Overtime | New derby throne and sawn coaching chair

The rising star Rittner Buam The ice hockey cracks from Ritten are on a roll! In the last 9 days they celebrated 3 derby victories and in between also a 7:2 goal festival against Linz. In the last 4 games, the Buam have always scored at least 4 goals - and not once was a goalscorer recorded twice on the scoreboard. The many different goal scorers are an indication of the team unity of the Heiskanen team. No one from the collective stands out - not even top scorer MacGregor Sharp (14 goals, 10 assists), who puts himself fully into the service of the team despite his impressive curriculum. The same applies to top scorer Alex Frei (10 goals). They all know that even supposedly better league rivals can only be overcome with unbridled will and enormous cohesion. The result speaks volumes, because no other team in the Alps Hockey League is currently as difficult to play as the Rittner Buam. The cracks from Meran, Val Gardena, Linz and Vipiteno can confirm this. As a result, the team from the high plateau has been second in the ranking since the weekend, higher than ever before this season - which Ice Hockey-Ritten also acknowledges: On Saturday, 600 spectators streamed into the arena. Also a new record! The relegated one Doug Mason (HCB Südtirol Alperia) Of course, demoting the coach of HC Bozen as a relegated team this week is like aiming a rifle at a wounded deer. Especially since Mason was recently miserably let down not only by his goalkeepers, but also by his entire team. The blame for the bumpy start to the season, clear lows in performance and the indisputable 2:10 on Sunday in Znojmo lies on the shoulders of the club's management, whose commitments have all been disappointing so far, and on the players, who glide across the ice like listless soloists. But the blame also lies largely with the coach, who in recent months has not been able to get the cracks behind him, instill cohesion in them and give them a clear game structure. There was a huge sigh of relief in the Bolzano dressing room in the summer when Mason, as the successor to “General” Greg Ireland, walked through the ice wave catacombs with a friendly smile, ensured more harmonious interaction and gave players great freedom. The question arises, is Mason simply “too good” for the HCB squad? The fact is that in the recent past in Bolzano, with Greg Ireland, Kai Suikkanen and Tom Pokel, only coaches who had a clear message and sometimes had a tough approach were successful. His affable manner, which was apparently misreceived by many people, is now likely to prove to be a boomerang for Mason. He couldn't get HC Bozen under control. His days in the state capital are numbered. +++ UPDATE: HC Bozen has now announced the separation from coach Doug Mason +++

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Overtime | New derby throne and sawn coaching chair

The new overtime is here - and with it the promotions and relegations from the previous ice hockey week. A main topic: Bolzano's crushing defeat against Znojmo.

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