A strong third is not enough for the Foxes

The game in Klagenfurt was dominated by HCB captain Anton Bernard, who donned the white and red jersey for the 700th time on Friday. In addition to the impressive anniversary, there was nothing to celebrate for Doug Mason's team that evening: they lost to EC KAC 2:4 despite a good performance at times. Once again, consistency proved to be a sticking point in the Foxes' game.

Daniel Frank & Co. completely missed the start: in the first 20 minutes they only fired three shots on goal, but only conceded one goal. They showed a completely different face in the middle third when they took the lead for a while before it seemed as if someone had pulled the plug again in the final half.

Keegan Lowe & Co. suffered a narrow defeat. © Kiss

The Füchse cannot afford that against a top team like the KAC undoubtedly is. The good news: The HCB already has the chance to improve this aspect on Sunday against the Bratislava Capitals, who are only one point behind in the table. The highlights The Foxes initially act cautiously, are hardly dangerous - and fall behind in the 10th minute when Rok Ticar puts HCB goalie Kevin Boyle behind with a great move. If the guests lacked the necessary activity in the first half, they showed it in the second half: just 70 seconds after the restart, Angelo Miceli coldly punished a KAC mistake. The Mason team is now fully in the game, the 2-1 win by Brett Findlay is the logical consequence. After a counterattack, the Canadian is set up in an exemplary manner by Dustin Gazley and scores. Shortly afterwards, the Foxes let a four-minute power play go to waste before Samuel Witting, completely unchallenged, took the shot and equalized. An annoying hit. What the HCB managed perfectly in the second third, the Red Jackets imitated in the final period: 72 seconds after the start, Paul Postma gave the team a 3-2 lead in the power play. The decision was made when Ticar increased to 4:2 eight and a half minutes before the end. EC KAC – HCB Südtirol Alperia 4:2 KAC: Dahm (Holzer); Strong-Schumnig, Steffler-Vallant, Unterweger-Postma, Tialler; Fraser-Koch-Haudum, Stefan Geier-Obersteiner-Manuel Geier, Ganahl-Ticar-Petersen, Bischofberger-Hundredppound-Witting, coach: Matikainen

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

Gates: 1:0 Ticar (9.26), 1:1 Miceli (21.10), 1:2 Findlay (24.11), 2:2 Witting (34.17), 3:2 Postma (41.12), 4:2 Ticar (51.37)

Viewers: 3248 ICE Hockey League: HC Pustertal – HC Innsbruck 3:4 (click here for the report) Goals: 0:1 Mader (4.13), 0:2 Messner (18.38), 0:3 McGauley (20.21), 1:3 Berger (24.03), 1:4 Messner (26.11), 2:4 Budish (33.36), 3:4 Icons (55.29) Audience: 1680

AV Fehervar – Black Wings Linz 6:1 Goals: 1:0 Nilsson (12.58), 2:0 Atkinson (17.02), 3:0 Petan (17.49), 4:0 Nilsson (33.21), 5:0 Kuralt (43.31), 6:0 Atkinson (49.48), 6:1 Bretschneider (58.28), Audience: 1668

Dornbirner EC – Orli Znojmo 1:5 Goals: 1:0 Macierzynski (00.27), 1:1 Nemec (9.44), 1:2 Svoboda (12.20), 1:3 Prokes (13.14), 1:4 Southorn (19.50), 1:5 Prokes (22.46) Audience: 1011

Bratislava Capitals – Graz99ers 1:5 Goals: 0:1 Boivin (11.19), 0:2 Zalewski (25.41), 0:3 Schiechl (26.44), 1:3 Mrazik (54.37), 1:4 Gordon (55.), 1:5 Gordon 58.52) Audience: 1055

Red Bull Salzburg – Vienna Capitals 1:0 nP Decisive penalty: Järvinen Audience: 2045

Olimpija Ljubljana – Villacher SV 6:0 Goals: 1:0 Pance (00.39), 2:0 Murphy (16.49), 3:0 Cimzar (21.56), 4:0 Simsic (27.35), 5:0 Cepon (37.44), 6:0 Jezovsek (49.28) Audience: 1482

The table: SP G U V TV P 1. Ljubljana 11 9 0 2 48:25 29 2. Fehervar 11 8 0 3 38:25 24 3. Salzburg 12 8 0 4 35:27 21 4. Klagenfurt 10 5 0 5 31:29 17 5. Znojmo 11 6 0 5 41:35 18 6. Dornbirn 10 5 0 5 30:32 16 7. HCB South Tyrol 10 5 0 5 30:34 15 8. Villach 10 5 0 5 36:30 14 9. Vienna Capitals 11 5 0 6 26:21 15 10. Bratislava 11 5 0 6 31:37 14 11. Graz99ers 11 4 0 7 36:43 14 12. Innsbruck 12 6 0 6 30:42 15 13. Linz 11 3 0 8 26:42 9 14. HC Pustertal 11 2 0 9 27:43 7

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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A strong third is not enough for the Foxes

HCB Südtirol Alperia is still looking for consistency: The Foxes did not put in a bad performance against the reigning champions from Klagenfurt on Friday evening. However, it was not enough to steal points from Carinthia.

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