Too many blows in the neck: HCB is defeated by Salzburg

An important realization already emerged before the 3:4 defeat against Salzburg: Fortuna, the goddess of luck, turned away from HC Bozen in this important phase of the season. After Andrew Crescenzi's season ended due to injury, Matt MacKenzie will now also be out for weeks. The defender was hit by a puck in Klagenfurt and suffered a serious arm injury. He was unable to play on Sunday, nor were the slightly injured Paul Geiger and Brett Findlay. HCB coach Kai Suikkanen was once again forced to improvise. He lined up Marco Insam and Rittner Ivan Tauferer, who also impressed in his second EBEL game, on defense and completely rebuilt his four attacking blocks.

Season probably over for MacKenzie The 2.800 spectators who attended the duel between the two table neighbors had to wait until the 11th minute before emotions arose for the first time. Riley Brace poked the puck over the line after a Blunden shot, but the referees - probably of the opinion that Salzburg goalie Stephen Michalek had the goal under control - incorrectly did not recognize the hit. Four minutes later, the HCB fans were able to celebrate: defender Markus Nordlund put the hosts in the lead with a coast-to-coast goal. Again, only a few minutes passed and the puck was already floundering in the Bulls' net. This time Bozen was successful after a fine combination via Alex Petan and Angelo Miceli and a dry finish from Brace. In this scene, Riley Brace scores to make it 2-0 for Bozen after a pass from Angelo Miceli.

Even after the first break, Bozen continued to appear hungry, determined and disciplined. But it was the Austrians who scored the goals. When just 18 seconds had been played after the restart, Insam directed the hard rubber disc into his own goal after a shot from Ryan Duncan. While there was still a lot of confusion in that scene, the guests' goals number two and three were worth seeing. A minute later, Matthias Trattnig and John Hughes each scored after a cross pass and completely turned the game on its head. Bernard & Co. don't give up The Foxes didn't let these blows in the neck throw them off course and continued to play courageously forward. However, as the game continued, the home team's strength dwindled more and more. Salzburg took advantage of this coldly and secured the preliminary decision eight minutes before the end through Dustin Gazley. With a lot of anger in their stomachs, the HCB pushed for the next goal again, but this only came about two minutes before the end. Brace's goal was followed by another heated final seconds, but no more goals.

Due to the 3:4 defeat, Bolzano is now three points behind fourth-placed Salzburg. In order to maintain their chance of securing home advantage in the quarter-finals, the Foxes must now win in Székesfehérvár on Tuesday. HCB Südtirol Alperia – EC Red Bull Salzburg 3:4 (2:0, 0:3, 1:1) HSBC: Irving (Smith); Nordlund-Insam, Glira-Tauferer, Marchetti-Campbell; Frigo-Bernard-Miceli, Brace-Blunden-Petan, Catenacci-Kuparien-Frank, Deluca-Carozza-Schweitzer Coach: Suikkanen

RBS: Michalek (Duke); Raymond-Viveiros, Heinrich-Regner, O'Neil-Trattnig, Jakubitzka; Gazley-Duncan-Cijan, Vandevelde-Herburger-Hughes, Baltram-Schiechl-Harris, Huber-Rauchenwald-Winkler Coach: Brucker

Gates: 1:0 Markus Nordlund (14.37), 2:0 Riley Brace (17.25), 2:1 Ryan Duncan (20.18), 2:2 Matthias Trattnig (34.08), 2:3 John Hughes (35.06), 2:4 Dustin Gazley (51.35), 3:4 Riley Brace (58.12)

Viewers: 2.790 The other results from Sunday: Vienna - Fehervar 6:2 Goals: 0:1 Erdely (19.39), 0:2 Sarpatki (20.35), 1:2 Schneider (28.37), 2:2 Olden (31.50), 3:2 DeSousa (38.08), 4:2 Olden (45.09), 5:2 DeSousa (56.10), 6:2 Schneider (58.15) Audience: 4.350

Graz - Klagenfurt 0:1 aet Goals: 0:1 Kozek (64.10) Audience: 4.126

Linz - Dornbirn 3:4 aet Goals: 1-0 Rutkowski (6.39), 1-1 O'Donnell (30.20), 2-1 Rutkowski (36.41), 3-1 Kearns (41.55), 3-2 Pulli (43.32), 3-3 Timmins (51.08 ), 3:4 Trotter (63.31) Audience: 4.650

Villach - Innsbruck 3:1 Goals: 0:1 Kudelka (7.04), 1:1 Eriksson (14.29), 2:1 Down (41.05), 3:1 Eriksson (59.38) Audience: 2.194 The charts: Pick Round SP G U V TV P 1. Vienna Capitals 7 7 0 0 31:12 24 2. Graz99ers 7 4 0 3 23:20 19 3. Klagenfurt 7 4 0 3 19:15 13 4. Salzburg 7 3 0 4 17:25 10 5. HCB South Tyrol 7 2 0 5 17:24 7 6. Fehervar 7 1 0 6 15:26 3 Qualifying round SP G U V TV P 1. Znojmo 5 4 0 1 24:14 15 2. Linz 6 2 0 4 20:24 15 3. Dornbirn 6 4 0 2 18:17 11 4. Villach 6 3 0 3 12:12 9 5. Innsbruck 5 1 0 4 12:19 5

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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Too many blows in the neck: HCB is defeated by Salzburg

4 important failures and 4 goals conceded were too much for HCB Südtirol Alperia: Passionate Foxes had to admit defeat to Red Bull Salzburg on Sunday and suffered a serious setback in the fight for 4th place.

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