Bolzano is weakening before the ultimate summit meeting

4:7 against Fehervar , 2:3 against Graz: The HCB returns from its away trip with 0 points. But the Foxes can't waste a lot of time thinking about it, because a real game of fate is already on the agenda on Tuesday. Then Klagenfurt will be a guest in the Talferstadt. The Carinthians are breathing down the neck of the leaders from Bolzano 3 games before the end of the regular season and are only a measly 2 points behind. So on Tuesday there could be a first preliminary decision in the race for first place.

However, the HCB engine sputtered a bit this weekend. Within 48 hours the Foxes, who are still on Thursday, have the had the best goals conceded average of any team in the top European leagues , conceded 10 goals, 3 of them against Graz: Against the Styrians, Greg Ireland's team was behind 50-0 after 3 minutes, seemingly hopelessly, but then rebelled again and managed thanks to the goals from Stefano Giliati and the first goal Karl Stollery made it 2-3. However, the race to catch up was not rewarded because there was no chance of an equalizer. The last bite is missing in front of the goal In the first third, the HCB had a hard time against the seventh-place team. Graz played bravely, while the Foxes looked tired. The Austrians' lead goal came as no surprise: Charles Dodero was allowed to shoot undisturbed and the puck landed in the net via Anthony Cameranesi (16th). A goal that was like a wake-up call for the HCB: In the following minutes, the Foxes turned up the heat, but Ben Youds couldn't do more than hit the post.

After the final siren, Mike Halmo and Charles Dodero (left) had a fight. © Werner Krainbucher

In the second third, the HCB slowly gained ice sovereignty, but kept biting its teeth against Graz goalie Felix Nußbacher. The 21-year-old Austrian put in an excellent performance and defused a total of 38 out of 40 shots. But Bolzano's offensive must also be accused of being far too careless with their chances. Dan Catenacci had a great opportunity to equalize when he was twice as numerous, but he missed it. Bolzano's comeback comes too late Goals only came in the final third - for Graz. First it was Cameranesi who made it 2-0 with the advantage (42nd), then Bozen goalie Leland Irving made a faux pas: a failed defensive attempt landed right on Kilian Rappold's stick, who had the presence of mind to serve Joel Broda and the ex -Bozner scored to make it 3-0 (49th).

However, the HCB subsequently showed morale: Stefano Giliati energetically captured the puck in the opponent's third, moved towards the goal and hit the puck into the net (51'). Now there was a jolt through the Bolzano team, which actually managed to score again with 140 seconds left through Karl Stollery's blueliner. But the lucky punch to equalize was no longer successful in the remaining seconds. But things got heated after the final siren when Mike Halmo and Dodero got into a fight. Of course, that didn't change the defeat. ICEHL, Sunday's games Graz99ers – HCB Südtirol Alperia 3:2 Goals: 1:0 Camaranesi (15.16), 2:0 Camaranesi (41.24), 3:0 Broda (48.01), 3:1 Giliati (50.31), 3:2 Stollery (57.40)

Vienna – Salzburg 2:4 0:1 Ortega (18.16), 0:2 Varejcka (25.07), 1:2 Leduc (38.11), 2:2 Richter (41.16), 2:3 Ortega (56.17), 2:4 McIntyre (59.18)

Fehervar – Villach 5:2 1:0 Kahkonen (6.35), 2:0 Erdely (16.41), 3:0 Erdely (24.23), 4:0 Petan (37.13), 4:1 Krastenbergs (47.46), 4:2 Mangene (53.14), 5: 2 Kuralt (55.53)

Klagenfurt – Dornbirn 4:3 1:0 Postma (1.15), 2:0 Koch (10.51), 2:1 Kokkila (18.26), 3:1 Ticar (21.41), 3:2 Rapuzzi (29.06), 4:2 Ganahl (50.44), 4: 3 Luciani (58.34) Table SP G U V TV P 1. HCB South Tyrol 37 25 0 12 117:72 76 2. Klagenfurt 37 24 0 13 114:73 74 3. Fehervar 38 25 0 13 132:109 73 4. Vienna Capitals 38 23 0 15 122:102 66 5. Salzburg 36 20 0 16 109:92 63 6. Dornbirn 37 18 0 19 106:103 53 7. Graz99ers 37 17 0 20 104:122 50 8. Bratislava 37 16 0 21 95:123 47 9. Innsbruck 37 14 0 23 118:131 44 10. Villach 37 14 0 23 86:119 41 11. Linz 37 8 0 29 70:127 25

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 weakening before the ultimate summit meeting

An away weekend to forget for HCB Südtirol Alperia: After the biggest defeat of the season against Fehervar on Friday, there was also a defeat in Sunday's game against Graz.

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