This victory is encouraging: Foxes defeat Linz

Although Bozen repeatedly revealed old weaknesses, they were able to limit the many individual mistakes of the past games. A resurgent Leland Irving also contributed significantly to the well-deserved 5-2 away win. However, an HCB in top form looks different.

Schofield makes Bolzano tremble The game, which the HCB fans have been looking forward to for a week, started 20 minutes late due to a power outage. But the guests didn't have any time to get going: Linz immediately set a high pace, with Beddoes' team having the first big chance. Daniel Catenacci was denied in the power play from a promising position by the 20-year-old Paul Mocher, who was guarding the goal in place of regular goalie David Kickert.

It got loud for the first time in the jam-packed No Worries Arena in the 4th minute when ex-HCB crack Rick Schofield was left criminally alone in the slot, received a perfect pass from Brian Lebler and defeated the powerless Leland Irving. This hit had repercussions because just a few seconds later the eye-catching Schofield had the 2-0 on his bat. This time, however, Irving was there. Linz's jubilation only lasted a short time. © Hannes Draxler

The beautifully played equalizer came out of nowhere. After a well-structured build-up, a two-on-one situation arose, which Jamie Arniel and Stefano Giliati played to the end in a textbook manner. There was little change in the balance of power - Linz remained the dominant team, but no more goals were scored until the end of the third. Foxes turn the game But at the beginning of the second half of the game: after just 33 seconds, Arniel gave the visitors the lead when they were outnumbered. Meanwhile, disciplinary problems continued for Sebastien Sylvestre & Co., but Linz didn't show why it has the best power play in the league. On the contrary: the HCB neutralized the numerical superiority of the weakening hosts without any major problems and appeared dangerous in front of the goal themselves.

But just when the South Tyroleans seemed to have the game under control and were also playing on the power play, the score was 2-2. Once again it was the unleashed Schofield who sank the puck unstoppably on the turn. The Foxes' reply came immediately. While the penalty against Raphael Wolf was still in progress, Brett Flemming pulled away from the blue line and scored precisely to give the Foxes the lead again, which was definitely deserved at this point. Frank makes everything clear The Füchse managed to start the final third as desired, but both Catenacci and Kevin Spinozzi failed to convert uncertainties in the Linz defense into something countable. Hargrove also failed because of Mocher, who didn't make the safest impression, but overall replaced Kickert well. The decision in favor of Bolzano was made around eight minutes before the end: Linz made a hair-raising mistake in the defensive zone, which returnee Daniel Frank coldly took advantage of in the style of a goalscorer. Tim Daly secured the well-deserved and sorely needed 5-2 away win with a double majority. Liwest Black Wings Linz - HCB Südtirol Alperia 2:5 Linz : Mocher (Kickert); Finn-Roach, Altmann-Rutkowski, Wolf-Kragl, Matzka; Kalus-McNeill-Umicevic, Cijan-Pusnik-Florek, Lebler-Schofield-DaSilva, Leiler-Brucker-Gaffal, Koudelka Coach: Rowe

Silver : Irving (Driving Ripe); Marchetti-Flemming, Robertson-Daly, Spinozzi-Tauferer, Glira; Hargrove-Arniel-Giliati, Frigo-Bernard-Insam, Catenacci-Sylvestre-Bardaro, Deluca-Alberga-Frank, Schweitzer Coach: Beddoes

Goals: 1:0 Schofield (3.29), 1:1 Giliati (5.37), 1:2 Arniel (20.33), 2:2 Schofield (36.10), 2:3 Flemming (37.05), 2:4 Frank (52.07), 2:5 Daly (57.18)

Audience: 4650 The other results: Znojmo – Klagenfurt 3:4 nP Goals: 1:0 Svoboda (2.32), 2:0 Sova (10.32), 3:0 Boruta (25.53), 3:1 Liivik (42.37), 3:2 Kozek (43.50), 3:3 Neal (46.57) Decisive penalty: Kozek Audience: 2514

Graz – Dornbirn 3:1 Goals: 1:0 Aslin (20.33), 2:0 Grabowsky (35.50), 3:0 Squires (46.18), 3:1 Romig (51.15) Audience: 2221

Vienna – Fehervar 6:1 Goals: 1:0 Holzapfel (2.46), 2:0 Hartl (14.22), 3:0 Wukovits (15.06), 4:0 Baun (19.45), 5:0 Hartl (27.45), 5:1 Sarauer (31.40), 6:1 Kichton (55.14) Audience: 3650

Villach – Innsbruck 6:7 aet Goals: 1:0 Fraser (10.54), 2:0 Pollastrone (24.36), 3:0 Collins (28.07), 3:1 Broda (33.30), 4:1 Ulmer (34.19), 5:1 Fraser (38.41), 5:2 Thörnberg (39.58), 5:3 Thörnberg (42.21), Broda 5:4 (46.32), 5:5 Broda (52.12), 5:6 Thörnberg (52.24), 6:6 Karlsson (54.07), 6: 7 Spurgeon (60.40) Audience: 3085

The table:

SP G U V TV P 1. Salzburg 6 5 0 1 26:14 14 2. Graz99ers 6 5 0 1 22:13 14 3. Vienna Capitals 7 5 0 2 22:13 14 4. Villach 6 4 0 2 27:18 13 5. Znojmo 6 3 0 3 18:18 11 6. Klagenfurt 7 3 0 4 18:18 10 7. Fehervar 7 3 0 4 16:26 7 8. HCB South Tyrol 6 2 0 4 14:24 6 9. Linz 4 2 0 2 11:12 5 10. Innsbruck 6 1 0 5 18:22 5 11. Dornbirn 7 1 0 6 13:27 3

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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This victory is encouraging: Foxes defeat Linz

After HCB Südtirol Alperia was unable to convince recently, mostly lost and also found itself at the bottom of the table, it showed a strong reaction against the Black Wings Linz. Led by Jamie Arniel, the Foxes inflicted a deserved home defeat on the Upper Austrians.

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