Bolzano is a defensive monster

The fact that the HCB is well positioned across the board this year pays off in situations like this: 6 Bolzano cracks were out on St. Stephen's Day against Salzburg, who were also weakened, but the Foxes still cut a more than good figure in their 2-0 triumph . Foundation stone for victory: The defensive bulwark around Nick Plastino, Gleason Fournier, Dennis Robertson and goalie Andy Bernard, who is already a fixture in the HCB jersey after just one week. The Kalterer celebrated his second shutout in the third game against Salzburg. The cherry on the cake was the saved penalty against Thomas Raffl in the final third. In general, the Foxes are in a league of their own when it comes to defense, having only conceded 40 goals after 21 games.

Anyone who can cope with failures like Leland Irving, Justin Fazio, Ben Youds, Ivan Tauferer, Dan Catenacci or Mike Halmo (suspended) as easily as the HCB did against Salzburg has no one to fear. After the slip-up against Kellerkind Villach, the Foxes thought about making amends right from the start. The 4 day break after the lavish December program made itself felt in the fresh and lively legs of Bolzano, the Christmas feast that many HCB cracks enjoyed together left no trace. On the contrary: Bozen put pressure on us from the start and showed who was in charge. 2 magic goals decide the game Although the Talferstadt team dominated and also had a few good chances (including Simon Pitschieler narrowly missing his first scorer point in the HCB jersey with a fine wrist shot), there were no goals in the first third. The opening goal was only postponed and was achieved after half an hour. Dennis Robertson filleted the Salzburg defense with a dream pass across the field to Dustin Gazley, who let a defender slip into space and then played unselfishly to Brett Findlay, who only had to hold out the stick.

Simon Pitschieler (on the ground) showed a good performance. © DLife

A real hit that left Bolzano wanting more. And so just 5 minutes later, Salzburg's defense, which was under a lot of pressure, made a hair-raising mistake in the build-up game, so that the puck went via Stefano Giliati to Anthony Bardaro, who danced with goalie Eliasson and scored ice-cold after several feints - 2-0. Bernard is rock solid While Salzburg was mostly just behind in the first two thirds, the noble fans in the stands (the injured and suspended Foxes cracks were the only spectators in the stands watching the action) were treated to a different picture in the final section. The Bulls now really turned up the heat and put goalie Andy Bernard & Co. under pressure. But the goalkeeper was the rock in all cases and kept the zero. The sticking point was the saved penalty against Raffl, which was the preliminary decision.

Bolzano continues its away game against Innsbruck on Monday. HCB Südtirol Alperia – EC Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 Bolzano: Andy Bernard (Cloutier); Fournier-Plastino, Robertson-Di Perna, Pietroniro-Gios; Insam-Findlay-Gazley, Giliati-Alberga-Bardaro, Frigo-Anton Bernard-Miceli, Frank-Pitschieler-Deluca

Salzburg: Eliasson (Wieser); Viveiros-Pallestrang, Joslin-Chorney, Schreier-Zündel, Jakubitzka-Rebernig; Raffl-Schofield-Hughes, Schütz-McIntyre-Huber, Lutz-Baltram-Feldner, Pilloni-Hochkofler

Gates: 1-0 Findlay (29.23), 2-0 Bardaro (34.56) The further results Vienna – Linz 1:2 1:0 Richter (18.48), 1:1 Pelletier (19.48), 1:2 Bartulis (27.29)

Fehervar – Bratislava 4:2 1:0 Kuralt (14.33), 2:0 Erdely (14.45), 3:0 Kahkonen (19.02), 3:1 Higgs (38.36), 3:2 Fortier (48.04), 4:2 Bartalis (54.13)

Graz – Villach 1:3 0:1 Lanzinger (17.25), 1:1 Alagic (20.54), 1:2 Mangene (36.16), 1:3 Caron (59.23)

Dornbirn – Innsbruck 7:4 1:0 Romig (15.12), 2:0 Macierzynski (16.37), 3:0 Brosseau (18.48), 3:1 Herr (19.55), 3:2 Tansey (20.53), 3:3 Kromp (24.09), 4: 3 Woger (25.01), 5:3 Romig (30.07), 6:3 MacKenzie (39.40), 6:4 Tansey (43.22), 7:4 Schwinger (46.56)

SP G U V TV P 1. HCB South Tyrol 22 16 0 6 74:40 51 2. Fehervar 27 17 0 10 95:81 51 3. Vienna Capitals 24 14 0 10 75:60 41 4. Klagenfurt 24 13 0 11 65:53 41 5. Dornbirn 23 13 0 10 68:65 37 6. Innsbruck 24 11 0 13 85:85 34 7. Salzburg 20 11 0 9 63:56 33 8. Graz99ers 25 11 0 14 74:84 33 9. Bratislava 24 10 0 14 65:81 29 10. Villach 25 9 0 16 57:81 26 11. Linz 24 6 0 18 46:81 17

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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Bolzano is a defensive monster

The HCB Südtirol Alperia is back on the winning road: After the slip-up in Villach, the weakened Bozen team showed their best side again in the first duel of the season with Salzburg.

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