First final win! Bolzano is driving the cops crazy

Around 5600 spectators left the Sparkasse Arena in the south of Bolzano on Thursday evening with a big grin on their faces: The Foxes won the first game of the best-of-seven final series 1-0 and firmly grabbed the Bulls from Salzburg by the horns.

It was a sheer demonstration of power that HC Bozen put on at the start - not because of any playful superiority, but rather because of the attitude that the cracks in the red uniforms showed. They made up for the illness-related absence of key player Dustin Gazley, who was replaced by the young Meraner Pascal Brunner in the parade block, with grit, passion, cohesion and a small portion of luck.

Harvey is the celebrated hero At times it seemed as if the foxes wanted to eat the bulls as soon as they set foot in their third area. They cleared away the opponents, narrowed the spaces and threw themselves into every attempt to finish. And if the disc found its way towards the goal, goalie Sam Harvey was there. The Canadian, born in 1998, offered one of his best performances of the season in the most important game to date and stopped the 18 shots on his goal in a spectacular manner. In the end he celebrated his fifth shutout of the season.

The key scenes Thomas with bite Mitch Hults serves his congenial strike partner Christian Thomas at an acute angle. Pascal Brunner is free in the center, but the Canadian does it himself and scores in the third attempt (14th). It's 1-0! Brunner with oomph This scene is symbolic of the HCB appearance. The youngster Brunner, who has just joined the team, runs over veteran Bulls player Martin Stajnoch with a check. Salzburg doesn't know how to deal with the healthy toughness, but the hall celebrated the Foxes like heroes (29th). Harvey with skill The Bolzano goalie Sam Harvey becomes the main actor: first he stifles Dennis Robertson's shout of celebration with a monster reflex (38th), then he stands in the way of Ali Wukovits in a one-on-one when he is outnumbered (39th). Later he fends off a shot from Troy Bourke with his leg pads on the line (46th). Salzburg with nerves The Foxes fend off every attack from the vehement Austrians in the final minutes. This leaves its mark on the opponent: After the end of the game, Thomas Raffl and Peter Hochkofler take on the HCB cracks. Once again and for the last time the waves are rising in the Sparkasse Arena. Ice hockey fans, especially those in white and red, will be excited to see whether the Foxes manage to maintain this tremendous intensity throughout the entire final series. In any case, you now have 48 hours to fill up your energy reserves, then the second final act takes place in Salzburg's Volksgarten. SportNews will report again via live ticker on Saturday from 19.30 p.m.

HCB Südtirol Alperia – Red Bull Salzburg 1-0 HCB: Harvey (Bernard); Culkin-Miglioranzi, Cole Hults-Dalhuisen, Valentine-Di Perna, Ginnetti; Halmo-McClure-Brunner, Frattin-Mitch Hults-Thomas, Frigo-Mantenuto-Frank, Felicetti-Alberga-Miceli, Kasslatter. Coach: Hanlon

RBS: Tolvanen (Kickert); Heinrich-Lewington, Genoway-MacWilliam, Robertson-Stajnoch, Stapelfeldt; Harnisch-Nissner-Schneider, Paul Huber-Bourke-Thaler, Hochkofler-Wukovits-Mario Huber, Raffl-Baltram-Meyer, Schreier. Coach: McIlvane

Gate: 1:0 Christian Thomas (13.32)

Viewers: 5589

Best of 7 series: 1:0

Further game dates: April 8th, 11th, 14th and possibly April 16th, 18th, 21st

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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First final win! Bolzano is driving the cops crazy

It was pure thrill, an ice hockey battle par excellence: HCB Südtirol Alperia defeated Red Bull Salzburg in the first final game using every trick in the book and turned the Bolzano ice rink into a madhouse.

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