Brave appearance: decimated wolves challenge the master

This year too, the title in the ICE only goes to the cops from Salzburg. This is certainly no secret and every opponent is aware of it. On Wednesday, Oliver David's team provided further proof of why they are the best team in the league. However, in the Bulls' 4-1 victory, the decimated Wolves also showed what they are made of. They thrilled the approximately 2500 spectators with their commitment, their morale and, last but not least, their quality of play. Given the precarious personnel situation, Valtonen's team must be given great credit for the fact that it remained exciting until the final third.

Tomek Valtonen had to make do without Rick Schofield, David Morley, Zach Sill, Simon Berger and Lukas De Lorenzo Meo. The Finn only had 10 trained strikers at his disposal, although defender Arvin Atwal was also used on offense from time to time. As a surplus attacker, Manuel Öhler was only allowed to play sporadically, but he scored his first goal in the ICE to make it 1:3. It was the beginning of a period of pressure in which the Black and Yellows came close to making it 2-3 several times. There was no final offensive in the final third because the legs were becoming increasingly tired. A boxing match involving Christian Kasatsul, Atwal as well as Peter Hochkofler and Tyler Lewington caused the Intercable Arena to shake once again.

What remains is the realization that the Wolves are extremely unpleasant this season - no matter who is on the ice and who is not. However, it is also clear that the many failures cannot be compensated for in the long term. After all, Morley is said to be close to his comeback and will be fit for action again on Friday in Asiago (19.45 p.m.). The highlights Total dominance The Bulls flex their muscles in the first 20 minutes: they constrict the Wolves in their zone, combine blindly and are bomb-proof. The 1-0 win by Lucas Thaler, who used a cross pass from Thomas Raffl, is well deserved. Huber times two The Hubers ensure things are clear before the end of the third. Marco scores with a direct shot, Paul is there after a Smith rebound. Smith outstanding The Bulls could close the bag several times in the second period, but an outstanding Jacob Smith postponed the decision with several brilliant saves. On the other hand, Raphael Andergassen misses a solo effort. Goal premiere Manuel Öhler, of all people, is fueling hopes of a comeback. With a fine individual action and a shot that was deflected by the opposing defender, Rittner scored his first goal. Strengths are dwindling The Wolves ran out of steam in the final third. Peter Hochkofler fixes the final result with a follow-up shot before a wild boxing match breaks out. While the HCP suffered a clear defeat towards the end, things were much closer in the Bozner Sparkasse Arena. There the HCB won the “Classico” against neighbors Asiago 4:3 after extra time.

HC Pustertal – Red Bull Salzburg 1:4 HCP: Smith (Bernard), Stanton-Ege, Kasatul-Messner, Glira-Atwal, Althuber; Mantinger-Frycklund-Akeson, Hannoun-Catenacci-Petan, Deluca-Andergassen-Gschliesser, Öhler. coach: Valtonen

RBS: Tolvanen (Kickert); Robertson-Murphy, Sinn-Genoway, Stapelfeldt-Lewington, Schreier-Wimmer; Baltram-Bourke-Huber, Raffl-Thaler-Schneider, Hochkofler-Wukovits-Payerl, Huber-Auer-Harnisch. coach: David

Gates: 0:1 Thaler (7.13), 0:2 Mario Huber (13.26), 0:3 Paul Huber (16.38), 1:3 Öhler (31.35), 1:4 Hochkofler (45.23)

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ICE Hockey League HC Bozen – Asiago 4:3 aet (click here for the report) Goals: 1:0 Thomas (18.04), 1:1 Saracino (21.33), 2:1 Miceli (34.47), 2:2 Rapuzzi (44.14), 3:2 Gazley (48.32), 3:3 Moncada (49.02), 4:3 Halmo (61.34) Audience: 2.250

Vienna Capitals – EC KAC 2:5 Goals: 0:1 Bischofberger (8.03), 0:2 Ganahl (16.14), 0:3 Fraser (18.43), 0:4 Fraser (33.14), 0:5 Schwinger (36.13), 1:5 Preiser (44.55), 2:5 whistle (57.37) Audience: 5100

Black Wings Linz – Graz 99ers 6:0 Goals: 1:0 Kristler (1.49), 2:0 Stuart (5.34), 3:0 Knott (26.07), 4:0 Knott (33.45), 5:0 St-Amant (44.45), 6:0 Collins (50.47 ) Audience: 2964

Olimpija Ljubljana – AV Fehervar 3:4 Goals: 0:1 Fournier (5.45), 1:1 Mahkovec (5.54), 1:2 Leclerc (26.52), 2:2 Mehle (33.31), 3:2 Pavlin (36.08), 3:3 Vertes (42.23), 3:4 Bartalis (44.07) Audience: 987

Pioneers Vorarlberg – Villacher SV 6:1 Goals: 1:0 Woger (11.45), 2:0 Pastujov (12.26), 2:1 Rebernig (20.56), 3:1 van Nes (33.58), 4:1 Pastujov (38.52), 5:1 Woger (44.27) , 6:1 Metzler (46.30) Audience: 1527

SP G U V TV P 1. EC Salzburg 13 11 0 2 47:26 32 2. Fehervar 14 11 0 3 53:36 32 3. EC Villach 14 10 0 4 50:37 29 4. Linz 15 9 0 6 51:35 28 5. HC Pustertal 14 9 0 5 50:34 27 6. EC Klagenfurt 14 9 0 5 50:38 25 7. HC Innsbruck 12 7 0 5 34:30 21 8. Vorarlberg 14 6 0 8 47:49 18 9. Olimpija Ljubljana 15 5 0 10 35:46 16 10. HCB South Tyrol 14 5 0 9 32:43 13 11. Asiago Hockey 13 3 0 10 24:44 11 12. Vienna Capitals 13 3 0 10 32:55 9 13. Graz99ers 13 1 0 12 18:50 6

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Brave appearance: decimated wolves challenge the master

Playing on an equal footing with the reigning ICE champions Salzburg is difficult enough. Doing this without five strikers is impossible. HC Pustertal tried it on Wednesday evening, but in the end the larger class prevailed.

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