The Foxes ensure the perfect celebration day

The EBEL master has it “half” misstep in Salzburg eliminated just 48 hours later with a brilliant performance and a 2-1 win against Klagenfurt. Before the direct return game next Friday, third-placed Wörthersee is now only one point away.

Anton Bernard and Gino Pasqualotto unfurl the banner with the number 33.

The ice hockey evening in the Eiswelle was initially all about Gino Pasqualotto, who led HC Bozen to countless successes over two decades as a charismatic captain and whose shirt number has now been retired. The ceremonial ceremony on the ice was attended by, in addition to the now 63-year-old from Bolzano, numerous former HCB stars such as Martin Pavlu, Lucio Topatigh, Robert Oberrauch and Alexander Egger. Other long-time cracks mingled with the 3.000 spectators or - if prevented - sent a message that was played on the video cube. Frigo puts the HCB in front Shortly after Pasqualotto's number 33 was placed under the roof of the arena, things got busy on the ice. HC Bozen immediately took the reins in the hard-fought record championship duel against Klagenfurter AC, who had weakened substitutes (Manuel Geier, Adam Comrie, Matt Neal and Andrew Kozek were missing) and took the lead in the 11th minute through Alex Petan. The Italian national striker surprised KAC goalie Lars Haugen in the power play with a shot into the short corner of the cross. Only around three minutes later, Brett Findlay made a fatal mistake on the other side, paving the way for the guests to quickly equalize. After the HCB striker carelessly lost the puck, Patrick Harand defeated Leland Irving in the Bolzano goal for the first and last time that evening.

The Foxes didn't allow themselves to be thrown off course by this blow to the neck and continued to push forward powerfully. Forechecking rewarded Luca Frigo with the next power play goal shortly before the first break. The striker from Piedmont, who was still convincing today, was wide awake after a rebound. After the restart, a thrilling duel developed at eye level, in which Bozen could fully rely on the outstanding Irving. Irving “witches” his team to victory The Canadian with NHL experience saved his team from falling behind with several brilliant saves. This got on the nerves of the Carinthians so much that they now took a much tougher approach. The main sufferer was Matti Kuparinen, who was promoted to the boards by Mitch Wahl ten minutes before the end and had to leave the ice early - the next loss in the Bolzano offensive after Riley Brace, who was again missing due to illness. The Foxes got through this unscathed in the final phase. Irving & Co. made it 2-1 over time and thus provided a fitting starting signal for the 85th anniversary celebration of HC Bozen, which took place in the stadium circle following the home win. HCB Südtirol Alperia – Klagenfurter AC 2:1 2:1, 0:0, 0:0) Silver : Irving (Smith); Geiger-Campbell, Nordlund-Marchetti, Glira-MacKenzie; Frigo-Bernard-Miceli, Catenacci-Findlay-Blunden, Insam-Carozza-Petan, Frank-Kuparinen-Deluca, Schweitzer Coach: Suikkanen

KAC : Haugen (Madlener); Strong-Fischer, Gartner-Schumnig, Unterweger-Duller, Schnetzer-Obersteiner; Stefan Geier-Koch-Petersen, Hundredppound Wahl-Bischofberger, Judge-Harand-Kreuzer, Kraus-Livik-Witting Coach: Matikainen

Tore : 1:0 Alex Petan (10.59), 1:1 Patrick Harand (14.08), 2:1 Luca Frigo (19.19)

spectator : 3.070 The other results from Sunday: Salzburg - Fehervar 1:4 Goals: 0:1 Luttinen (0.43), 0:2 Erdely (25.43), 1:2 Hughes (36.01), 1:3 Meland (37.53), 1:4 Erdely (59.00) Audience: 2.056

Vienna - Graz 8:3 Goals: 0:1 Caito (1.45), 1:1 Wall (4.04), 1:2 Hamilton (19.28), 2:2 DeSousa (22.07), 3:2 Wall (27.05), 4:2 Schneider (29.24), 5:2 Wall (31.41), 6:2 Schneider (37.04), 6:3 Loney (52.26), 7:3 Wukovits (52.50), 8:3 Mullen (57.48) Audience: 4.350

Znjomo - Linz 4:5 Goals: 0:1 Lebler (8.18), 1:1 Vainonen (11.05), 1:2 Kearns (13.58), 1:3 Kearns (24.33), 2:3 Mrazek (26.38), 3:3 Bartos (29.38), 3:4 DaSilva (33.54), 3:5 Kristler (39.18), 4:5 Kalus (57.10) Audience: 2.823

Villach - Dornbirn 2:1 Goals: 1-0 Pollastrone (6.08), 1-1 Timmins (41.38), 2-1 Maylan (49.04) Audience: 2.241 The table: Placement round SP G U V TV P 1. Vienna Capitals 5 5 0 0 21:7 18 2. Graz99ers 5 4 0 1 20:15 18 3. Klagenfurt 5 2 0 3 13:13 8 4. HCB South Tyrol 5 2 0 3 12:15 7 5. Salzburg 5 1 0 4 10:20 4 6. Fehervar 5 1 0 4 11:17 3 qualifying round SP G U V TV P 1. Znojmo 4 3 0 1 20:11 13 2. Linz 4 2 0 2 14:16 13 3. Dornbirn 4 2 0 2 12:13 6 4. Villach 4 2 0 2 8:9 6 5. Innsbruck 4 1 0 3 11:16 5

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 Foxes ensure the perfect celebration day

Gino Pasqualotto's induction into the "Hall of Fame", the 85th anniversary party and then a very strong performance against the KAC - everything went smoothly for the HCB Südtirol Alperia on this Sunday evening in the ice wave.

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