Foxes miss out on first place

HC Bozen, who played without Tim Campbell and Andrew Crescenzi, had great difficulties in building up the game from the start and until the end never managed to restrict the opponent in their half. On the contrary: After an uneventful first third, things got tough for the Foxes in the second half. In the 23rd minute, Patrick Novak was there after a Nemec shot was blocked and made it 1-0. Alex Petan then grabbed a Znojmo crack in the face away from the game, the referees saw the scene and sent the Bolzano striker to the shower with a game-time disciplinary penalty.

But that wasn't enough, because after the restart Jan Lattner increased the score to 2-0. HCB defender Stefano Marchetti decisively deflected his shot. A short time later, the South Tyroleans were lucky when the Czechs scored on aluminum.

As signed off: Brett Findlay couldn't make a mark. © V. Antonello

Until then, Bolzano had acted very sedately, prone to errors and even listless at times. It wasn't until the 54th minute that Marco Insam managed to wake up his teammates. He grabbed the puck, moved down the left wing and outwitted Znojmo goalie Teemu Lassilo with a shot into the near corner. The HCB then shifted up two gears and tried everything to save themselves into overtime. However, Znojmo closed the gap at the back and secured a well-deserved away win over time. Now the KAC is asking for the top game The Foxes were therefore unable to take advantage of league leaders Graz's slip-up in Linz and remained in second place until Sunday. Then Anton Bernard & Co. travel to Klagenfurt for the big game. The KAC is in third place, just one point behind. An increase in performance is therefore essential in order to start the next attack on the top or to consolidate the current position in the table. HCB Südtirol Alperia – HC Orli Znojmo 1:2 (0:0, 0:1, 1:1) HSBC: Irving (Smith); Nordlund-MacKenzie, Geiger-Rowley, Glira-Marchetti; Catenacci-Findlay-Blunden, Carozza-Miceli-Insam, Frigo-Kuparinen-Petan, Deluca-Bernard-Frank, Schweitzer Coach: Suikkanen

Znojmo: Lassila (Halasz); Lattner-Sedlak, Parkkonen-Tejnor, Stehlik-Kruchovyc, Snajnar; Kalus-Stretch-McPherson, Hlava-Kujawinski-Luciani, Novak-Matus-Nemec, Spacek, Oscadal Coach: Frycer

Gates: 0:1 Patrik Novak (22.16), 0:2 Jan Lattner (44.55), 1:2 Marco Insam (53.28) Viewers: 2.280 The other results: Fehervar - Villach 4:2 Goals: 0:1 Maxa (19.32), 0:2 Lahoda (25.36), 1:2 Sarauer (26.45), 2:2 Erdely (29.10), 3:2 Sille (54.40), 4:2 Meland (59.12) Audience: 3.210

Zagreb - Klagenfurt2:4 Goals: 0:1 Geier (13.05), 0:2 Geier (22.21), 1:2 Zanoski (23.21), 1:3 Wahl (36.38), 2:3 Sylvestre (45.49), 2:4 Koch (48.41) Audience: 2.344

Linz - Graz 5:2 Goals: 0:1 Setzinger (2.05), 1:1 Rutkowski (8.57), 2:1 Locke (11.27), 2:2 Oleksuk (15.58), 3:2 Schofield (19.05), 4:2 DaSilva (24.32), 5:2 Lebler (59.13) Audience: 4.865

Dornbirn - Innsbruck 5:3 Goals: 0:1 Yogan (5.54), 1:1 Trotter (17.14), 1:2 Lamoureux (37.42), 2:2 Reid (42.30), 3:2 Trotter (44.58), 3:3 Lamoureux (46.51), 4:3 O'Donnell (50.38), 5:3 Timmins (59.46) Audience: 1.760 The table: SP G U V TV P 1. Graz99ers 21 15 0 6 79:57 42 2. HCB South Tyrol 21 14 0 7 60:45 41 3. Klagenfurt 20 13 0 7 59:41 40 4. Vienna Capitals 20 14 0 6 61:54 39 5. Salzburg 20 11 0 9 81:58 34 6. Linz 21 10 0 11 59:62 32 7. Innsbruck 21 10 0 11 77:79 29 8. Znojmo 20 8 0 12 56:66 27 9. Fehervar 21 9 0 12 65:82 26 10. Dornbirn 21 7 0 14 56:64 23 11. KHL Zagreb 19 6 0 13 47:67 20 12. Villach 21 6 0 15 51:76 16

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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Foxes miss out on first place

On Friday evening, HCB Südtirol Alperia missed the big opportunity to push the Graz 99ers off the top of the EBEL table. The Foxes, who were disappointing for over 60 minutes, lost 1:2 to HC Orli Znojmo in the ice wave.

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