Labor victory lifts Bozen over the line

In contrast to the Graz game, in which the Foxes completely missed the starting phase, the HCB started strong. The home team's commitment could not be denied, and Bozen consequently took the lead in the middle of the first third. Patrick Wiercioch set up Sèbastien Sylvestre, who gave up Blackwings goalie David Kickert with a fine trick (10th). Now the HCB was on the trigger, but missed the opportunity to add more thanks to Stefano Giliati and Wiercioch.

The guests from the Upper Austrian steel town didn't have their best day, but then struck ice cold. Defender Raphael Wolf poked the puck past Leland Irving into the net to make it 1-1 (24'). From then on it was once again the Foxes who were harder and more dangerous. Anthony Bardardo and Daniel Frank, who was denied by goalkeeper Kickert after a nice move from Brett Flemming in the slot, missed good opportunities to score the second goal. But it was only canceled. Finally, it was Colton Hargrove who maneuvered the hard rubber disc into the goal with the help of his skates. After a short video study, the Texan's fourth goal of the season was deemed valid (30th).

Sylvestre is the match winner Even under neo-coach Greg Ireland, the HCB has not yet been able to correct one weakness: the power play. Here, the people of Bolzano acted as unimaginatively against Linz as they have in the entire season so far. Linz was also underwhelming, but scored in its first power play through Josh Roach to make it 2-2 (34'). Shortly before the end of the middle third, Silvestre and James Arniel failed after going it alone against Kickert (38th). Stefano Marchetti & Co. didn't do much defensively.

For a long time in the final third, the exclusions of Dante Hannoun, who disappeared into the dressing room bleeding heavily from his nose, and Matthew Finn (he had rammed the stick into the Bolzano player's face) were the only highlights. Ten minutes before the end, Sylvestre had the 2630 spectators in the ice wave cheering again. The Canadian deflected a Giliati shot with his body to make it 3-2. With the victory, the people of Bolzano overtook Linz and jumped to fourth place in the table. However, Graz and Znojmo could still overtake the HCB - both have played one match less. HCB Südtirol Alperia – EHC Blackwings Linz 3:2 HSBC: Irving (Fazio); Wiercioch-Tauferer, Robertson-Daly, Flemming-Marchetti; Catenacci-Arniel-Insam, Giliati-Sylvestre-Bardaro, Miceli-Bernard-Frank, Hargrove-Alberga-Hannoun, Deluca-Frigo. Coach: Greg Ireland

Linz: Kickert (Glass); Kragl-Roach, Wolf-Rutkowski, Finn-Valach, Matzka-Koudelka; Lebler-Schofield-Umicevic, Ober-Florek-Kristler, Cijan-Brucker-Leiler, Neubauer-Pusnik-Fejes. Coach: Tom Rowe

Gates: 1-0 Sylvestre (9.29), 1-1 Wolf (23.55), 2-1 Hargrove (29.23), 2-2 Roach (33.04), 3-2 Sylvestre (50.27)

Viewers: 2630 Further results from Tuesday Fehervar - KAC 3:2 1:0 Timmins (2.55), 2:0 Yogan (13.14), 2:1 Ganahl (30.00), 2:2 Kozek (33.05), 3:2 Sarauer (49.23) Audience: 2492

Salzburg - Graz 2:3 0:1 Zusevics (31.26), 1:1 Hari (51.01), 1:2 Setzinger (52.12), 1:3 Garbowsky (53.49), 2:3 Kolarik (58.58) Audience: 2325

Villach - Dornbirn 6:1 1:0 Reid (17.20), 2:0 Bjorkstrand (18.59), 2:1 Ellerby (19.59), 3:1 Lahoda (21.35), 4:1 Collins (34.36), 5:1 Karlsson (41.09), 6: 1 Brunner (45.07) Audience: 2255 The table SP G U V TV P 1. Salzburg 36 25 0 11 125:77 73 2. Vienna Capitals 36 23 0 13 120:77 71 3. Klagenfurt 36 21 0 15 103:69 62 4. HCB South Tyrol 37 21 0 16 108:93 60 5. Linz 37 19 0 18 124:125 59 6. Znojmo 36 19 0 17 119:117 58 7. Graz99ers 36 19 0 17 99:101 58 8. Villach 36 19 0 17 112:99 56 9. Fehervar 39 17 0 22 108:134 51 10. Innsbruck 37 10 0 27 95:149 31 11. Dornbirn 38 9 0 29 77:149 27

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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Labor victory lifts Bozen over the line

HCB Südtirol Alperia didn't offer any brilliant performances on Tuesday evening, but it was enough to win against the Linzer Blackwings. The Foxes narrowly retained the upper hand, 3-2, and are once again above the ominous playoff mark.

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