The Shame of Znojmo

Desolate, catastrophic, almost pathetic. On Sunday, the Foxes lacked all the virtues that had distinguished them in recent years. No commitment, no passion, no emotions. In some cases, what was offered bordered on refusing to work. The result was a 2:10 slap that raises many questions - and will most likely have consequences. The Czechs started with only three full lines and had lost three of the last four games.

The frightening thing in Znojmo was that Bolzano never tried to react. Brett Findlay & Co. simply let the disaster happen. There were also few or no impulses from the bench that could have turned things around. After around 11 minutes and two misses by HCB goalie Justin Fazio, who then made way for Kevin Boyle, the guests from South Tyrol were 0-4 behind. Instead of an improvement, the eagles went on show, which resulted in the aforementioned debacle.

Before the home game against the Vienna Capitals next Friday, the situation at HCB is more unclear than ever. The next few days will show whether managing director Dieter Knoll reacts - in whatever form. The highlights The game is two minutes old when Hunter Fejes scores with a shot on the move. Fazio also lets an actually harmless shot from Adam Sedlak pass before Svoboda increases the score to 3-0 with a slap shot. Just 31 seconds later, the HCB defense fell into a collective sleep at 0:4. Shortly afterwards, the free-standing Luca Frigo made it 1:4, but the joy only lasted 13 seconds. Fejes and Michael Kvasnica make the score 6:1 at halftime. The situation does not improve in the second half of the game, on the contrary. Köver on a fine Luciani pass, Jan Bartko from a distance and Alexander Younan make it 9:1. The Foxes have long since stopped playing ice hockey; the 2:9 win by Brett Findlay in the power play, who scored in front of the goal, is no longer celebrated. In the final third the game plods along, nothing happens for a long time until Kvasnica, who was with the Fassa Falcons last year, fixes the double digits. In addition to HC Bozen, HC Pustertal also lost on Sunday, the second South Tyrolean ICE representative. However, the Wolves got at least one point in the 2:3 after extra time against Andreas Bernards VSV. Orli Znojmo – HCB Südtirol Alperia 10:2 ZNO: Cantor (Groh); Sedlak-Culkin, Stransky-Younan, Bartko-Tejnor; Tomas Svoboda-Nemec-Matus, Luciani-Kover-Kvasnica, Fejes-Prokes-Gorcik, Ondrej Svoboda-Oscadal. coach: Hanlon

HSBC: Fazio (Boyle); Maione-Plastino, Trivellato-Di Perna, Lowe-DeHaas; Frank-Findlay-Gazley, Halmo-Catenacci-Miceli, Frigo-Bernard-Mizzi, Luisetti-Alberga-Glück. coach: Mason

Gates: 1:0 Fejes (2.02), 2:0 Sedlak (4.15), 3:0 Tomas Svoboda (10.09), 4:0 Köver (10.40), 4:1 Frigo (13.00), 5:1 Fejes (13.13), 6 :1 Kvasnica (17.14), 7:1 Köver (28.48), 8:1 Bartko (31.34), 9:1 Younan (36.19), 9:2 Findlay (39.56), 10:2 Kvasnica (55.35)

Viewers: 1000 ICE Hockey League: HC Pustertal – Villacher SV 2:3nV Goals: 0:1 Hughes (32.57), 1:1 Harju (34.39), 1:2 Fraser (50.30), 2:2 Stukel (54.23), 2:3 Krastenbergs (62.01) Audience: 1810

Red Bull Salzburg – Olimpija Ljubljana 2:3 nP Goals: 0:1 Cimzar (1.47), 0:2 Kalan (24.40), 1:2 Schneider (43.22), 2:2 Huber (44.31); decisive penalty: Koblar Vienna Capitals – Black Wings Linz 5:4 Goals: 1:0 Sheppard (11.00), 2:0 Lowry (16.37), 2:1 Pelletier (22.25), 3:1 Wall (33.47), 3:2 Bortnak (34.50), 3:3 Lebler (35.38), 4:3 Hartl (43.44), 4:4 Bortnak (46.05), 5:4 Sutter (51.04) EC KAC – AV Fehervar 3:1 Goals: 1:0 Marcel Witting (34.32), 1:1 Shaw (43.25), 2:1 Fraser (50.13), 3:1 Koch (59.47)

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 Shame of Znojmo

The fans of HCB Südtirol Alperia won't get over this evening too quickly. Your team put in a performance on Sunday at Orli Znojmo that can't really be described as such.

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