Bolzano is pushing the final door wide open

Just two days after the clearly botched performance in Vienna HC Bozen returned with an impressive 4-2 win on Easter Monday. This time the Foxes held up against it with the necessary amount of toughness, impressed as a functioning collective and were much more calm than the Capitals. The result? The Foxes can make everything clear in Vienna on Wednesday and follow Klagenfurt into the final.

The Foxes approached the third semi-final home game very differently than the most recent meeting in Vienna. They brought real fire into their game straight away and tried to steal the edge from the physically aggressive Viennese. However, this was only successful to a limited extent, as it was not the home team who took the lead shortly before the break but the Austrians. After Brett Findlay slipped away in the attacking third, the puck went to league top scorer Ty Loney, who didn't need to be asked twice and scored dryly from the high slot.

Shortly after the restart, Angelo Miceli also showed his accuracy from exactly the same position. He was sent on his way by Findlay, of all people, who had previously made a mistake, and coldly converted the through ball. Domenic Alberga celebrated the equalizer no longer in his jersey, but in short shorts and a bandaged thigh. The comeback of the Italian-Canadian, who had been out for two weeks due to injury, only lasted a few shifts before he had to sit in the stands next to Dustin Gazley and Karl Stollery, who were also injured. Alberga and Wukovits have to go down injured However, the Viennese team also suffered a loss, with Ali Wukovits being accompanied limping off the ice after a Halmo check. He missed the continuation of Loney's one-man show, which the Bolzano defense could barely get under control. In the 28th minute, the US boy put the Capitals back in the lead in the power play with his 36th goal of the season. But the Foxes' answer came promptly: While still outnumbered, Anton Bernard took the puck from Rafael Rotter on the halfway line, took off and pushed the rubber through Bernhard Starkbaum's pad into the goal. Only on Thursday he received a shorthander from Daniel Frank.

The strong Leland Irving in the Bolzano goal held on to the home win. © V. Antonello

Thanks to the equalizer, Bozen gained significant stability again. After Findlay missed a great chance towards the end of the middle third, very little happened in front of the two goals - until Gleason Fournier produced his magic touch in the 49th minute. The Canadian sent the disc into the short cross corner with a fine wrist shot and ended his personal goal ban, which had lasted exactly 50 days. In the final minute, Luca Frigo sealed Bolzano's victory with an empty-net goal. After the end of the game, emotions boiled over again briefly as the two coaches argued and the players exchanged a few pleasantries before the sixth meeting in Vienna. KAC is the first finalist On Wednesday, HC Bozen has the chance to seal their ticket to the final with their first away win in this series. Klagenfurt AC would wait in the final, defeating Red Bull Salzburg 1-0 on Easter Monday and clearly winning the best-of-seven series (4-1). HCB Südtirol Alperia – Spusu Vienna Capitals 4:2 HSBC: Irving (Fazio); Robertson-Youds, Tauferer-Plastino, Fournier-Di Perna, Pietroniro; Halmo-Catenacci-Bardaro, Frank-Findlay-Miceli, Frigo-Bernard-Insam, Giliati-Alberga-Deluca Coach: Ireland

Caps: Starkbaum (Wraneschitz); Wall-Peter, Johnson-Leduc, Hackl-Lakos, Piff-Artner; Besse-Nissner-Loney, Archibald-Vause-Hartl, Richter-Wukovits-Rotter, Bauer-Großlercher-Preiser Coach: Cameron

Gates: 0:1 Ty Loney (18.55), 1:1 Angelo Miceli (23.21), 1:2 Ty Loney (27.26), 2:2 Anton Bernard (28.34), 3:2 Gleason Fournier (48.44), 4:2 Luca Frigo (59.27)

Best of 7 series: 3:2 The 2nd semi-final duel: Klagenfurter AC – Red Bull Salzburg 1-0

Gates: 1:0 Clemens Unterweger (25.27) Best of 7 series: 4: 1 - KAC in the final

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 pushing the final door wide open

For the Vienna Capitals there is no more to be gained in the ice wave! HCB Südtirol Alperia also won its third home game in the semi-final against the Viennese and thus got all the trump cards.

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