Duel of the goalie giants: Lamoureux outdoes Irving

The clash between the Bulls and Foxes had already been described as a duel between the goalie giants, as Lamoureux (catch rate of 94,9%) and Irving (92,5%) were the currently best and probably most spectacular goalies in the league . And the two North Americans kept their promises. Their performances alone would have deserved far more than the 2.000 spectators in attendance. But bitter for Bozen: While Lamoureux only allowed one of 35 shots to pass, Irving had to reach behind him in two of Salzburg's 30 attempts. In the end, convincing South Tyroleans lost 1:2.

Stefan Quinz makes his EBEL debut Before the game, both teams had to contend with an enormous lack of personnel and had to play a total of ten players. While the Salzburg team, among others, had to miss Peter Hochkofler from Eppan, who was ill, the injured Anton Bernard, Stefano Giliati and Domenic Alberga from Bozen, as well as Patrick Wiercioch, who was weakened by the flu, did not make the trip to Austria. So it happened that 22-year-old Stefan Quinz from the Rittner Buam was allowed to make his debut in the EBEL and, with a handful of short changes, relieved the pressure on the Bolzano offensive.

The Red Bulls set the tone in the starting third. © GEPA/Binder

Despite the many failures, both teams played an extremely entertaining game, with the home team initially clearly superior. This was quickly reflected in the result: in the 13th minute, Janos Hari scored from close range to make it 1-0. A little later, Daniel Frank accepted Brendan Mikkelson's invitation to a boxing match, but even this short fight failed to wake up the Foxes. They only had one good chance in the first third through Dante Hannoun.

That should change after the restart. Frank and Anthony Bardaro had two great opportunities on the bat, but were denied by Lamoureux. His Bolzano counterpart, Leland Irving, was powerless a little later when Connor Brickley powered through and increased the score to 2-0. Ivan Tauferer had recently lost his stick and was unable to slow down the Red Bull Center. A short time later, Irving saved his team from conceding the next goal by stopping Paul Huber's shot in spectacular butterfly style, causing a loud murmur to echo through the ice rink. Then Lamoureux was able to excel again on the other side. He literally drove the in-form Frank crazy with the next brilliant parade. Lamoureux, always Lamoureux At the beginning of the final third, Angelo Miceli was also allowed to try, but he too had no luck in a one-on-one with the long-time Vienna goalie. He only had to admit defeat in the 45th minute when Tim Daly shot from the blue line and Bardaro broke the spell with a rebound. It was the 18th goal of the season for the HCB top scorer. But there wasn't enough for the South Tyroleans that evening. Although they applied pressure in the final minutes, Jamie Arniel didn't have more than one thwarted chance. Salzburg saved the 2-1 over time.

HC Bozen – together with Graz – continues to be at the bottom of the Pick Round table with no points. It will stay that way at least until February 11th, only then will the Foxes play their next intermediate round game at home against Vienna. EC Red Bull Salzburg – HCB Südtirol Alperia 2-1 Salzburg: Lamoureux (Duke); Heinrich-Jakubitzka, Joslin-Mikkelson, Pallestrang-Viveiros, Schreier-Witting; Kolarik-Brickley-Herburger, Huber-Hari-Holloway, Rebernig-Varejcka-Feldner

HSBC: Irving (Fazio); Robertson-Tauferer, Marchetti-Daly, Flemming-Glira, Catenacci-Arniel-Insam, Frank-Sylvestre-Bardaro, Miceli-Hargrove-Frigo, Deluca-Hannoun-Quinz

Gates: 1:0 Janos Hari (12.51), 2:0 Connor Brickley (28.56), 2:1 Anthony Bardaro (44.22)

Viewers: 2.054 The other results of the 1st intermediate round matchday: Vienna – Graz 5:2 Goals: 1:0 Baun (20.58), 2:0 Flood (22.03), 2:1 Ograjensek (22.42), 3:1 Loney (28.42), 4:1 Loney (32.02), 4:2 Oberkofler (44.02); 5:2 Olden (47.30) Audience: 3.650

Znojmo – Fehervar 2:3 aet Goals: 1:0 Sova (16.06), 1:1 Stipsicz (41.20), 1:2 Erdely (44.54), 2:2 Flick (49.28), 2:3 Campbell (63.08) Audience: 2.494

Villach – Dornbirn 0:1 nP Goal: Tamminen (decisive penalty) Audience: 2.578

Linz – Innsbruck 6:3 Goals: 1:0 Lebler (3.30), 1:1 Broda (6.22), 2:1 Schofield (12.28), 3:1 Umicevic (25.57), 4:1 DaSilva (28.55), 4:2 Spurgeon (30.47), 5:2 Finn (42.06), 5:3 Lammers (42.37), 6:3 Umicevic (54.21) Audience: 4.450 The charts: Pick Round SP G U V TV P 1. Salzburg 1 1 0 0 2:1 7 2. Vienna Capitals 1 1 0 0 5:2 5 3. Klagenfurt 0 0 0 0 0:0 1 4. HCB South Tyrol 1 0 0 1 1:2 0 5. Graz99ers 1 0 0 1 2:5 0 Qualification Round SP G U V TV P 1. Linz 1 1 0 0 6:3 9 2. Villach 1 0 0 1 0:1 9 3. Znojmo 1 0 0 1 2:3 5 4. Fehervar 1 1 0 0 3:2 4 5. Dornbirn 1 1 0 0 1:0 2 6. Innsbruck 1 0 0 1 3:6 1

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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Duel of the goalie giants: Lamoureux outdoes Irving

Red Bull Salzburg against HCB Südtirol Alperia or rather Jean-Philippe Lamoureux against Leland Irving, that was the opening match of the second round on Friday evening. In the end, Irving and the Bolzano team had to bow to the league leaders.

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