Bozen gives Mike Halmo a victory

HCB Südtirol Alperia has achieved its eighth victory in the ninth league game and thereby consolidated its lead in the table. In the home game against Innsbruck, a mixed performance was enough for a 4:2 victory. But the joy among the 3.000 spectators was huge - also because they were finally able to cheer on their favorite Mike Halmo again.

The 33-year-old striker started his sixth ICE season late on Sunday evening. Several injuries and bruises had slowed him down. The last time Halmo was on the ice was on April 2nd in the semi-final series against Salzburg, and more than half a year later he made his long-awaited comeback. The former NHL star was pale in front of the goal, but he acted as a leader in tricky moments. Halmo repeatedly pushed his teammates into the offensive, Halmo argued with the referees, Halmo played hard and Halmo went where it hurt. Just as if he had never been away.

HCB coach Glen Hanlon promoted Halmo to the lineup for Dustin Gazley, who a nasty check against him in the top match in Graz is injured. With this personnel change, the first three Bozen lines were completely reorganized - which was noticeable in the flow of the game. The Foxes acted very erratically and had a lot of trouble with the venomous, committed Innsbruckers. The duel was completely different to the last encounter in the preseason, when Bozen Innsbruck shot out of the hall with double digits .

A hard piece of work The fact that the HCB left the ice as winners was due on the one hand to the quality of the white and red attackers, but on the other hand also to Gianluca Vallini. Sam Harvey's backup was unlucky in his second game of the season when it came to conceding goals, but he held on to the three points, especially in the final phase. The most important scenes Halmo enters the stage It is exactly 17.56:91 p.m. when the Bolzano speaker shouts the name Mike Halmo into the microphone and number XNUMX walks onto the ice of the Sparkasse Arena for the first time to thunderous applause and flashing stadium lights. Bozen double pack The Foxes initially have everything under control. Scott Valentine scores (with the help of Frank's skate) to make it 1-0 (11th minute), and Matt Bradley increases the lead to 2-0 with a beautiful shot into the top corner (17th minute). Innsbruck double pack Although the HCB combined better in the middle period than at the beginning of the game and also shot more often at the goal, the guests can now celebrate: A shot from Ryan Valentini bounced off Gianluca Vallini's pads and over the line (19th minute), Mark Rassell surprised the Bozen goalie from a tight angle in the middle period - it was 2:2 (30th minute). Seeds Premiere Shortly before the break, Anthony Salinitri smashed the ball into the net after a pass from Cole Hults (40th minute). This set the course for victory for Bozen. Jason Seed then scored the final score of 4:2 with a shot into the empty net, which was also his first goal for the HCB and the first in the ICE Hockey League. Halmo leaves the stage At 20.21:XNUMX p.m., Mike Halmo's working day is definitely over. After being celebrated by the fans and high-fived by the youngest HCB supporters at the entrance to the locker room, he disappears into the catacombs. The comeback is a success! The HC Bozen continues on Wednesday, when another show of strength awaits them away against Klagenfurter AC. The HC Pustertal, who was successful in Vienna on Saturday , will host bottom of the table Vorarlberg on Tuesday.

HCB Südtirol Alperia – HC Tiwag Innsbruck 4:2 HSBC: Vallini (Harvey); Valentine Seed, Spornberger-Bourque, Hults-DiPerna; Marchetti-Helewka-Finoro, Salinitri-Christoffer-Bradley, Halmo-McClure-DiGiacinto, Frigo-Mantenuto-Frank, Brunner. Coach: Hanlon

HCI: Buitenhuis (Gratzer); McFadden-Devin Steffler, Kerber-Krogsgaard, Jakubitzka-Welsh, Kele Steffler; Rassell-Grasso-Zusevics, Dobnig-Mackin-Hirano, Valentini-Lattner-Bauer, Klassek-Mader-Ploner, Bär. Coach: Smotherman

Gates: 1:0 Scott Valentine (11.00), 2:0 Bradley (16.03), 2:1 Ryan Valentini (18.06), 2:2 Mark Rassell (29.17), 3:2 Anthony Salinitri (39.28), 4:2 Jason Seed ( 59.32)

Viewers: 2.950

The other results: Asiago - Vorarlberg 1:3 Goals: 0:1 Keefer (0.25), 1:1 Moutrey (21.33), 1:2 Cooper (33.34), 1:3 Woger (47.31) Audience: 1.794

Villach - Graz 2:4 Goals: 0:1 Bailey (5.53), 1:1 Pearson (10.43), 1:2 Huber (30.55), 1:3 Vela (47.02), 2:3 Hughes (51.32), 2:4 Roy (59.17) Audience: 3.425

Salzburg - Klagenfurt 2:3 after extra time Goals: 1:0 Murphy (1.21), 1:1 Preiml (22.07), 1:2 Fraser (33.50), 2:2 Hochkofler (40.50), 2:3 Bischofberger (64.21) Audience: 2.600

Linz - Fehervar 1:3 Goals: 0:1 Stipsicz (11.11), 0:2 Messner (21.04), 0:3 Brown (21.53), 1:3 Maver (45.40) Audience: 3.862

Vienna – Pustertal 2-4 (on Saturday)

SP G U V TV P 1. Fehervar 14 11 0 3 45:23 33 2. HCB South Tyrol 14 11 0 3 53:32 33 3. Graz99ers 15 9 0 6 46:38 29 4. Olimpija Ljubljana 15 10 0 5 40:36 27 5. HC Pustertal 16 8 0 8 58:56 24 6. EC Salzburg 13 7 0 6 48:42 23 7. EC Klagenfurt 15 7 0 8 43:48 21 8. Vienna Capitals 16 6 0 10 33:45 18 9. Linz 13 6 0 7 33:38 17 10. EC Villach 14 6 0 8 50:48 17 11. Asiago Hockey 15 5 0 10 42:52 16 12. HC Innsbruck 14 5 0 9 30:42 14 13. Vorarlberg 14 3 0 11 33:54 10

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Bozen gives Mike Halmo a victory

He was away for 201 days, but now he can join in: Bozen has its ice hockey favorite Mike Halmo back! In the Tyrolean duel with HC Innsbruck, the Canadian was given a fitting welcome by the Foxes.

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