Coup in Salzburg: The HCP breaks the away curse

It was September 24th, 2021 and the third game of the season in which HC Pustertal won 3-2 in Villach. This was the Wolves' last away win to date. Now this spell has been broken: In a spectacular duel against the top team from Salzburg, Raimo Helminen's team won 4-3 after a penalty shootout.

The Wolves continue to show that they are on a strong upward trend. Since the change of coach they have scored 11 out of 18 possible points. That's why the team around Daniel Glira, who celebrated his comeback in Salzburg on Friday after a week-long injury break, is quietly approaching the top 10.

Salzburg's Ali Wukovits (right) in a duel with Puster defender Emil Kristensen. © GEPA pictures/David Geieregger

In Salzburg's Volksgarten, which had to do without fans due to the lockdown in Austria, the Bulls set the tone for long stretches, but they repeatedly bit their teeth against the outstanding Puster goalie Tomas Sholl (50 saved shots). On the other side, the HCP offensive was immensely effective. Three goals resulted from a few chances, with Kulten & Co. leading first 2-0 and then 3-2 before Greg Carey scored the much-celebrated winning goal in the penalty shootout. The highlights Ice cold HCP Salzburg has a huge chance in the first third with Ali Wukovits, but the guests score the goals: Emil Kristensen with a tough blueliner (18th) and Johan Harju after a rebound (20th) give the Wolves a surprising lead. Bardaro's carver Pustertal makes life difficult for itself: After a major Anthony Bardaro mistake in the build-up game, Bulls top scorer TJ Brennan shows all his class and scores the goal (26th). When the score was 2-2 shortly before half-time, Mario Huber was forgotten by the defense (39'). blow after blow Salzburg dominated the final third, but Jasse Kochen (after strong preparatory work from Matthias Mantinger and Zach Budish) scored to give Puster a 3-2 lead (56th), which was equalized less than 60 seconds later by Benjamin Nissner in the power play (57th). Penalties After the goalless overtime it goes into a penalty shootout: While Sholl doesn't let a shot pass, Carey makes everything clear in his attempt. The Wolves continue their home game against Vienna on Saturday at 17 p.m. The Capitals will arrive with a big chest, They won 2-1 against Bozen on Friday . Red Bull Salzburg – HC Pustertal 3:4 nP RBS: Tolvanen (Lamoureux); Heinrich-Stapelfeldt, Brennan-Pallestrang, Kanzig-Zündel, Wimmer; Baltram-Nissner-Huber, Raffl-Järvinen-Schneider, Wukovits-Leonhardt-Loney, Hochkofler-Thaler-Borzecki Coach: McIlvane

HCP: Sholl (Stoll); Hanna-Willcox, Caruso-Kristensen, Glira-Hofer, Althuber-Andergassen; Carey-Harju-Bardaro, Mantinger-Ikonen-Budish, Stukel-Gerlach-Hannoun, Ivan Deluca-Berger-Stephan Deluca. Coach: Helminen

Gates: 0:1 Kristensen (17.05), 0:2 Harju (19.27), 1:2 Brennan (25.02), 2:2 Huber (38.41), 2:3 Orten (55.11), 3:3 Nissner (56.09). Decisive penalty: Carey

Viewers: 0 The other games Bolzano – Vienna 1:2 1:0 Gazley (1.40), 1:1 Hartl (4.36), 1:2 Lakos (37.37) Audience: 1613

Villach – Dornbirn 5:1 p.m 1:0 Hughes (1.15), 2:0 Zauner (11.13), 3:0 Krastenbergs (19.36), 4:0 Fraser (48.13), 4:1 Schwinger (50.33), 5:1 Kosmachuk (54.01) Audience: 0

Fehervar – Znojmo 5:1 1:0 Campbell (5.56), 2:0 Atkinson (24.27), 2:1 Matus (25.41), 3:1 Sarauer (34.20), 4:1 Bartalis (45.17), 5:1 Mihaly (53.13) Audience: 1344

Linz – Graz 1:2 1:0 Romig (11.08), 1:1 Martin (35.06), 1:2 Schiechl (39.04) Audience: 0

Innsbruck – Klagenfurt 0:4 0:1 Haudum (24.02), 0:2 Ganahl (38.53), 0:3 Obersteiner (51.24), 0:4 Vallant (59.28) Audience: 0

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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Coup in Salzburg: The HCP breaks the away curse

HC Pustertal confirmed its strong form and ended a long, dark series on Friday evening: The Wolves managed an away coup against Red Bull Salzburg.

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