With a lot of oomph: Bozen opens the door to the final

For the fourth time this season, the Vienna Capitals and HC Bozen faced each other in the Steffl Arena - and for the fourth time the guests from South Tyrol secured victory. The Foxes won 7000-5 in front of more than 2 spectators. This means they have caught three match pucks in the semi-final series.

Vienna was superior on the field for long stretches and gave Sam Harvey a busy evening in the Bozner goal. He blocked 27 of 29 shots. Meanwhile, the people in front of him impressed with their extremely compact style of play, tactical discipline and a lot of killer instinct. While they needed 31 shots for a measly goal in game three at the Sparkasse Arena, three days later the white and reds needed 22 attempts to score a whopping five goals.

Brad McClure (two goals) and Dustin Gazley (one goal) stood out from the Bolzano collective in the first attack block. Behind them, Matt Frattin, Domenic Alberga and Christian Thomas provided a lot of steam on the second line. They showed that Bolzano can be dangerous even without their injured top strikers Mitch Hults and Mike Halmo. They were replaced in the lineup by former AlpsHL cracks Terrance Amorosa and Pascal Brunner. Both were used sporadically until half of the game, after which HCB coach Glen Hanlon relied on his regular staff. The key scenes Lightning start Only 31 seconds have been played when the bell rings for the first time: Domenic Alberga serves Christian Thomas, who is lurking in the slot, who gives Bernhard Starkbaum the loss for the first time with a direct shot. What a thing! Dustin Gazley drains the ball wonderfully for Angelo Miceli, who in turn brings the puck into the middle, where Brad McClure fires a pinpoint shot into the top corner - 2-0 in the 17th minute. Ouch, Starkbaum The otherwise strong Viennese goalie made a major misfire when he was in the majority, served McClure the puck on a silver platter and was unable to do anything about McClure's powerful shot to make it 3-0 (22'). Caps are back Within eight minutes, Vienna made things really exciting again: First Chad Krys reduced the score to 1:3 (43'), then James Sheppard hit Harvey's back with a very clever shot from behind the goal, from where the disc jumped into the goal to make it 2:3 (51.). liberation Mike Dalhuisen chips the puck from his own third, Daniel Mantenuto takes it and puts it into the far corner from a tight angle. It's 4:2 in the 54th minute. Three turns of the pointer later, Gazley hits from the blue line into the empty Vienna goal to make the final score 5:2. The series is now moving, possibly for the last time, from Vienna-Kagran to Bozen-Süd. There, the HCB will do everything it can on Sunday to take the final step towards the final in their home cauldron. The game starts at 18 p.m., SportNews will report as usual via live ticker.

Spusu Vienna Capitals – HCB Südtirol Alperia 2:5 Caps: Starkbaum (Steen); Wall-Brunner, Posch-Krys, Fischer-Würschl; Kainz-Sheppard-Angeli, Böhm-Bradley-Gregoire, Hartl-Prokes-Pallierer, Piff-Antal-Preiser. Coach: Barr

HSBC: Harvey (Bernard); Culkin-Miglioranzi, Cole Hults-Dalhuisen, Valentine-Di Perna, Ginnetti-Amorosa; Miceli-McClure-Gazley, Frattin-Alberga-Thomas, Frigo-Mantenuto-Frank, Felicetti-Matus-Brunner. Coach: Hanlon

Gates: 0-1 Christian Thomas (0.31), 0-2 Brad McClure (16.15), 0-3 Brad McClure (21.15), 1-3 Chad Krys (42.47), 2-3 James Sheppard (50.49), 2-4 Daniel Mantenuto (53.44), 2:5 Dustin Gazley (56.59)

Viewers: 7022

Best of 7 series: 1:3

The 2nd semi-final duel: Klagenfurter AC – Red Bull Salzburg 1-3

Gates: 1:0 Samuel Witting (15.36), 1:1 Troy Bourke (22.47), 1:2 Mario Huber (30.13), 1:3 Peter Schneider (38.08)

Viewers: 4405

Best of 7 series: 1:3

Further game dates: April 2nd, possibly April 4th

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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With a lot of oomph: Bozen opens the door to the final

Now the endgame is within reach! HCB Südtirol Alperia achieved its third convincing semi-final victory on Friday evening. Now the Foxes can close the series against Vienna in front of their own fans on Sunday.

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