Harju sends the Pustertal into ecstasy

1085 fans made a pilgrimage to the Wolves' new home to be there as HC Pustertal aimed for their first home win for the second time within 48 hours. The guests in the Intercable Arena were the Dornbirn Bulldogs, who were level with the HCP in the table before the game. The fact that the two teams are on equal footing not only in the table but also in terms of play became clear in this spectacular game, which was only decided in the penalty shootout. Johan Harju became a celebrated hero in the 2-1 win.

In contrast to Game against Salzburg When the Wolves were concentrating primarily on defense, they impressed on Sunday with their offensive drive. They created numerous scoring chances - led by the lively Jakob Stukel and the stoic Emil Kristensen - but lacked the coolness in front of Lukas Herzog. Nevertheless, it was enough to win, which in the final analysis was more than deserved.

Daniel Glira takes a rustic approach to his work. © Optic Rapid/I. Foppa

Regardless of the outcome of the game, Luciano Basile's men can take a lot of positive things with them: the defense is solid, many opportunities are created up front, only the efficiency leaves something to be desired. The next chance to improve this comes on Friday when the Wolves visit last year's AlpsHL rivals Ljubljana. But now they want to fully enjoy this success for the first time. The highlights Cheered on by their own fans, the Wolves played an excellent starting third - but without reward: Anthony Bardaro and Jakob Stukel each narrowly failed. While the home team had more chances in the first half, this changed in the middle third: Sholl saved two dangerous shots from Jesse Saarinen and Kevin Hancock in dire need. The 0-1 in the 38th minute by the omnipresent Hancock was deserved: The Canadian benefited from a misplaced Spencer shot, which inadvertently became the perfect assist, and hit the empty goal. But Dornbirn's joy was short-lived: the third period was only a few seconds old when Kristensen took the measure in the power play and defeated Herzog with a wrist shot into the corner. The HCP gained new courage after the equalizer, Raphael Andergassen and Stukel subsequently scored the winning goal. But it goes into extra time and finally a penalty shootout. This cannot be surpassed in terms of dramaturgy: Harju initially responds to Colton Beck's goal with a sensational one-hander before the Swede catches Herzog between the schooners. HC Pustertal – Dornbirn Bulldogs 2:1 nP HCP: Sholl (Stoll); Hanna-Willcox, Caruso-Kristensen, Glira-Hofer, Althuber; Icons-Harju-Bardaro, Stukel-Berger-Budish, Morrison-Andergassen-Stephan Deluca, Ivan Deluca-Traversa-Mantinger, Hasler. coach: Basile

DEC: Duke (Madlener); Cuma-Vandane, Ross-Grondahl, Suhonen-Spencer, Matzka; Macierzynski-Häußle-Schwinger, Jevpalovs-Hancock-Padakin, Saarinen-Ruzicka-Beck, Antonitsch-Zitz-Pöschmann, Kandemir. coach: Suikkanen

Gates: 0:1 Hancock (37.05), 1:1 Kristensen (40.52); Decisive penalty: Harju

Viewers: 1085 Ice Hockey League: Graz 99ers – Black Wings Linz 2:0 Goals: 1:0 Ograjensek (23.18), 2:0 Zalewski (42.48) Audience: 998

Vienna Capitals – Olimpija Ljubljana 0:1 Goals: 0:1 Magovac (20.35) Audience: 2950

Villacher SV – Orli Znojmo 6:1 Goals: 1:0 Hughes (6.03), 2:0 Lanzinger (11.37), 3:0 Maxa (12.04), 4:0 Krastenbergs (13.41), 4:1 Culkin (15.20), 5:1 Kosmachuk (43.25), 6:1 Karlsson (49.06) Audience: 2130

HC Innsbruck – EC KAC 3:6 Goals: 0:1 Hundred Pounds (3.39), 0:2 Koch (11.09), 1:2 Leavens (21.17), 1:3 Koch (33.57), 1:4 Postma (35.19), 1:5 Postma (36.31), 1:6 Koch (41.11), 2:6 Bär (50.35), 3:6 Feldner (55.56) Audience: 1600

HC Bozen – Bratislava is canceled (here you can find the information) The table: SP G U V TV P 1. Ljubljana 6 5 0 1 27:14 16 2. Fehervar 6 5 0 1 21:15 15 3. HCB South Tyrol 5 4 0 1 15:11 11 4. Salzburg 6 4 0 2 22:16 11 5. Graz99ers 6 3 0 3 22:24 10 6. Bratislava 5 3 0 2 20:18 8 7. Znojmo 6 3 0 3 23:19 9 7. Vienna Capitals 6 3 0 3 15:10 9 9. Klagenfurt 5 2 0 3 13:15 7 10. Dornbirn 5 2 0 3 14:19 6 10. Villach 5 2 0 3 14:10 6 12. HC Pustertal 6 2 0 4 14:22 6 13. Innsbruck 7 2 0 5 12:27 4 14. Linz 6 0 0 6 10:22 2

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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Harju sends the Pustertal into ecstasy

What the Wolves barely missed on Friday evening, they made up for on Sunday: HC Pustertal celebrated their longed-for first home win in the Intercable Arena in a dramatic way.

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