Mike Halmo dismantles Fehérvár

HC Bozen brought Fehérvár to its knees in the ice wave 4:3 and only two days later the defeat in Klagenfurt Once again taken sole lead in the ICE placement round. The outstanding crack on the ice was the aforementioned Halmo.

The 29-year-old Canadian impressively showed on Tuesday how important he can be for the Foxes if he avoids the provocations of his opponents and concentrates solely on his great qualities with the stick. No other player in this league swings the pendulum between sheer madness in a positive and negative sense as far as Halmo. This time he had an absolute blast: with a hat trick, the winger put Bozen in the lead three times and single-handedly onto the winning path. Hello to the first The game in the ice wave was less than six minutes old when the former NHL and last year's DEL striker made his first big appearance. After a Miceli solo, he put the disc into the net on his second attempt. Afterwards, Alex Petan, a former teammate of Halmos, moved into the spotlight. First he failed due to a lightning reaction from Leland Irving, and a short time later he failed at the post. There were two precursors to Fehérvár's well-deserved equalizer. This was achieved by another ex-Bolzano player, Colton Hargrove (16th). Hello to the second But only one person was considered for the main role that evening: Mike Halmo. After the break, he moved in front of the Hungarian goal in the power play after a nice pass from Anton Bernard and made it 2-1.

21-year-old Diego Glück (left) from Val Gardena made his ICE debut. © Vanna Antonello

Greg Ireland's team, in which Stefan Quinz from Rittner and Diego Glück from Val Gardena (as offensive replacements for Bardaro, Catenacci, Deluca, Alberga) were used sporadically, failed to make a decisive escape in this phase. The result? Csanad Erdely equalized in the 25th minute to make it 2-2. Halmo to the third The duel between Fehérvár and Halmo went into the next round - and again it was the North American who was able to present. After he could only be stopped with a foul after a counter-attack, he took the penalty himself and converted it extremely coolly to make it 3-2. With several hooks he put the opposing goalie on the seat of his pants and then pushed the target over the line through a centimeter-wide gap under the pad.

In the end, Halmo alone wouldn't have been enough to bring Fehérvár, which had regained its strength after weeks of luck, to its knees. So Luca Frigo took heart in the 31st minute and shot the round black ball precisely into the short cross corner. The striker from Piedmont scored the decisive goal, as Janos Hari brought the Hungarians back to 4-3 in the final third, but this time they were unable to equalize again.

By winning the full number of points, Bozen extends its lead over the competition to three points. Fehérvár already has the chance to strike back in the return match on home ice on Friday. HCB Südtirol Alperia – Hydro Fehervar AV19 4:3 HSBC: Irving (Fazio); Stollery-Plastino, Robertson-Di Perna, Fournier-Tauferer, Pietroniro; Frank-Findlay-Gazley, Halmo-Bernard-Miceli, Giliati-Pitschieler-Insam, Frigo-Glück-Quinz Coach: Ireland

FAV: Janus (Kornakker); Stipsicz-Campbell, Caruso-Horvath, Daniel Szabo-Geiger, Bence Szabo; Kuralt-Hari-Hargrove, Erdely-Bartalis-Petan, Kahkonen-Sarauer-Sarpatki, Mihaly-Lahti-Szita Coach: Karhula

Gates: 1:0 Mike Halmo (5.38), 1:1 Colton Hargrove (15.02), 2:1 Mike Halmo (20.27), 2:2 Csanad Erdely (24.38), 3:2 Mike Halmo (26.40), 4:2 Luca Frigo (30.44), 4:3 Janos Hari (45.42) The other results from Tuesday: Vienna - Salzburg 3:4 nP Goals: 1:0 Richter (13.44), 1:1 McIntyre (17.00), 1:2 Espeland (44.37), 2:2 Wall (58.50), 2:3 Raffl (59.36), 3:3 Nissner (59.51), 3:4 Ortega (decisive penalty) Villach - Graz 2:4 Goals: 0:1 Ograjensek (17.03), 1:1 Krastenbergs (19.24), 1:2 Oleksuk (23.33), 1:3 Mylläri (32.50), 1:4 Ograjensek (37.08), 2:4 Caron (59.48) Innsbruck - Linz 5:2 Goals: 1:0 Kromp (16.00), 1:1 Lebler (18.29), 2:1 Ciampini (30.12), 3:1 Tansey (45.32), 4:1 Jennes (49.18), 4:2 Yan (50.18), 5:2 Kromp (57.39) The placement round table: SP G U V TV P 1. HCB South Tyrol 4 3 0 1 14:12 12 2. Klagenfurt 4 2 0 2 13:11 9 3. Vienna Capitals 4 2 0 2 19:12 7 4. Salzburg 4 2 0 2 12:13 5 5. Fehervar 4 1 0 3 12:22 4 The qualifying round table: SP G U V TV P 1. Graz99ers 5 3 0 2 12:11 13 2. Bratislava 4 2 0 2 10:11 12 3. Dornbirn 4 1 0 3 10:14 12 4. Villach 5 3 0 2 17:14 10 5. Linz 5 3 0 2 14:11 9 6. Innsbruck 5 2 0 3 13:15 7

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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Mike Halmo dismantles Fehérvár

This Mike Halmo is a phenomenon. On bad days he is a ticking time bomb, on good days he is one of the best players in the entire ICE Hockey League who can single-handedly lead his team, HCB Südtirol Alperia, to victory. That's what happened this Tuesday evening.

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