Defeats for Pustertal and Ritten, mandatory victory for Bolzano

HC Interspar Bozen returned to winning ways on Saturday. After the derby defeat in the penalty shootout against Ritten, the white-reds clearly defeated Cortina with 5-1 goals in the ice wave and took revenge for the 2-4 home defeat seven weeks ago. It was the White-Reds' 98th victory in Serie A in their 188th direct duel against the old champions.

HCB coach Adolf Insam had to make do without the injured striker Christian Walcher, Cortina was full. Bolzano dominated the first third and took the lead in the 5.38 minute with Nick Mazzolini. Visiting goalkeeper Adam Munro was only able to fend off a shot from Marco Insam and Mazzolini made it 1-0. Just two minutes later, the 26-year-old Canadian took advantage of a defensive mistake by the old master and increased the score to 2-0. It was Mazzolini's 11th goal of the season. After this goal, Cortina coach Doug McKay called for a time-out. His team then played more disciplined, Bozen only had another chance to score shortly before the third break, but Mike Souze's shot went just wide of the goal. The middle third began with two brilliant saves from Matt Zaba on Daniel Branda and Jesse Schultz. In the 31.44 minute, Scandella powered through the guests' entire defense and scored to make it 3-0. His 6th championship goal in the 9th game for the HCB. 17 seconds later, Scandella released Marco Insam while falling, who increased the score to 4-0. In the 34.35 minute, the 21-year-old also scored the fifth goal for the HCB, which decided the game in just 171 seconds and went from 2-0 to 5-0. The encounter then flattened out, in the final third Martin Valle Da Rin came on for Munro and three minutes before the end of the game Cortina scored the consolation goal: Denis Soravia made the final score 5-1 and gave goalkeeper Zaba his fourth shut-out in this championship.

Ritten Sport embarrasses itself in Fassa With this victory, the Bolzano team climbed to second place in the table with 67 points, level on points with Ritten Sport Renault Trucks, which lost today against Fassa 1:2 after extra time. It was the first defeat for Bruno Aegerter on the Rittner bench, who had to do without the ailing Dan Tudin and Ingemar Gruber. The goals only came in the final third. Edwardson scored the opening goal for Fassa in the 40.51 minute with the advantage (Markus Hafner was in the penalty box), which Lorenz Daccordo equalized in the 43.44 minute. In over time, Diego Iori scored the decisive goal for the Ladin team after a quick counterattack.

League leaders Pustertal also suffered an embarrassing home defeat. The “Wolves” lost at home to Pontebba with 2:3 goals. Joe Cullen (7.25) put the Pusterers in the lead, Endicott (23.32) and Jonathan Pittis (24.27) turned the game around in just 55 seconds at the beginning of the middle third. After Max Oberrauch made it 2-2 (44.38), Dave Nicoletti decided the match in the 53.35 minute with the guests 3-2.

The next championship round will take place on Thursday, January 20th. The top spot is in Asiago, where HC Pustetal is expected. Ritten welcomes Valpellice, Bolzano is a guest in Pontebba. The White-Reds won their first three games this year against the team from Friuli 4:2, 4:1 and 3:2 after extra time, but had to admit defeat with 1:3 goals in the fourth match in the ice wave.

HC Interspar Bozen - SG Cortina 5:1 (2:0, 3:0, 0:1)

HC Interspar Bozen: Matt Zaba (Guenther Hell); Alex Egger, Mika Lehtinen, Rosario Ruggeri, Christian Borgatello, David Ceresa, Michael Busto; Colton Fretter, Danny Irmen, Rhett Gordon, Giulio Scandella Nick Mazzolini, Marco Insam, Enrico Dorigatti, Mike Souza, Stefan Zisser, Anton Bernard, Riccardo Tombolato, Paolo Widmann Coach: Adolf Insam

SG Cortina: Adam Munro (from 40.00 Martino Valle Da Rin); Marek Posmyk, Luca Zanatta, Brian Sipotz, Luca Zandonella, Michele Zanatta; Jesse Schultz, Mattias Wennerberg, Jonas Johannsson, Giorgio De Bettin, Lino De Toni, Daniel Branda, Francesco Adami, Denis Soravia, Andrea Moser, Felice Giugliano Coach: Doug McKay

Referee: Karel Metelka and Thomas Gasser (Maurizio Lorengo and Claus Unterweger)

Gates: 1:0 Nick Mazzolini (5.38), 2:0 Nick Mazzolini (8.05), 3:0 Giulio Scandella (31.44), 4:0 Marco Insam (32.01), 5:0 Marco Insam (34.35), 5:1 Denis Soravia (46.33)

Penalty minutes: Bolzano 16 - Cortina 14

Shots on goal: Bolzano 33 - Cortina 27

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Serie A, 38th matchday, Saturday, January 15, 2011

HC Interspar Bozen - SG Cortina 5:1 (2:0, 3:0, 0:1) 1:0 Nick Mazzolini (5.38), 2:0 Nick Mazzolini (8.05), 3:0 Giulio Scandella (31.44), 4:0 Marco Insam (32.01), 5:0 Marco Insam (34.35), 5:1 Denis Soravia (46.33)

HC Pustertal - Aquile Pontebba 2:3 (1:0, 0:2, 1:1) 1:0 Joe Cullen (7.25), 1:1 Shane Murrey Endicott (23.32), 1:2 Jonathan Pittis (24.27), 2:2 Max Oberrauch (44.38), 2:3 Dave Nicoletti (53.35)

Tegola Canadese Alleghe - Supermercati Migross Asiago 1:3 (0:2, 0:1, 1:0) 0:1 Adam Henrich (0.44), 0:2 David Borrelli (16.40), 0:3 Adam Henrich (20.19), 1:3 Niklas Anger (40.28)

SHC Fassa - Ritten Sport Renault Trucks 2:1 nV (0:0, 0:0, 1:1, 1:0) 1:0 Derek Karl Edwardson (40.51), 1:1 Lorenz Daccordo (43.44), 2:1 Diego Iori (62.48)

was free of play: HC Valpellice Arce

The table after 38 match days 1. HC Pustertal 75 points 2. Ritten Sport Renault Trucks 67 3. HC Interspar Bozen 67 4. Supermercati Migross Asiago 60 (-1 game) 5. HC Valpellice Arce 53 (-1 game) 6. Aquile Pontebba 39 7. SHC Fassa 36 8. Tegola Canadese Alleghe 31 9. SG Cortina 28

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