Bolzano lets the playoff opponent run into the open knife

HC Bozen started the quarter-final series against Black Wings Linz with a 2-0 win. The regular season winner was as dominant as ever. He let the opponent run into the open with his tactical concept. Because Linz didn't try to upset the exceptional talents from Bolzano, but rather took on them in a playful way. In doing so, they rode themselves into sporting ruin.

It was therefore not memorable on Tuesday evening in the south of Bolzano during the 60 minutes of the game, but only a quarter of an hour before the start of the game. HC Bozen, which is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, gathered on the ice and honored 19 captains or the families of the no longer living captains who made club history from 1953 to the present day. The almost 3000 spectators celebrated with thunderous applause and chants.

The 19 honored captains and their families taking a souvenir photo in front of the Bolzano fan curve. © V. Antonello

What the current HCB cracks delivered on the ice afterwards can be described with a single adjective: confident. Coach Glen Hanlon's men rarely acted spectacularly, but they were very strong defensively, extremely focused and calm. While Sam Harvey kept everything there was to keep in the box, Mitch Hults provided the few brilliant moments up front. His brace gave the Foxes victory. The key scenes First playoff goal The Foxes' first power play promptly makes it 1-0: Frattin and Thomas pass the disc to the free-standing Hults, who scores the goal ice-cold (14'). Culkin saves, Hults executes In the 39th minute, the spectators witnessed a scene that rarely occurs in ice hockey: Culkin scratches the puck off the line with his hand after a dive, and in direct response Hults hammers it into the net - instead of 1-1, the score is 2-0 XNUMX:XNUMX. The HCB face A scene in the 58th minute reflects the entire game: Linz struggles into Bolzano's third and manages to finish, but Valentine throws himself passionately into the trajectory and "parries" with his forearm. Screaming and his face contorted in pain, he struggles onto the bench, only to storm back onto the court just seconds later. “It really wasn't our best game, maybe the ten-day break didn't do us any good. But in the end we won – and that’s all that counts,” analyzed HCB captain Daniel Frank SportNews -Conversation. He added: “Linz has what it takes to make our lives difficult. But we won’t let ourselves be stopped!” “We won’t let ourselves be stopped!” Daniel frank The best-of-seven series now moves to Upper Austria, where the first of a maximum of three away games awaits the Foxes on Friday. There they want to further underline their favorite status. Two league rivals have already lost this after just one round of the playoffs: third-placed Innsbruck conceded a whopping four goals against Vienna in the final third and ultimately lost 4-6, while Villach also had to admit defeat at home to their lower-ranked arch-rivals KAC. Salzburg shook its way to a 3-2 win against Fehérvar at the start.

HCB Südtirol Alperia – Steinbach Black Wings Linz 2:0 HSBC: Harvey (Bernard); Culkin-Miglioranzi, Cole Hults-Dalhuisen, Valentine-Di Perna, Ginnetti; Halmo-Mitch Hults-Thomas, Miceli-McClure-Gazley, Felicetti-Alberga-Frattin, Frigo-Mantenuo-Frank, Kasslatter Coach: Hanlon

Linz: Tirronen (Höneckl), Roe-Schumnig, Wolf-Dorion, Schnetzer-Lindner, Mitsch; Lebler-Haga-Gaffal, Romig-Knott-St-Amant, Kristler-Stuart-Brucker, Bretschneider-Pusnik-Lahoda Coach: Luke

Gates: 1-0 Mitch Hults (13.50), 2-0 Mitch Hults (38.58)

Viewers: 2940

The other playoff duels: RB Salzburg - Fehérvar AV 3:2 Gates: 1:0 Thaler (12.02), 1:1 Terbocs (26.37), 2:1 Schneider (31.32), 3:1 Genoway (41.33), 3:2 Kuralt (49.36) Viewers: 2100 Best of 7 series: 1:0

HC Innsbruck - Vienna Capitals 4:6 Gates: 1:0 Feldner (1.09), 2:0 Jakubitzka (5.17), 2:1 Zimmer (12.35), 2:2 Zimmer (27.16), 3:2 Shaw (31.55), 4:2 Mackin (37.43), 4: 3 Hartl (48.42), 4:4 Zimmer (56.46), 4:5 Bradley (57.59), 4:6 Prokes (58.48) Viewers: 3000 Best of 7 series: 0:1

Villacher SV - Klagenfurter AC 0:3 Gates: 0:1 Lessio (7.20), 0:2 Ticar (13.21), 0:3 Haudum (47.30) Viewers: 3685 Best of 7 series: 0:1

Further game dates: March 10th, 12th, 14th, possibly March 17th, 19th, 21st

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 lets the playoff opponent run into the open knife

That was a tailor-made start! HCB Südtirol Alperia started the post-season with a confident home win – and all that in front of very special guests.

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