Bolzano's Mitch Hults plucks the Black Wings

This Mitch Hults is worth his weight in gold for HC Bozen! If anyone in the state capital still had doubts about the qualities of the Canadian center, all doubts should have been dispelled by this Friday evening at the latest. Hults led the Foxes to an easy 2552-3 win against Linz in front of 1 spectators.

There is hardly a crack who is as unpopular with opponents in the ICE Hockey League as Mitch Hults. On the one hand, because the former Bratislava striker likes to sneak across the ice with verbal provocations. On the other hand - and this is the main reason - because the defensive lines can hardly get a grip on him. Agile, confident with the puck and with a good eye for free space, he always heads straight towards the opponent's goal. He showed these qualities impressively in the first and last minutes of the starting third: first he scored after a fine combination, then with a powerful shot. In this way he paved the way for Bolzano to victory. They were his scorer points numbers 26 and 27 – and that in just 25 games this season.

Following Hult's gala third, the HCB bagged the three points in slow motion. Linz, fifth in the table, seemed to be trying hard, but was inferior in all respects that evening and was lucky that the result was not higher due to Bolzano's sloppy evaluation of chances. Short & sweet: The highlights of the game Hults to the first Only 39 seconds have been played and the HCB is already leading 1-0. Hults receives the slice perfectly from Thomas and slots in easily. Hults for second Bozen once again takes advantage of Linz, Hults is again the one who gets too much space and scores with his powerful shot from the face-off circle to make it 2-0 (20th). Ginnetti very casually Ginnetti increased the lead to 29-3 with his second goal of the season in the 0th minute. After a failed substitution by Linz, the defender took advantage of the space in the slot and simply shot at it with a wrist shot - goal! Harvey is annoyed Kilian Rappold prevents HCB goalie Harvey's third shutout of the season. He reduced the score to 36:1 with a hidden shot in the 3th minute. After that, the 24-year-old defender can no longer be defeated. With this win the Foxes climb back to second place in the table. They continue at home against Fehervar on Sunday (16 p.m.). HC Pustertal plays in Klagenfurt three hours earlier. Next Tuesday there will be a big showdown between the two South Tyrolean arch-rivals in the Bozner Sparkasse Arena.

HCB Südtirol Alperia – Steinbach Black Wings Linz 3:1 HSBC: Harvey (Bernard); Dalhuisen-Cole Hults, Miglioranzi-Culkin, Valentine-Ginnetti; Frank-Mitch Hults-Thomas, Gazley-McClure-Halmo, Frigo-Alberga-Frattin, Felicetti-Mantenuto-Miceli, Kasslatter Coach: Hanlon

Linz: Höneckl (Tirronen); Roe-Schnetzer, Todd-Schumnig, Moser-Dorion, Liesch; Lebler-Knott-St.-Amant, Kitt-Stuart-Gaffal, Kristler-Brucker-Lahoda, Wilding-Mosaad-Rappold Coach: Philipp Lukas

Gates: 1:0 Mitch Hults (0.39), 2:0 Mitch Hults (19.45), 3:0 Cameron Ginnetti (28.52), 3:1 Kilian Rappold (35.22)

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The other Friday games: Fehervar AV19 - Villacher SV 2:3 Goals: 0:1 Grafenthin (16.22), 1:1 Nilsson (27.40), 1:2 Richter (32.07), 2:2 Sarauer (36.54), 2:3 Collins (43.12) Audience: 2052

Graz 99ers - HC Innsbruck 4:5 Goals: 0:1 Ludin (11.45), 0:2 Helewka (13.09), 1:2 Yogan (20.57), 1:3 Helewka (23.32), 2:3 Yogan (29.53), 3:3 Olausson (31.38), 4:3 Schiechl (32.31), 4:4 Mackin (33.15), 4:5 Ulmner (58.45) Audience: 1001

The table: SP G U V TV P 1. Innsbruck 26 17 0 9 107:89 53 2. HCB South Tyrol 25 17 0 8 82:58 50 3. Villach 27 17 0 10 99:81 50 4. Salzburg 24 16 0 8 74:51 48 5. Linz 25 15 0 10 75:64 43 6. Fehervar 26 13 0 13 67:57 43 7. Klagenfurt 25 13 0 12 73:65 38 8. Vienna Capitals 24 11 0 13 72:75 34 9. Graz99ers 26 10 0 16 53:72 30 10. Olimpija Ljubljana 24 10 0 14 69:81 29 11. HC Pustertal 26 9 0 17 65:80 28 12. Asiago Hockey 23 9 0 14 62:83 24 13. Vorarlberg 25 6 0 19 46:88 19

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's Mitch Hults plucks the Black Wings

HCB Südtirol clearly won the first of three home games within five days. The Black Wings Linz had their wings trimmed in the Sparkasse Arena - which was primarily due to one player.

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