After defeat in Dornbirn: Bolzano with its back to the wall

HCB coach Kai Suikkanen, who only had to do without the suspended Stefano Marchetti in Dornbirn, saw his team get off to an extremely weak start. The people of Bolzano couldn't find their way into the game at all, while Dornbirn took the lead with their first significant chance: after a shot that was briefly blocked, Sylvester was spot on and made it 1-0. As a result, Vorarlberg stayed on the trigger and increased their lead to 2-0 with a deflected shot.

At the beginning of the second third, the HCB weakened itself with many unnecessary penalties. With one man less, the Bolzano team conceded their third goal: Arniel moved from the blue line and scored through Tuokkola's saver to make it 3-0. It took some time for captain Alex Egger and Co. to shake things up - it wasn't until the end of the middle period that the people of Bolzano had any real opportunities. Because the HCB were largely unlucky in front of the goal, the home team remained 3-0 in the lead for the time being.

Bolzano wakes up too late Right at the beginning of the final third, Bozen scored again: the puck went to Austin Smith in the majority, who cut the lead to 1:3 with a shot into the top corner. The HCB then pushed for the 2:3, but Dornbirn's back line did not allow another goal. When Kai Suikkanen took goalkeeper Tuokkola off the ice shortly before the end for a sixth field player, the former Bolzano player Brodie Reid even scored to make it 4-1 and thus put the final point in the game.

After the defeat, the HCB – once again – has its back against the wall. Three games before the end of the relegation round, the people of Bolzano are two points behind second place in the table, which, as the last place, entitles them to take part in the playoffs. EBEL – 7th matchday of the Qualification Round Dornbirn Bulldogs – HCB Südtirol Alperia 4:1 (2:0, 1:0, 1:1)

Dornbirn: Rinne (Stroj); Magnan-Gauthier, Caruso-Connelly, McMonagle-Vallant, Wolf; D'Alvise-Timmins-Reid, Fraser-Sylvester-Grabher Meier, Pance-Arniel-Neubauer, Haberl-Häußle-Macierzynski, Ban.

Bolzano: Tuokkola (J. Smith); Gartner-Tommassoni, Egger-Glira, Carlisle-Clark; Halmo-Oleksuk-Frank; Frigo-Bernard-Monardo, Miceli-Angelidis-A.Smith, Schweitzer-Marchetti.

Gates: 1-0 Sylvester (9.08), 2-0 Timmins (17.19), 3-0 Arniel (20.37), 3-1 Smith (42.19), 4-1 Reid (57.39) The remaining results from Sunday Qualification Round EC Villacher SV - Fehervar 19 2:4 (1:0, 1:2, 0:2) 1:0 Beach (12.45), 1:1 Hari (26.04), 1:2 Lovecchio (28.27), 2:2 Petrik (30.11), 2:3 Meland (51.10), 2:4 Uotila (58.49) Moser Medical Graz99ers – HC Orli Znojmo 4:3 aet (3:0, 0:1, 0:2, 1:0) 1:0 Woger (10.45), 2:0 Brophey (12.27), 3:0 Camara (16.36), 3:1 Corbett (25.43), 3:2 Novak (41.50), 3:3 Guman (58.58), 4: 3 Unterweger (64.59) Pick Round HC TWK Innsbruck “the Sharks” – EC-KAC 4:2 (2:0, 2:1, 0:1) 1:0 Lammers (8.27), 2:0 Yogan (14.33), 3:0 Lammers (28.18), 3:1 Strong (29.34), 4:1 Poulsen (37.31), 4:2 Talbot (47.52) Vienna Capitals – EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz 5:6 (1:3, 2:1, 2:2) 1:0 Hartl (3.31), 1:1 Hofer (10.31), 1:2 Locke (13.15), 1:3 DaSilva (16.47), 2:3 Rotter (26.33). 2:4 Gaffal (28.05), 3:4 Nödl (38.18), 4:4 McKiernan (44.30), 4:5 Lebler (47.29), 4:6 Locke (52.49), 5:6 Vause (53.12) EC Red Bulls Salzburg – KHL Medvescak Zagreb 4:5 aet (0:2, 3:0, 1:2, 0:1) 0:1 Olden (6.20), 0:2 Olden (7.05), 1:2 Raymond (24.18), 2:2 Heinrich (24.55), 3:2 Schremp (35.25), 3:3 Boivin (40.36), 4: 3 Herburger (41.27), 4:4 Jankovic (49.00), 4:5 Noonan (64.47)

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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After defeat in Dornbirn: Bolzano with its back to the wall

Bitter defeat for HCB Südtirol Alperia: After four wins in a row, the “Foxes” suffered a 1:4 defeat in Dornbirn on Sunday evening. This meant that Bozen slipped back to the unpopular third place in the table.

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