Bankruptcy in Graz: The HCB is worried about the playoffs

Just two days after the 3-2 win against KAC, the Ireland team were defeated 1-4 in the Merkur Arena in Graz. After it was announced on Monday that the basic round would end on Sunday no more catch-up games will be played , compared to many other teams, the HCB now only has one chance - on Friday evening in Laibach - to make it into the top 6. This enables direct qualification for the playoffs. Anyone who ranks between 7 and 10 will have to compete in the pre-playoffs starting next Wednesday.

As of now, the HCB has slipped to 8th place in the table. The people of Bolzano have an average points per game of 1,533. However, there is still one unknown: Bozen lost the games against Klagenfurt and Fehervar 0:5 on the green table. The Talferstädter appealed against this rating, the final decision is still pending. The game ratings of the games in question remain taken into account in the table until the final verdict of 0:5 from the HCB's perspective.

Brett Findlay (left) couldn't convert his chances. © HC Bolzano

At the away game in Graz the law of the series prevailed. For the fourth time this season, the home team prevailed. In the end, the 99ers' victory was deserved - even if Bozen didn't offer a bad performance over a long period of time. The Foxes, who had to make do without the long-term injured Ivan Tauferer and Simon Pitschieler, repeatedly failed because of Graz keeper Christian Engstrand. The 33-year-old Swede has proven that he is one of the best goalkeepers in the league.

The highlights Graz in the lead In a hard-fought first third, the 99ers took the lead in the 13th minute through Dominik Grafenthin. Boyle has no chance when he shoots from a half-right position. Findlay fails In the second third the HCB becomes stronger. The best chance goes to Brett Findlay, who misses the ball in front of the goal in the 2th minute. Graz increased After a 2-minute penalty to Mathew Maione, the HCB has to make do with being outnumbered. Graz took advantage of this and increased it to 2-0 towards the middle of the second third through captain Daniel Oberkofler. A short time later, Findlay fails again from a promising position. A strong save from Graz keeper Engstrand. Insam shortened Marco Insam reduced the score to 1:2 at the beginning of the final third with a wonderful shot on the move. Die Entscheidung The people of Bolzano repeatedly fail on the offensive due to the excellent narrow beach. Meanwhile, Grafenthin made it 5-3 for Graz after a counterattack 1 minutes before the end. Shortly before the end, Michael Schiechl hits the empty Bozen goal.

Direct qualification for the playoffs will now be difficult for the HCB. In any case, the Foxes are doomed to win in Laibach. As a result, they have to hope for help. In addition to HC Bozen, HC Pustertal also suffered a defeat on Tuesday. The Wolves lost at home against Villacher SV 4:6. Graz 99ers – HCB Südtirol Alperia 4:1 99ers: Engstrand (Nußbacher); Altmann-Boivin, Krischschläger-Ackered, Blood-Kernberger, Krainz-Pfeffer; Oberkofler-Zalewski-Ograjensek, Gordon-Schiechl-Zusevics, Grafenthin-Martin-Latta, Pesendorfer-Alagic-Maurer. Coach: Gustafsson

HSBC: Boyle (Fazio), Maione-Plastino, Trivellato-Lowe, DeHaas-Parini, Glück; Halmo-Findlay-Gazley, Miceli-Catenacci-Ciampini, Frigo-Bernard-Frank, Mizzi-Alberga-Insam. Coach: Ireland

Gates: 1:0 Grafenthin (12.30), 2:0 Oberkofler (29.26), 2:1 Insam (43.06), 3:1 Grafenthin (55.31), 4:1 Schiechl (59.32)

Viewers: 818 ICE Hockey League: The remaining games Vienna – Salzburg 2:5 0-1 Brennan (16.34), 0-2 Loney (24.38), 0-3 Loney (26.32), 1-3 Lowry (28.37), 1-4 Brennan (36.20), 2-4 Sheppard (37.00), 2: 5 Auer (55.06) Audience: 2.600

Fehervar – Innsbruck 4:2 1:0 Shaw (3.36), 2:0 Shaw (22.40), 3:0 Shaw (23.51), 4:0 Kuralt (25.18), 4:1 Huntebrinker (48.38), 4:2 McGauley (53.19) Audience: 1256

Dornbirn – Laibach 2:4 0:1 Sodja (8.14), 0:2 Piche (19.58), 0:3 Tomazevic (26.07), 0:4 Jezovsek (30.32), 1:4 O' Donnell (37.10), 2:4 Antonitsch (47.01) Audience: 780

Klagenfurt – Znojmo 0:1 n.P. Decisive penalty: Svoboda Audience: 1.719

Pustertal – Villach 4:6 1:0 Bardaro (6.20), 1:1 Schofield (16.38), 2:1 Gerlach (17.08), 2:2 Richter (28.25), 2:3 Oleksuk (36.34), 3:3 Harju (39.08), 3: 4 Rebernig (42.07), 4:4 Willcox (45.29), 4:5 Oleksuk (52.01), 4:6 Collins (58.34) Audience: 1.810 The table

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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Bankruptcy in Graz: The HCB is worried about the playoffs

HCB Südtirol Alperia has suffered another setback in the fight for the playoff places in the ICE Hockey League. The Foxes lost in Graz on Tuesday evening and now have to tremble a lot.

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