After defeat in Salzburg: Bozen with its back against the wall

HCB coach Kai Suikkanen was forced to slightly restructure the attack lines in the Salzburg Volksgarten. Because striker Austin Smith was unavailable for a short time, Daniel Frank moved up to the second line. Instead of the 24-year-old from Merano, Viktor Schweitzer appeared in the “Italian block” together with Anton Bernard and Luca Frigo.

Bolzano strong, Salzburg efficient Although Bozen got into the game very well, it was Salzburg who took the lead: South Tyrolean-born Peter Hochkofler decisively deflected a Pallestrang shot and made it 1-0. The HCB got over the early deficit very well and was immediately back on the offensive. First Alexander Egger was unlucky when he shot against the crossbar, then Domenic Monardo did better: The Canadian wing, with double the advantage, powered through, went around Salzburg goalkeeper Starkbaum and equalized in a remarkable way.

Shortly after the equalizer, Matt Tommasoni even had the score 2-1, but the goalpost prevented Bolzano's second goal. As a result, an open exchange of blows developed in which both teams had opportunities. Towards the end of the third, Salzburg got a slight advantage and immediately rewarded themselves for it: Duncan started with momentum into the center and shot, his shot was deflected several times and rolled over Viktor Schweitzer's skate into the goal. Open exchange of blows In the middle section, Salzburg was initially the more present team. The “Bulls” often pushed Bozen back into their own zone, but without becoming compelling. Somewhat surprisingly, the HCB then equalized: Robin Gartner came back from the penalty box at exactly the right moment, ran alone towards Starkbaum and remained ice cold in the one-on-one – 2:2. As a result, Bolzano's opening goal was in the air, but the strong Monardo bit his teeth after some nice Sointu preparatory work on Starkbaum.

Shortly afterwards, Alex Petan and Anton Bernard and Salzburg's Stajnoch were stewing in the cooler - in a three-on-four game, Bozen conceded their third goal: Raymond played an ideal release for Duncan, who somewhat fortunately steered the puck into the goal to make it 3-2. But the HCB didn't let the new deficit derail them and immediately equalized: Bozen countered Salzburg's outnumbered position and scored with Chris DeSousa, who completed a two-on-one action himself, to make it 3-3. Incredible final phase In the final section the lively back and forth continued. While Salzburg was leading the game, Bozen was repeatedly putting the game under pressure with straightforward attacks. DeSousa finally completed an HCB counterattack to make it 4:3: The center stood perfectly in front of the Salzburg goal and took the lead to give Bozen the lead for the first time.

Salzburg then threw everything forward, giving Bozen opportunities to counterattack. Oleksuk almost completed one of them to make it 5:3, but the Canadian failed to hit the crossbar. Shortly before the end, events came to a head in Salzburg's Volksgarten: At first the “Bulls” looked like the sure winners after a double strike from Raymond and Harris in just 43 seconds, but at the last minute Bozen struck back again: Mike Halmo pulled irresistibly past Starkbaum and saved the HCB into extra time with his first playoff goal. Harris shoots Salzburg into luck In extra time, in which there were chances on both sides, Salzburg ultimately had the better end for themselves: after a face-off, the puck went to Harris, who rounded the Bozen goal and caused the HCB's “sudden death” with a pawn trick.

The final series continues on Tuesday with game 6 in the Bolzano Eiswelle. The HCB absolutely needs a win, otherwise the Mozartstadt team will be champions. The first puck drop takes place at 20.20:XNUMX p.m. Red Bull Salzburg – HCB Südtirol Alperia 6:5 a.t. (2:1, 1:2, 2:2, 1:0) Bolzano: Tuokkola (Jake Smith); Carlisle-Clark, Gartner-Tomassoni, Egger-Glira; Halmo-Oleksuk-Monardo, Miceli-Angelidis-Frank, Sointu-DeSousa-Petan, Schweitzer-Bernard-Frigo, Michele Marchetti. Coach: Suikkanen

Salzburg: Strong Tree (Gracnar); Brouilette-Trattnig, Raymond-Stajnoch, Heinrich-Viveiros, Pallestrang-Winkler; Harris-Schremp-Mueller, Herburger-Duncan-Hughes, Raffl-Schiechl-Hochkofler, Cijan-Rauchenwald-Huber. Coach: Poss

Gates: 1:0 Hochkofler (1.59), 1:1 Monardo (7.38), 2:1 Duncan (17.04), 2:2 Gartner (27.15), 3:2 Duncan (37.19), 3:3 DeSousa (38.28), 3: 4 DeSousa (44.56), 4-4 Raymond (57.32), 5-4 Harris (58.15), 5-5 Halmo (59.06), 6-5 Harris (75.30)

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Standings in the best-of-seven series: 3:2 for Salzburg

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 Salzburg: Bozen with its back against the wall

A bitter setback for HCB Südtirol: The Bolzano team lost against Red Bull Salzburg in a real ice hockey battle away 5:6 after extra time and are now behind 2:3 in the best-of-seven series. This means that the “Bulls” are only one win away from the championship title.

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