A trio keeps the HCB on track

HC Bozen clearly showed their North Tyrolean neighbors their limits in the fourth duel of the season. The League Croesus defeated Innsbruck 2-0 in the ice wave and delivered in front of their eyes his latest star acquisition Karl Stollery , who was watching the action from the stands, put on a very convincing performance.

The decisive factor was once again the strong collective of the South Tyroleans, of which three cracks particularly stood out that evening. Simon Pitschieler: The shark killer Just last week, the 23-year-old from Val Gardena scored his first ICE goal in Innsbruck. Now he struck again against the sharks! Pitschieler, who acted as center alongside Mike Halmo and Marco Insam in the second offensive block, made a big impact in the 3rd minute: in backchecking, he caught the puck on the blue line, drove into the high slot and simply pulled from there away. The disc was deflected by an Innsbruck defender and fluttered past HCI goalie McCollum into the net. Dennis Robertson: The Leader However, if there is a need for a symbolic image of the Foxes' current condition, then this is provided by the long-time AHL defender from Canada, who is really blossoming in his second season in South Tyrol and is leading the way as a leader both on and off the ice. Robertson hit the mark against Innsbruck for the second time in just a few days and now has 18 scorer points, almost as many points as he had in the entire last season (20th). The omnipresent defender was wonderfully served by Angelo Micel, tanked in front of the Innsbruck goal and let McCollum get out in the best sniper style. Andreas Bernard: The insurmountable Until the 2-0 victory, Bozen did not act nearly as confidently and confidently as in other games. It was only thanks to Andy Bernard that Innsbruck were unable to equalize or come close again later. League top scorer Daniel Ciampini & Co. repeatedly failed because of the goalkeeper, who had his best scene in the final minute when he “defeated” Samuel Herr in a one-on-one situation and thereby secured his shutout – the third in the eighth game for Bozen . The Kalter native couldn't have made a better application for continued employment beyond the end of January, when his contract ends.

Andreas Bernard kept his box clean for the third time. © V. Antonello

Apart from these highlights, the HCB was still unlucky with two aluminum hits from Brett Findlay and Dustin Gazley. On the other side, Herr also hit the edge of the goal. The latter came into the spotlight particularly in the final third, which Bozen's Mike Halmo spent the entirety of on the substitutes' bench. HCB coach Greg Ireland let the visibly nervous Canadian, who had been with the referees his foul in the game against Villach has apparently fallen out of favor and is repeatedly hastily sent to the penalty box, languishes outside and sent Ivan Deluca onto the ice for him. This helped keep the two-goal lead safe over time.

Halmo will be back in the game on Saturday, when the top game against Fehèrvar, second in the table, will take place in the ice wave. HCB Südtirol Alperia - HC Tiwag Innsbruck 2:0 HSBC: Andreas Bernard (Cloutier); Fournier-Plastino, Robertson-Di Perna, Pietroniro-Youds, Gios; Giliati-Alberga-Bardaro, Halmo-Pitschieler-Insam, Frigo-Anton Bernard-Miceli, Frank-Findlay-Gazley Coach: Ireland

HCI: McCollum (Swett); Porseland-Tansey, Lattner-Bär, Wetzelsberger; Ciampini-Christoffer-Sideroff, Herr-Girard-Jennes, Mader-Winkler-Gerlach, Muigg, Paulweber Coach: O'Keife

Gates: 1:0 Simon Pitschieler (2.24), 2:0 Dennis Robertson (22.32) The other results from Tuesday: Bratislava - Fehèrvar 2:5 Goals: 0:1 Erdely (3.33), 1:1 Guimond (8.15), 1:2 Sarpatki (8.37), 1:3 Sarpatki (19.33), 1:4 Erdely (21.36), 2:4 Bubela (51.03), 2:5 Kuralt (59.44) Linz - Vienna 2:3 Goals: 0:1 Fischer (16.28), 0:2 Loney (27.35), 0:3 Großlercher (28.54), 1:3 Bartulis (41.11), 2:3 Freunschlag (55.23) Dornbirn - Salzburg 2:3 Goals: 1:0 MacKenzie (17.07), 2:0 Macierzynski (24.59), 2:1 Hughes (26.42), 2:2 Raffl (39.59), 2:3 Schütz (55.03) Villach - Graz 2:3 Goals: 1:0 Collins (2.13), 1:1 Alagic (2.51), 1:2 Porsberger (25.00), 2:2 Gill (32.22), 2:3 Ograjensek (45.33) The table: SP G U V TV P 1. HCB South Tyrol 27 20 0 7 90:51 62 2. Fehervar 32 20 0 12 110:95 59 3. Vienna Capitals 29 19 0 10 94:69 56 4. Klagenfurt 28 16 0 12 80:60 51 5. Salzburg 25 15 0 10 82:66 46 6. Dornbirn 28 15 0 13 80:80 43 7. Graz99ers 28 13 0 15 81:93 38 8. Innsbruck 29 11 0 18 91:102 34 9. Bratislava 28 11 0 17 75:97 32 10. Villach 29 10 0 19 66:95 29 11. Linz 29 6 0 23 58:99 18

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 trio keeps the HCB on track

HCB Südtirol Alperia remains undefeated in the 2021 calendar year and is therefore the undisputed number 1 in the ICE Hockey League table. On Tuesday evening, the Foxes celebrated a shutout win against Innsbruck.

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