HC Bozen conjures its way into the quarter-finals

Just two days after that Derby victory in Bruneck The Foxes sent Fehérvar home with an uneventful 3-1 win and at the same time consolidated their lead in the table. With their fifth win en suite, they have also secured a final placement in the top 6. The Hanlon team's home game was once again a pure demonstration of power. The outstanding Andreas Bernard parried between the posts in the style of a big cat, in front of them the defensive warriors around Terrance Amorosa and Ryan Culkin cleared everything away, while in front the reins were always tightened when there was a threat of boredom in the Sparkasse Arena. Fehérvar could do little to counter the fast switching game and the aggressive forechecking of the Bolzano team.

The key scenes No look Christian Thomas serves Mitch Hults with a “blind” pass from the back of the goal, the offensive partner only has to push in to make it 1-0 (9th). Toe drag Dustin Gazley opens a two-on-one counterattack. With a puck feint, the so-called toe drag, he skillfully lets an opponent get out and slide across the ice, then pass it to Angelo Miceli. He makes it 2-0 (22nd). Pad save If Fehérvar can break through, Andy Bernard is there. First he fends off an Erdely shot with a reflex save, then he stops Stipsics' solo run with a pad save in which he places the leg guard in the path of the shot with a lot of mobility (36th). Rebound goal Brad McClur rushes through the opponent's slot like a high-speed train and hammers the disc onto the goal, the rebound is used by Gazley to make it 3-0 (36th). Shutout killer Natan Vertes successfully completed a Hungarian counterattack and thus prevented Bernard's fourth shutout of the season. It's the goal to make it 3-1 (57th). Monster save Nothing changed about the result and yet the HCB fans were pulled out of their seats again, namely when Bernard fished a shot from the completely free-standing Janos Hari out of the air with his catching hand (59th). With this victory, HC Bozen not only secured participation in the playoffs, but also gained a lot of self-confidence with a view to the summit meeting with HC Innsbruck. This will take place next Friday in the Tyrolean capital.

While one South Tyrolean team is at the top of the rankings, the other continues to lose ground. HC Pustertal is there on Sunday evening a 1-2 defeat against Red Bull Salzburg in eleventh place and thus slipped out of the pre-playoff zone.

HCB Südtirol Alperia – Hydro Fehérvar AV 3:1 HSBC: Bernard (Harvey); Culkin-Miglioranzi, Amorosa-Cole Hults, Valentine-Di Perna, Ginnetti; Frank-Mitch Hults-Thomas, Miceli-McClure-Gazley, Felicetti-Alberga-Frattin, Brunner-Mantenuto-Frigo Coach: Hanlon

FAV: Roy (from 35.48 Horvath); Fournier-Szabo, Stipsicz-Donaghey, O'Brien-Campbell, Csollak-Ambrus, Erdely-Hari-Kuralt, Sarauer-Findlay-Leclerc, Magosi-Bartalis-Mihaly, Vertes-Nemeth-Terbocs Coach: Constantine

Gates: 1-0 Mitch Hults (8.27), 2-0 Angelo Miceli (21.23), 3-0 Dustin Gazley (35.48); 3:1 Natan Vertes (56.01)

Viewers: 3525

The other results: Pustertal – Salzburg 1:2 (click here for the report) Goals: 0:1 Benjamin Nissner (24.30), 1:1 Raphael Andergassen (42.48), 1:2 Lucas Thaler (46.34) Audience: 1489

Vienna - Asiago 5:6 aet Goals: 1:0 Wall (1.41), 1:1 Moncada (5.13), 1:2 McShane (12.32), 2:2 Gregoire (24.42), 2:3 Simpson (25.19), 3:3 Zimmer (34.44), 3:4 Moncada (35.49), 3:5 Gazzola (37.15), 4:5 Kainz (53.38), 5:5 Wall (58.36), 5:6 Finoro (63.12) Audience: 4050

Innsbruck - Klagenfurt 2:3 Goals: 1:0 Feldner (2.22), 1:1 Bukarts (20.28), 2:1 Ulmer (27.05), 2:2 Postma (32.55), 2:3 Bukarts (45.11) Audience: 2800

Villach - Ljubljana 5:3 Goals: 1:0 Lanzinger (2.23), 1:1 Kapel (10.43), 2:1 Rivett-Mattinen (24.45), 3:1 Rivett-Mattinen (31.11), 3:2 Vallerand (35.24), 3:3 Crnovic (41.31), 4:3 Collins (54.00), 5:3 Rivett-Mattinen (58.33) Audience: 2848

Vorarlberg - Linz 3:4 Goals: 1:0 Jarusek (5.50), 2:0 Maver (8.56), 2:1 Roe (24.10), 2:2 Brucker (25.49), 2:3 St-Amant (33.51), 3:3 Jacome (48.21 ), 3:4 St-Amant (56.50) The table: SP G U V TV P 1. HCB South Tyrol 40 30 0 10 142:86 87 2. EC Salzburg 38 27 0 11 115:73 81 3. HC Innsbruck 40 26 0 14 155:124 80 4. EC Villach 39 24 0 15 143:119 70 5. Linz 38 22 0 16 111:97 65 6. Vienna Capitals 38 19 0 19 122:113 61 7. EC Klagenfurt 39 21 0 18 109:98 60 8. Fehervar 38 18 0 20 96:93 57 9. Asiago Hockey 37 15 0 22 102:128 42 10. Graz99ers 39 14 0 25 78:113 42 11. HC Pustertal 40 13 0 27 98:116 41 12. Olimpija Ljubljana 36 11 0 25 92:137 33 13. Vorarlberg 38 10 0 28 73:139 31

ICE Regular Season ICE	SP	TV	P
1. EC Klagenfurt	48	183:121	97
2. EC Salzburg	48	173:130	95
3. HCB South Tyrol	48	155:113	93
4. Linz	48	155:121	88
5. EC Villach	48	173:143	86
6. Graz99ers	48	149:121	86
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HC Bozen conjures its way into the quarter-finals

HCB Südtirol Alperia was the first team in the ICE Hockey League to get a playoff ticket. The confident frontrunner once again offered his more than 3500 fans a rousing ice hockey show on Sunday afternoon.

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