Pitschieler scores, the parade storm conjures up, the Foxes win

The HCB maintains its place in the sun in the ICE Hockey League: The Foxes won 3-2 in a hard-fought away game against the Innsbrucker Haien on Monday evening and are still tied with Fehervar in first place. However, the Hungarians have 1 Play more on the account. It must have been an unforgettable match for a Bolzano player: summer newcomer Simon Pitschieler scored his first goal in his 5th game for the Foxes - and a very important one at that. A few seconds before the second third siren, he scored to make it 18-2 and put the Bolzano team, who had not been up to that point, on the right track. The man from Val Gardena has also been rewarded for his recent strong performances.

However, three other players were also crucial for the victory. Goalie Andy Bernard didn't keep a clean sheet, but he was a last-ditch save several times against the best attack in the league. In addition, two HCB strikers are currently making a big impression: Brett Findlay and Dustin Gazley's goals ensured that Bozen also took home three points in the Tyrolean derby. It's hard to imagine how the HCB attack would turn out if the last piece of the puzzle of the parade storm, namely top goalscorer Dan Catenacci, who is currently injured, was also part of the game. A turbulent middle third Without the injured Irving, Fazio, Tauferer, Youds, Catenacci and the suspended Halmo, the Bolzano team initially seemed a bit surprised by the home team's high pace in the Tiwag Arena in Innsbruck, but as the game progressed Anton Bernard & Co. found their way into the match better and better dominated until the end. However, nothing significant came of it in the first 20 minutes, but that changed in the middle third, which was turbulent. First it was Dustin Gazley who faked a pass when he was in the majority, but then pulled away and celebrated his seventh goal of the season (25').

Andy Bernard & Co. were able to withstand the parade storm from Innsbruck.

The guests' joy only lasted 112 seconds when the bell rang in the Bolzano team's box. Daniel Ciampini, the league's top scorer, got the puck on the power play and nailed it under the crossbar - 1-1. In general, it was Ciampini who repeatedly caused problems for the Bolzano defense; practically every attack went through him. A little later, a goal from Gazley was disallowed, but Innsbruck made it 2-1 just a few seconds after Christof Kromp had a power-play situation. Unnecessary penalties and Findlay's golden goal Bolzano threw themselves out of rhythm throughout the second third due to unnecessary penalties (a total of 8 penalty minutes), which is why Andy Bernard once again had to surpass himself and use some magic tricks to maintain the result. When Innsbruck's heads were already in the locker room, Pitschieler struck: After an energetic solo effort by Daniel Frank, the man from Val Gardena was right on the rebound - 10 seconds before the third-period siren - and was extremely happy about his first goal in ICE Hockey League.

The final third was on a knife's edge for a long time and was ultimately decided by the individual Bolzano class. Gazley kept the necessary calm with the disc on his stick behind the Innsbruck goal and had the overview to serve his congenial colleague Findlay in the slot, who scored the decisive 3-2. The victory was in the clear. The Foxes continue on Wednesday, December 30th with the away game against Dornbirn. ICEHL, Monday's games Innsbruck – Bolzano 2:3 0:1 Gazley (24.48), 1:1 Ciampini (26.40), 2:1 Kromp (32.08), 2:2 Pitschieler (39.50), 2:3 Findlay (49.48) Salzburg – Dornbirn 4:1 0:1 Yogan (3.01), 1:1 Lutz (7.51), 2:1 Schofield (25.27), 3:1 Schofield (30.45), 4:1 Lutz (39.05) Vienna – Bratislava 3:2 1:0 Richter (1.48), 2:0 Wall (23.42), 2:1 Bubela (39.57), 3:1 Nissner (50.21), 3:2 Ahl (52.40) Linz – Feheravar 0:2 0:1 Bartalis (40.57), 0:2 Kahkonen (42.59) Villach – Klagenfurt 0:4 0:1 Ticar (17.17), 0:2 Hundred Pound (25.56), 0:3 Fraser (28.03), 0:4 Gregorc (45.36) Table SP G U V TV P 1. HCB South Tyrol 23 17 0 6 77:42 54 2. Fehervar 28 18 0 10 97:81 54 3. Vienna Capitals 25 15 0 10 78:62 44 4. Klagenfurt 25 14 0 11 69:53 44 5. Dornbirn 24 13 0 11 69:69 37 6. Salzburg 21 12 0 9 67:57 36 7. Innsbruck 25 11 0 14 87:88 34 8. Graz99ers 25 11 0 14 74:84 33 9. Bratislava 25 10 0 15 67:84 29 10. Villach 26 9 0 17 57:85 26 11. Linz 25 6 0 19 46:83 17

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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Pitschieler scores, the parade storm conjures up, the Foxes win

It was a lot of hard work, but HCB Südtirol Alperia also won the third duel of the season against Innsbruck. The decisive factors were a goal debut, a brilliant storm duo and another solid goalie Andy Bernard.

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