Johan Harju clips the eagles' wings

Away from the heated Corona debate about HC Bozen South Tyrol's ice hockey world was also able to write positive headlines thanks to HC Pustertal's 6-1 victory over Znojmo on Friday. However, it wasn't just the Swedish center who stood out positively, as the Bruneck team showed an enormously unified team performance that whets the appetite for more.

In the starting third, the two best power play teams in the league showed spectacular ice hockey and sometimes played like they were stung by a tarantula. The Czechs looked like they could pose a threat at any moment of the game, but failed to reward themselves and appeared vulnerable in defense. In the middle period, the Eagles attacked the home team early and pushed for goals again. However, the goals were scored by the calm Johan Harju, who caught Glen Hanlon's team ice cold twice. Afterwards, the owners of the house didn't let the butter be taken away from their bread. The highlights of the game Turbo start Dante Hannoun quickly penetrated the Znojmo third and served for Zach Budish, who smashed the ball under the crossbar after less than 2 minutes. Basically, the guests are better at the start, but a counterattack goal from Anthony Luciani was disallowed for offside. There's a fire in front of the box Anthony Bardaro comes to the visitors' goal undisturbed, the puck stays there and Johan Harju says thank you (11th). On the other side, Tomas Sholl saves against Tomas Svoboda, who has broken through. Raphael Andergassen also makes it in front of the opponent's box, but aims over Pavel Kantor. Harju's hat trick In the middle third, Eriksson Immo first shortened the score for Znaim (28th), then Johan Harju scored with a powerful direct shot after Bardaro's assist (36th) and an attempt from distance (39th) and completed the hat trick. The coronation In the final third, Max Gerlach plays beautifully on a counter-attack to Stukel, who only needs to press in (45th). Almost ten minutes later, Reece Willcox hits the net alone in front of Kantor. The Wolves will try to learn lessons from this game, after all, the Black and Yellows will visit the South Moravian team twice more in February. The fighting performance and the finishing accuracy were definitely playoff-worthy. The HCP's next game will be away to the record champions from Klagenfurt on Sunday.

HC Pustertal – HC Orli Znojmo 6:1

HCP : Sholl (Stoll); Hanna-Willcox, Caruso-Laitinen, Althuber-Glira, Hofer; Carey-Harju-Bardaro, Hasler-Andergassen-Budish, Stukel-Hannoun-Gerlach, Ivan Deluca-Berger-Stephan Deluca Coach: Helminen

Znojmo : Cantor (Groh); Sedlak-Culkin, Hrbal-Bartko, Stransky-Younan, Tejnor; Svoboda-Matus-Neumann, Gorcik-Prokes-Luciani, Ahl-Zubov-Eriksson Immo, Köver-Brittain-Kvasnica Coach: Hanlon

Tore : 1:0 Budish (1.39), 2:0 Harju (11.54), 2:1 Eriksson Immo (28.45), 3:1 Harju (36.02), 4:1 Harju (39.02), 5:1 Stukel (45.31), 6:1 Willcox (54.23)

spectator : 1085 ICE Hockey League Vienna Capitals – Black Wings Linz 6:3 Goals: 0:1 Gaffal (9.48), 1:1 Antal (19.27), 2:1 Neal (22.16), 3:1 Hartl (32.58), 3:2 Pelletier (34.10), 4:2 Kromp (36.16), 4:3 Schnetzer (38.23), 5:3 Lowry (40.52), 6:3 Lowry (54.01) Audience: 2000

Graz 99ers – Fehervar AV19 4:1 Goals: 1:0 Grafenthin (1.20), 2:0 Hjalmarsson (5.50), 3:0 Latta (32.32), 4:0 Schiechl (42.26), 4:1 Sarauer (48.16) Audience: 765

KAC – HC Bozen: cancelled

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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Johan Harju clips the eagles' wings

HC Pustertal seems to have gotten back on track in the ICE Hockey League at just the right time. Thanks to a gala performance by Johan Harju, long-term rivals HC Orli Znojmo were brought to their knees in February.

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