The HCB crashes into Dornbirn's wall

HCB coach Kai Suikkanen again rebuilt his offensive blocks against the Bulldogs and tried to compensate for the absences of Mike Blunden and Andrew Crescenzi with the center role of Riley Brace and the use of Matti Kuparinen on the fourth line. Daniel Glira and Massimo Carozza were not used.

Gutter, gutter, always gutter After a first third in which both teams ensured balance and hardly any chances to score, HC Bozen noticeably increased the speed after the restart. The eager Brett Findley and his teammates pushed vehemently in front of the opposing goal. There, however, they found their master again and again in Rasmus Rinne. The 28-year-old Finn in the Vorarlberg box put in an impressive performance and defused 17 shots in the middle section alone. In the developing private duel with Dan Catenacci, he showed three monster saves, each of which caused a deep murmur among the almost 3.000 spectators.

However, the people of Bolzano also had a fair amount of bad luck - like when Stefano Marchetti hit the crossbar - and their own inability. The White-Reds were denied a goal when Rinne made way for backup Thomas Stroj for several minutes due to a defect in his skate. Alex Petan & Co. tried everything, but Rasmus Rinne could not be defeated (Photo: V. Antonello)

Even at the beginning of the final third, the reigning champions appeared less hardened. He had the chance to score the long-overdue opening goal on two power plays. Six minutes before the end, Rinne was again lucky when Luca Frigo put the target on the edge of the goal. Dornbirn ultimately saved the zero over time.

The following overtime was already four minutes old when Alex Petan failed alone against Rinne's pad. After that, HC Bozen was caught ice cold: 58 seconds before the end, the puck came to Alex Trotter, who lifted it into the net over Leland Irving, who was already on the ground. Suddenly it was as quiet as a mouse in the ice wave - apart from the noise of the around 50 Dornbirn fans who were celebrating the flattering "sudden death" victory. HCB Südtirol Alperia – EC Dornbirn Bulldogs 0:1 nV (0:0, 0:0, 0:0, 0:1) HSBC: Irving (Smith); Nordlund-Rowley, Geiger-Campbell, Machetti-MacKenzie, Glira; Catenacci-Findlay-Petan, Miceli-Brace-Insam, Frigo-Bernard-Frank, Deluca-Kuparinen-Schweitzer Coach: Suikkanen

DEC: Rinne (Stroj); Magnan-Gauthier Leduc, McNeill-Connelly, Pulli-Vallant, Wolf; O'Donnell-Dupont-Trotter, Neubauer-Timmins-Reid, Macierzynski-Häußle-Cip, Haberl-Pöschmann-Zwerger Coach: MacQueen

Gate: 0:1 Alex Trotter (64.02)

Viewers: 2.830 The further results of the 31st round Innsbruck – Salzburg 5:3 Goals: 1:0 Lamoureux (4.29), 1:1 Schiechl (10.04), 1:2 Raymond (16.31), 2:2 Boivin (25.13), 2:3 Raffl (26.49), 3:3 Wachter (29.44), 4:3 Lamoureux (37.37), 5:3 Lamoureux (55.41) Audience: 2.400

Vienna – Linz 2:3 aet Goals: 1:0 DeSousa (16.33), 2:0 Hartl (21.06), 2:1 Davies (34.05), 2:2 Umicevic (47.56), 2:3 Schofield (62.11) Audience: 5.150

Villach – Zagreb 5:2 Goals: 1:0 Sharp (11.58), 1:1 Zanoski (30.28), 2:1 Fraser (32.58), 3:1 Alderson (33.40), 4:1 Sharp (37.10), 4:2 Zanoski (53.53), 5:2 Sharp (57.56) Audience: 2.885

Znojmo – Fehervar 5:7 Goals: 0:1 Koskiranta (16.16), 0:2 Kuralt (23.38), 0:3 Sarauer (26.57), 0:4 Sille (38.17), 1:4 Kruckovyc (44.11), 2:4 Nemec (46.47), 3:4 Kalus (48.28), 3:5 Stipsicz (51.26), 3:6 Meland (51.49), 3:7 Sarauer (53.47), 4:7 Bulin (54.36), 5:7 Kujawinski (57.36) Audience: 3.012

Graz – Klagenfurt 5:2 Goals: 0:1 Richter (19.54), 0:2 Koch (29.48), 1:2 Oleksuk (31.52), 2:2 Garbowsky (39.49), 3:2 Kainz (48.19), 4:2 Sundin (51.34), 5:2 Garbowsky (55.26) Audience: 4.126 The table SP G U V TV P 1. Vienna Capitals 31 21 0 10 103:82 62 2. Graz99ers 31 20 0 11 112:88 56 3. HCB South Tyrol 31 18 0 13 90:73 56 4. Klagenfurt 30 18 0 12 93:75 54 5. Salzburg 30 17 0 13 123:89 53 6. Linz 31 16 0 15 96:88 50 7. Fehervar 31 17 0 14 111:111 49 8. Znojmo 31 14 0 17 108:112 44 9. Dornbirn 31 14 0 17 89:92 43 10. Innsbruck 31 14 0 17 107:124 40 11. Villach 31 9 0 22 74:114 24 12. KHL Zagreb 29 6 0 23 65:123 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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The HCB crashes into Dornbirn's wall

Three days ago, HCB Südtirol Alperia scored seven goals against Zagreb, and on St. Stephen's Day, none of Bolzano's 35 shots on goal found the net - even though the champions were once again clearly superior. Dornbirn celebrated a 1-0 overtime victory in the Eiswelle.

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