Overtime | Bolzano shadow figure, Val Gardena nightcaps

The rising star Justin Fazio (HC Bozen) There is no job more thankless in ice hockey than that of backup goaltender. If he doesn't play, he serves as the statistics leader on the substitutes' bench and when he is allowed to play, he has to stand in the way of the cracks of the fastest team sport in the world without being warmed up and expose his body to shots at up to 170 km/h. “You need a special personality for it. For the backup, training is practically like a game. “That requires a different attitude than the starter,” once said Chris Mason, who served as a backup in the NHL for over a decade and played one season at Ritten in the late fall of his career in 2013/14. Justin Fazio embodies this personality par excellence. He only comes into play at HC Bozen when the undisputed number one Leland Irving needs a rare break or, as is currently the case, is injured. Fazio already demonstrated his skills last year with a catch rate of 92,7 percent. This season he has already made 9 appearances (one more than in the entire 2019/20 season), proving to be a reliable support in all games. Not only his statistics of 192 shots saved and 20 goals conceded speak volumes, his presence on the ice is also impressive. As a classic butterfly goalie, he impresses with his enormous agility, which sometimes leads to spectacular saves. Whether the 23-year-old Canadian can maintain such a level over an entire season is unproven, but one thing is certain: if Irving is unavailable, no one at HCB has to be afraid. The relegated one HC Gherdëina What was going on with HC Gröden on Tuesday evening? In the league game against Ritten, the Furies conceded a whopping 13 goals in the first 4 minutes of the game. The resulting 1-4 defeat may be bearable, but the way the players accepted their fate in the first few minutes of the game should ring alarm bells in Wolkenstein. After an initial great chance, the home team completely disappeared from the scene, didn't get one foot in front of the other, usually came several steps too late and let Ritten do as he pleased. Only after a quarter of an hour did the Ladins slowly recover, but by then their own grave had long since been dug. Val Gardena suffered its fifth home defeat in a row, with the Furies conceding an average of 5 goals per game - another frightening fact. The Kostner team showed, especially at the start of the season, but also with the recent point wins in Asiago, Cortina and Canazei, that they can do things differently. Such a sleepy start to the game inevitably leads to the inglorious part of it SportNews -Category.

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Overtime | Bolzano shadow figure, Val Gardena nightcaps

The new SportNews overtime is here - and with it the promotions and relegations from the last ice hockey week. Today in focus: A shadowy figure in the HCB spotlight and a total blackout at HC Gröden.

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