Bitter: HCB misses the start of the qualification round

The HCB started the match strongly and the lead could have been lost after just two minutes. First Austin Smith missed a strong pass from Travis Oleksuk, then Angelo Micelli ran alone towards Fehervar goalie MacMillan Carruth and was left behind. It continued in this tone, the visiting goalkeeper was always the focus. After ten minutes the Hungarians woke up. First Pekka Tuokkola was in the post against his compatriot Juha Uotila, then the Finn reacted strongly against Oliver Latendresse.

Halmo shoots a huge shot, Smith equalizes for the HCB Shortly before the end of the first third, Fehervar took the lead. Mike Halmo made a catastrophic bad pass in his own third. Jeff LoVecchio didn't miss the gift - 1-0 for the guests. The HCB was doubly unlucky because Alex Petan had only hit the bar shortly before.

Similar to the start of the game, the HCB was also strong at the beginning of the second third. After a nice pass from Oleksuk, Smith showed his class. After letting an opponent fold, he finished with a wonderful backhander - a nice hit from the American. The equalizer was achieved 46 seconds after the restart. Fiery second third: missed penalty and two goals disallowed Anyone who thought that things would calm down after the equalizer was wrong. Instead, things really started. First, a goal from Dominic Monardo was disallowed because he had obstructed Fehervar's goalkeeper (36'). Seconds later there was a penalty for the “Foxes” – a very controversial decision. But it had no effect because Chris DeSousa showed nerves and forgave.

A lot of penalty minutes followed and shortly before the end of the second period the puck was in the Hungarians' goal again. But Micelli's hit didn't count; he had used his foot to help. The referee team used the video evidence and ruled out the hit. There's also a lot going on in the final third Because Fehervar received a penalty in the final minutes, Bozen was able to start the final third with one more man. Nothing quantifiable came out of it. Shortly afterwards, Smith had the lead after a strong solo effort, but Carruth reacted outstandingly (43'). The Hungarians could thank their goalkeeper that they were not long behind.

Bolzano was still moving forward. Halmo set up for Smith, who was unlucky and hit the post. Seconds earlier, on the other side, the post had also been in the way of a shot from Brett Palin (44'). As a result, Bozen continued to set the tone, Hamlo and Smith missed good chances. But no goal was scored and that took its toll. Koger succeeds in the lucky punch The HCB missed the best chances at the front, but things rattled at the back. Daniel Koger scored the winning goal three minutes before the end. Janos Hari's shot was blocked, but then Koger was there - the final score. EBEL: The results from Friday Qualification Round

Bolzano – Fehervar 1:2 Goals: 0:1 LoVecchio (18.05), 1:1 Smith (20.46), 1:2 Koger (56.22) Audience: 2920

Graz – Villach 1:3 Goals: 0:1 Saraurer (14.14), 1:1 Zusevics (31.44), 1:2 Walter (33.45), 1:3 Hickmott (37.37) Audience: 1851

Dornbirn – Znojmo 5:3 Goals: 0:1 Stehlik (8.50), 1:1 Arniel (12.21), 2:1 Gauthier Leduc (14.22), 2:2 Lattner (23.43), 3:2 D'Alvise (40.49), 4:2 Macierzynski ( 41.24), 4:3 Guman (44.10), 5:3 Reid (58.56) Audience: 1347

Pick Round

Vienna – Zagreb 5:0 Goals: 1:0 Rotter (16.22), 2:0 McKiernan (32.35), 3:0 Großlercher (33.56), 4:0 Rotter (41.46), 5:0 Fischer (50.18) Audience: 3450

Salzburg – Innsbruck 4:1 Goals: 1:0 Rauchwald (18.17), 1:1 Lindner (21.55), 2:1 Hughes (27.55), 3:1 Brouilette (45.22), 4:1 Hughes (58.33) Audience: 2210

Linz – Klagenfurt 3:0 Goals: 1:0 Lebler (3.36), 2:0 Hofer (20.49), 3:0 D'Aversa (30.32) Audience: 4000

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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Bitter: HCB misses the start of the qualification round

HCB Südtirol Alperia suffered a bitter defeat in the first game of the Qualification Round. Against Fehervar, Austin Smith & Co. missed out on a lot of top-class players. In addition, the “Foxes” were denied two goals.

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