), 4:0 Köver (10.40), 4:1 Frigo (13.00), 5:1 Fejes (13.13) , 6:1 Kvasnica (17.14), 7:1 Köver (28.48), 8:1 Bartko (31.34), 9:1 Younan (36.19), 9:2 Findlay (39.56), 10:2 Kvasnica (55.35) Viewers: 1000

Red Bull Salzburg – Olimpija Ljubljana 2:3 nP Goals: 0:1 Cimzar (1.47), 0:2 Kalan (24.40), 1:2 Schneider (43.22), 2:2 Huber (44.31); decisive penalty: Koblar Viewers: 0

Vienna Capitals – Black Wings Linz 5:4 Goals: 1:0 Sheppard (11.00), 2:0 Lowry (16.37), 2:1 Pelletier (22.25), 3:1 Wall (33.47), 3:2 Bortnak (34.50), 3:3 Lebler (35.38), 4:3 Hartl (43.44), 4:4 Bortnak (46.05), 5:4 Sutter (51.04) Audience: 0 EC KAC – AV Fehervar 3:1 Goals: 1:0 Marcel Witting (34.32), 1:1 Shaw (43.25), 2:1 Fraser (50.13), 3:1 Koch (59.47) Audience: 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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Andy Bernard pulls the wolf's teeth

The upward trend can still be clearly seen at HC Pustertal after the change of coach. Nevertheless, the Wolves had to admit defeat to Villacher SV in the Intercable Arena on Sunday evening - also because a Kalterer player played well.

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