Bolzano's record victory turns into a farce

A league game with not a single penalty minute, a shooting ratio of 75:22 and a team with just ten field players on the ice - all of this does not reflect well on either the KHL Medvešcak Zagreb or the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga.

This shouldn't matter to HC Bozen. Although he only sporadically provided the 2.400 spectators with really impressive plays, he secured his first double-digit win in the EBEL and was already warming up for the last six regular season games. Whether the financially struggling Zagreb will continue to fight for points beyond this point seems extremely questionable after the bloodletting of 18 players. In any case, the cracks from the Balkans present in the ice wave deserve exactly the respect that the Bolzano fans expressed with long applause and a banner that read in Croatian: “Brave boys, don’t give up”.

The HCB fans honored the Croatian players with a banner and minutes of applause after the end of the game.

In the first third, the HCB showed mercy - apart from the two goals from Matt MacKenzie and Markus Nordlund, who each hit the target with a slap shot, and the 3-0 by Andrew Crescenzi. But as the game continued, the strength of the pitiful guests dwindled and so it was that the HCB felt like it was on the power play for long stretches. Zagreb was only rarely able to break free from its own third. Riley Brace, Alex Petan and Brett Findlay increased the score before the second break.

After the restart, Ivan Deluca quickly made it 7-0 with his fifth goal of the season, but then HCB backup Jake Smith was repeatedly in the spotlight. He also provided proof of his work with several good saves and at the same time maintained his second shutout in the eighth game of the season. Afterwards there was still time for Bolzano's goals numbers eight to eleven from captain Anton Bernard, double goalscorer Nordlund, Marco Insam and Jordan Rowley. The last three goals conceded were scored by 16-year-old substitute goalkeeper Ivan Mikulic. Ten minutes before the end, Vito Nikolic made way for him, who was symbolically and honorarily elected “Man of the Match” after the end of the game. On Sunday we go to second place in the table A completely different wind will blow for the Foxes in the next game. Then they will be visiting the Graz 99ers, who have already secured their quarter-final ticket with a win against Champions League semi-finalists Salzburg on Friday and could now even catch up with league leaders Vienna with another “threesome” against the South Tyroleans. The game in Graz-Liebenau is scheduled for Sunday, 17.30:XNUMX p.m. HCB Südtirol Alperia – KHL Medvešcak Zagreb 11:0 (3:0, 3:0, 5:0) Silver : Smith (Irving); Nordlund-Marchetti, Geiger-Campbell, Glira-MacKenzie, Rowley; Catenacci-Findlay-Petan, Brace-Crescenzi-Miceli, Deluca-Kuparinen-Insam, Frigo-Bernard-Frank, Carozza Coach: Suikkanen

destination : Nikolic (from 50.47 Ivan Mikulic); Sertic-Cepon, Vedlin-Tadic; Jankovic-Simsic-Ficur, Luka Mikulic-Brencun-Jarcov, Robar Coach: Sertic

Tore : 1-0 Matt MacKenzie (5.20), 2-0 Markus Nordlund (6.29), 3-0 Andrew Crescenzi (16.18), 4-0 Riley Brace (24.11), 5-0 Alex Petan (34.16), 6-0 Brett Findlay (34.28), 7:0 Ivan Deluca (43.29), 8:0 Anton Bernard (47.23), 9:0 Markus Nordlund (52.42), 10:0 Marco Insam (53.44), 11:0 Jordan Rowley (53.47)

spectator : 2.390 The other results at a glance: Linz - Innsbruck 4:2 Goals: 0:1 Lammers (8.58), 0:2 Lavoie (13.08), 1:2 DaSilva (18.05), 2:2 Davies (23.19), 3:2 Kristler (41.40), 4:2 Davies (53.49) Audience: 4.600

Graz - Salzburg 5:4 Goals: 1:0 King (1.24), 1:1 Raffl (11.12), 2:1 Yellow Horn (33.30), 3:1 Jakobsson (36.55), 4:1 Loney (39.21), 4:2 Harris (43.19) , 4:3 Raffl (54.12), 5:3 Loney (56.00), 5:4 Huber (58.32) Audience: 3.855

Klagenfurt - Fehervar 1:3 Goals: 0:1 Sarauer (34.47), 0:2 Meland (37.33), 1:2 Comrie (43.26), 1:3 Meland (58.47) Audience: 3.191

Vienna - Villach 5:2 Goals: 0:1 Brunner (7.28) 0:2 Schlacher (9.54), 1:2 Nödl (30.30), 2:2 Schneider (31.57), 3:2 Vause (44.59), 4:2 Nödl (47.55), 5 :2 Mullen (49.56) Audience: 5.000 The table: SP G U V TV P 1. Vienna Capitals 39 27 0 12 143:102 80 2. Graz99ers 39 27 0 12 150:104 77 3. Klagenfurt 39 25 0 14 133:90 73 4. HCB South Tyrol 39 21 0 18 116:92 67 5. Salzburg 38 21 0 17 151:111 65 6. Fehervar 39 21 0 18 137:136 62 7. Linz 39 19 0 20 120:120 60 8. Dornbirn 38 18 0 20 118:118 56 9. Znojmo 38 17 0 21 138:143 53 10. Innsbruck 39 19 0 20 133:146 52 11. Villach 39 11 0 28 96:139 30 12. KHL Zagreb 38 6 0 32 71:205 21

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 record victory turns into a farce

HCB Südtirol Alperia defeated Zagreb 11-0 on Friday evening. However, the fact that the Croatians competed with just two lines in the ice wave turned the duel between champions and bottom team into a training game and ultimately diminished the joy of the Foxes' biggest EBEL victory.

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