Play-off semi-finals: Pustertal wins, Bolzano loses

Pustertal has to make do in the play-off without the injured top scorer Rob Sirianni; Saviels and Mc Donough were missing from Valpellice, but De Frenza and Stricker from the Turin farm team played. In the starting third, the “Wolves” pushed the Piedmontese into their own defense, but it remained a goalless draw. Nine minutes had been played in the middle third when HCP captain Thomas Pichler had to go to the penalty box. Valpellice used the majority to make it 1-0 through Frank De Frenza. The guests went into the final break with this narrow lead. In the final third, Pustertal played big and equalized 1-1 after just two minutes with Armin Hofer. Seven minutes before the end of the game, Taggart Desmet gave the home team the lead for the first time. Joe Jensen finally made the final score 3-1 with an empty net goal 17 seconds before the end of the game.

Bolzano loses 1:4 in Asiago For HC Unterspar Bozen, however, their first play-off defeat came on Saturday evening at the Odegar Stadium in Asiago. The white-reds, who beat Pontebba 4-0 in the quarter-finals, were defeated by the Italian champions with 1-4 goals. Asiago made everything clear in the first third, with three goals in just 104 seconds. Bolzano then attacked constantly, but could no longer avoid defeat.

Asiago against Bolzano is also the Italian champions against the record champions, two traditional Serie A clubs who faced each other in the play-off semi-finals for the first time in eight years. The home side were able to make full use of their resources, with only Stevan missing, while Bozen had to make do without striker Colton Fretter and defender Christian Borgatello, for whom the season has already ended. Rhett Gordon played for that.

The HCB had its first chance to score in the 3.15 minute with Giulio Scandella, who was played free by Mazzolini. But the national player's shot went just out of bounds. Two minutes later Asiago responded with Michael Henrich, but he also missed the goal. In the 6.30 minute, Rossi stormed alone towards Matt Zaba's goal, but his finish was too weak. Asiago took the lead in the 10.53:1 minute. Michael Henrich to Dave Borrelli, who took it straight away and converted it into the top corner to make it 0-2. Just a minute later it was 0-12.37: Nicola Tessari to Matteo Tessari, who didn't need to be asked twice and gave Zaba the disadvantage again. The third goal followed in the 104 minute. Michele Strazzabosco surprised Zaba with a shot from the blue line. Incredible: three goals in just 16.15 seconds. Adolf Insam called for a time-out to bring some peace and order back into his team's game. And it seemed to work. In the 3 minute, Scandella's wonderful pass to Mazzolini, but Bellissimo just managed to save with his leg guard. The first third ended with the hosts taking a clear 0-22 lead. The middle third began with a dangerous shot from Christian Walcher. In the 45:1 minute, Stefan Zisser missed a good opportunity to shorten the score. Two minutes later Anton Bernard also failed alone in front of Bellissimo. The 3:30.58 fell in the 33.50 minute: Marco Insam passed Scandella, who left De Marchi standing and scored Bolzano's first goal. In the 50.00 minute, the referees used video evidence of an alleged goal by Rhett Gordon, but then disallowed the goal. In the final third, the Bolzano team looked for the next goal, while Asiago always remained dangerous in attack. In the 54.59th minute, Ulmer missed two good chances. Four minutes later, Lehtinen lost the target, but Vigilante only hit the post. In the 4 minute, a wonderful counter-attack from Michael Henrich, who made it 1-XNUMX and finally closed the sack. For Asiago it was the third win in a row against Bolzano in the championship.

Supermercati Migross Asiago - HC Interspar Bozen 4:1 (3:0, 0:1, 1:0)

Supermercati Migross Asiago: Daniel Bellissimo (Gianfilippo Pavone); Matt De Marchi, Michele Strazzabosco, Nicholas Plastino, Ladislav Benysek, Marco Rossi, Enrico Miglioranzi, Andrea Gorza; Adam Henrich, Layne Ulmer, John Vigilante, Michael Henrich, Dave Borrelli, Matteo Tessari, Nicola Tessari, Ralph Intranuovo, Federico Benetti, Filippo Busa, Mirko Presti Coach: John Tucker

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

Referee: Karel Metelka, Fabio Lottaroli (Manuel Manfroi, Marco Stella)

Gates: 1:0 Dave Borelli (10.53), 2:0 Matteo Tessari (12.04), 3:0 Michele Strazzabosco (12.37), 3:1 Giulio Scandella (30.38), 4:1 Michael Henrich (54.59)

Penalty minutes: Asiago 4 - Bolzano 6

Shots on goal: Asiago 39 - Bolzano 41

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Play-Off Semi-Finals, Game 1 (best of seven) - Saturday March 5, 2011 Supermercati Migross Asiago - HC Interspar Bozen 4:1 (3:0, 0:1, 1:0) 1:0 Dave Borelli (10.53), 2:0 Matteo Tessari (12.04), 3:0 Michele Strazzabosco (12.37), 3:1 Giulio Scandella (30.38), 4:1 Michael Henrich (54.59) (Best-of-seven series 1:0 - 4:1)

HC Pustertal - HC Valpellice 3:1 (0:0, 0:1, 3:0) 0:1 Francesco De Frenza (29.24), 1:1 Armin Hofer (42.29), 2:1 Taggart Desmet (53.24), 3:1 Joe Jensen (59.43) (Best-of-seven series 1:0 - 3:1)

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Play-off semi-finals: Pustertal wins, Bolzano loses

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