Pustertal, Bozen and Cortina are about to reach the semi-finals

Wolves Fiat Professional Pustertal (1st) – Supermercati Migross Asiago (8th) 7:0 (3:0, 3:0, 1:0) Wolves Fiat Professional Pustertal: Mikko Stromberg (Hannes Hopfgartner); Christian Willeit, Armin Helfer, Fredrik Persson, Olivier Magnan, Armin Hofer, Christian Mair, Daniel Glira; Giulio Scandella, David Ling, Joe Jensen, Joseph Cullen, Lukas Crepaz, Patrick Bona, Nate Di Casmirro, Ryan Watson, Thomas Erlacher, Lukas Tauber; Coach: Teppo Kivela

Supermercati Migross Asiago: Jeff Lerg (from 20.15:XNUMX p.m. Alessandro Tura); Drew Fata, Matthew MacDonald, Stefano Marchetti, Enrico Miglioranzi, Michele Strazzabosco, Marco Rossi, Vittorio Basso, Andrea Gorza; John Vigilante, Layne Ulmer, Sean Bentivoglio, Michael Henrich, David Borrelli, Raffaele Intranuovo, Federico Benetti, Matteo Tessari, Nicola Tessari, Mirko Presti, Filippo Busa; Coach: John Parco

Goals: 1:0 Giulio Scandella (6.36), 2:0 Ryan Watson (12.18), 3:0 Lukas Tauber (15.57), 4:0 Joe Cullen (20.15), 5:0 Giulio Scandella (33.12), 6:0 Joe Cullen (36.29), 7:0 Olivier Magnan (50.07)

There weren't many changes in the lineups for the third meeting between the Wolves on the one hand and the champions on the other. The team from Pustertal had to call on Matt Kelly and Max Oberrauch, while Asiago was without Grieco and Bergström. Ralph Intranuovo played in place of Pitton. After an initial fumble, Giulio Scandella gave the home team the lead after seven minutes (Vittorio Basso was in the penalty box). The guests didn't get any better momentum after conceding a goal and had to accept the 12.18-2 win through Ryan Watson after 0:16. The Pusterers were now really in the mood to play and after just under 15.57 minutes the bell rang for the third time in the box guarded by Lerg. This time the goalscorer was Lukas Tauber (15). Even after the break, the Wolves thrilled their fans with great ice hockey and after less than 4 seconds Joe Cullen made it 0-50.07. Jeff Lerg had had enough and was replaced by Alessandro Tura. But he also had to fall behind twice more, namely when David Ling and Joe Cullen scored goals five and six for the yellow-blacks. By the way, Cullen's hit came in excess. In the third period, the Wolves were already resting for game number four, but still scored their seventh goal of the evening through Magnan after XNUMX minutes. The Pusterers are now only missing one win to make it to the semi-finals ahead of schedule.

HC Bozen (2nd) – Fassa Ferrarini (7th) 4:0 (1:0, 2:0, 1:0)

HC Bolzano: Matt Zaba (Guenther Hell); Brandon Rogers, Alexander Egger, Christian Borgatello, Andrea Ambrosi, Daniel Fabris; Stefano Giliati, Jordan Knackstedt, Mac Gregor Sharp, Marco Insam, Mark McCutcheon, Anton Bernard, Stefan Zisser, Enrico Dorigatti, Christian Walcher, Tuomo Harjula, Federico Demetz; Coach: Adolf Insam

Fassa Ferrarini: Frank Doyle (Marco Menguzzato); Daniel Sullivan, David Turon, Robert Schnabel, Thomas Dantone, Hannes Oberdorfer, Gabriele Vieider, Christian Castlunger; Trevor Kell, Brad Snetsinger, Tomas Chrenko, Enrico Chelodi, Devid Piffer, Luca Planchesteiner, Nicola Deluca, Mattia Bernard, Michele Marchetti; Coach: Miroslav Frycer

Goals: 1:0 MacGregor Sharp (10.23), 2:0 Jordan Knackstedt (27.18), 3:0 MacGregor Sharp (39.17), 4:0 Stefano Giliati (46.06)

After two wins for Bozen, the Talferstädter and Fassa faced each other for the third time on Thursday. As was the case recently, the White-Reds were missing the long-term injured Meyers and Edwardson, while the Ladin team had to call on five players: captain Iori, who was suspended for two match days, as well as Chvatal, Margoni, Locatin and Martin Castlunger. The Foxes were wide awake from the first minute and were the dominant team in front of their own audience. In the opening phase they had three top-class chances to score with Bernard, Insam and Knackstedt, but they left all of them unused. On the first power play, the HCB struck coldly. Sharp put an Egger shot into the net that Doyle was only able to fend off briefly. The goal made Fassa stronger and now the guests became dangerous in the majority situations and with some long-range shots. But Bolzano was able to escape into the second third without conceding a goal. After the break, Knackstedt was denied by the attentive Doyle before Fassa pressed for the equalizer. However, in this strong phase for the guests, the Talferstadt team managed to score the second goal through Knackstedt (27.18). After that, Bolzano should have made it 3-0 with Bernard, but Doyle canceled out two of the young striker's chances. In the final phase, Zaba was on hand to create opportunities for Sullivan and Kell before Sharp made it 43-3 0 seconds before the second siren. The third third offered few highlights. Also because Giliati stole the puck from Fassa after 46.06:4 minutes and scored to make it 0-40. It was Giliati's first goal in around XNUMX days. This meant that the victory was in the clear and Matt Zaba achieved his second shutout in a row against the Ladins. In the series, Fassa already has his back against the wall before the fourth match on Saturday.

Hafro SG Cortina (3rd) – HC Valpellice Bodino Engineering (6th) 5:3 (1:0, 1:1, 3:2)

Hafro SG Cortina: Jean-Philippe Levasseur (Renè Baur); David Bowman, Paul Baier, Luca Zandonella, Jan Öberg, Michele Zanatta; Ryan Dingle, Curtis Fraser, Rob Hennigar, Jonas Johansson, Luca Felicetti, Giorgio De Bettin, Ryan Menei, Francesco Adami, Andrea Moser, Denis Soravia, Andrea Baldo, Christian Menardi; Coach: Stefan Mair

HC Valpellice Bodino Engineering: Steve Valiquette (Marcello Platè); Trevor Johnson, Ryan Martinelli, Kevin Kantee, David Urquhart, Florian Runer, Ladislav Benysek, Luca Rivoira, Martino Durand Varese; Robert Sirianni, Taggart Desmet, Garret Bembridge, Lou Dickenson, Alex Nikiforuk, Luca Frigo, Alex Silva, Marco Pozzi, Stefano Coco, Pietro Canale; Coach: Ron Ivany

Goals: 1:0 Luca Felicetti (6.52), 1:1 Taggart Desmet (22.48), 2:1 Jonas Johansson (37.03), 3:1 Rob Hennigar (44.54), 3:2 Garret Bembridge (49.18), 3:3 Alex Silva (50.57), 4:3 Jonas Johannson (51.35), 5:3 Ryan Dingle (59.07)

After Cortina's away coup in Torre Pellice, the third quarter-final between the Ampezzanians and Valpellice went back to the Olympic Stadium today. Coach Stefan Mair was unable to field Luca Zanatta and Isherwood at Cortina, while Ron Ivany was unable to field the long-term injured Regan at the Bulldogs. In the first ten minutes, Cortina was clearly the better team and fired happily at the goal guarded by Valiquette. After 6.52:2 minutes, Felicetti gave the hosts the lead. His pound landed exactly in the corner of the cross, Valiquette had no chance. The visitors only had a chance to equalize much later, but Johnson and Desmet failed. At the other end, Fraser hit the post. During the first break, Ron Ivany must have found very clear words for his men, because Valpellice came out of the locker room transformed. So it's no surprise that Desmet managed to equalize. At first Levasseur was able to defend briefly, but the attacker did better on the second attempt. The Bulldogs had now tasted blood, but Levasseur seemed an insurmountable hurdle. Only in the course of the second third did Cortina get into better gear and three minutes before the second break Mair's team made it 1-45 through Johansson. Valiquette then stood out again with a big chance for Hennigar. The third third should still be tough. Hennigar scored in the 3th minute to make it 1-3 for Cortina. The visitors' reaction didn't take five minutes to arrive as Bembridge reduced the score to 2-99. But things were to get even better for Valpellice, as Silva even equalized 38 seconds later, coolly punishing an Oberg mistake. But Cortina was by no means shocked and took the lead again just 5 seconds later through Johansson. Dingle finally closed the bag in the last minute of the game with the 3:XNUMX into the empty goal. On Saturday Cortina has the first match point to make it into the semi-finals clear.

Aquile FVG Pontebba (4th) – HC Alleghe Tegola Canadese (5th) 4:2 (1:2, 0:0, 3:0)

Aquile FVG Pontebba: Alex Petizian (Simon Fabris); Matt Waddel, Nick Anderson, Jakob Milovanovic, Slavomir Tomko, Davide Nicoletti, Peter De Gravisi, Andrea Ricca; Tommy Goebel, Luca Rigoni, Patrick Rizzo, Kevin DeVergilio, Brian Ihnacak, Felice Giugliano, Pat Iannone, Paolo Nicolao, Niccolò Pace; Coach: Tom Pokel

Alleghe Tegola Canadese: Adam Dennis (Davide Fontanive); Michael Schutte, Jani Forsstrom, Joni Haverinen, Mike Card, Francesco De Biasio, Carlo Lorenzi, Simone Manfroi; Nicola Fontanive, Adam Henrich, Vincent Rocco, Greg Hogeboom, Markku Tahtinen, Daniele Veggiato, Manuel De Toni, Jari Monferone, Davide Testori; Coach: Steve McKenna

Goals: 1:0 Jakob Milovanovic (3.33), 1:1 Greg Hogeboom (16.57), 1:2 Manuel De Toni (17.15), 2:2 Tommy Goebel (41.09), 3:2 Pat Iannone (52.05), 4: 2 Brian Ihnacak (58.14)

There were no major changes to the squad between the two opponents. The three suspended players returned to the ice, Pontebba had to call on Mateijcek and Tartaglione, while Alleghe was missing Alberto Fontanive and Da Tos. It didn't take long for the puck to hit the net for the first time. Jakob Milovanovic made it 3.33-1 after 0:13 minutes. In the 18th minute of the game, Kevin DeVergilio had all his fuses blown and was sent to the shower early by the referees. And his absence was immediately noticeable, because with a double strike from Hogeboom and Manuel De Toni within just 16.57 seconds, Alleghe turned the match around between minutes 17.15 and 53. For the first goal, Alleghe had two more men on the ice, and then one more for the second. Even after the break, things were extremely rough and the referees Colcuc and Gamper gave a lot of penalties. That also had an impact on the game, which wasn't necessarily characterized by many chances. It wasn't until the final third that goals were scored again. After just a minute, Goebel equalized with a double advantage. The white-blacks even took the lead in the 58.14rd minute of the game. This time the goalscorer was Pat Iannone, Nicola Fontanive was sitting in the cooler at the time. It was also Ihnacak who led the match to victory 4:2 in the 2 minute and 1:XNUMX in the series.

Ritten Sport Renault Trucks (9th) – WSV Sterzing Weihenstephan (10th) 2:3 nV (1:2, 0:0, 1:0, 0:1)

Ritten Sport Renault Trucks: Josef Niederstatter (from 11.52 Karol Krizan); Andy Delmore, Brad Farynuk, Ethan Graham, Ingemar Gruber, Markus Hafner, Klaus Ploner; Thomas Spinell, Scott May, Dan Tudin, Thomas Pichler, Chris Blight, Mac Faulkner, Emanuel Scelfo, Matteo Rasom, Lorenz Daccordo, Alexander Eisath, Rupert Stampfer; Coach: Greg Holst

WSV Vipiteno Weihenstephan: Thomas Tragust (Dominik Steinmann); Brian Lee, Agris Saviels, Aaron Power, Christian Rainer, Fabian Hackhofer, Simon Baur, Philip Pircher, Luca Scardoni; Ryan Ginand, Randall Gelech, Dirk Southern, Markus Gander, Josh Prudden, Christian Sottsas, Paolo Bustreo, Hannes Stofner, Florian Wieser, Tobias Kofler, Thomas Pichler, Patrick Mair; Coach: Oly Hicks

Goals: 0:1 Ryan Ginand (8.02), 0:2 Dirk Southern (11.52), 1:2 Emanuel Scelfo (19.49), 2:2 Matteo Rasom (49.05), 2:3 Ryan Ginand (69.32)

The Broncos achieved their longed-for setback on Thursday and with a win against the Rittner Buam, the Wipptal team shortened the series to 2-1. At the third meeting between the two South Tyrolean relegation candidates, only Ritten Sport was missing staff. The “Buam” had to pretend to be Matthias Fauster, who was suspended, and Bregenzer, who was incapacitated by the flu. Despite the absences, Ritten got into the game better, but had to accept the visitors' 0-1 after just over eight minutes, which Ryan Ginand scored after a wonderful individual effort. The home side weren't satisfied with that, but increased the lead to 11.52-2 through Dirk Southern after 0:49.05 minutes. Now coach Greg Holst took Josef Niederstätter off the ice, whom the coach had given preference. In the final phase, eleven seconds before the siren to be precise, Ritten scored the next goal. Emanuel Scelfo took advantage of an outnumbered situation. In the second third, Ritten pushed for the equalizer, but it was a futile attempt to get to the box, which was guarded by the extremely attentive Thomas Tragust. In the early stages of the third period, May passed the puck to Blight, who missed this excellent opportunity. The home team managed to equalize after XNUMX minutes when Matteo Rasom was there. As in the second play-out match, this time it went into extra time and the winning goal was scored after nine minutes. Although Ritten did more, it was the Broncos who celebrated with Ryan Ginand's goal.

Serie A Škoda, 3rd game play off quarter-finals (best of seven) – Thursday, March 8th

(1) Wolves Fiat Professional Pustertal – (8) Supermercati Migross Asiago 7:0 (3:0, 3:0, 1:0) Pustertal leads the series 3-0

(4) Aquile FVG Pontebba – (5) HC Alleghe Tegola Canadese 4:2 (1:2, 0:0, 3:0) Pontebba leads the series 2-1

(3) Hafro SG Cortina - (6) HC Valpellice Bodino Engineering 5:3 (1:0, 1:1, 3:2) Cortina leads the series 3-0

(2) HC Bozen – (7) Fassa Ferrarini 4:0 (1:0, 2:0, 1:0) Bolzano leads the series 3-0

Serie A Škoda, 3rd game Play Out (best of seven) – Thursday, March 8th (9) Ritten Sport Renault Trucks – (10) WSV Sterzing Weihenstephan 2:3 nV (1:2, 0:0, 1:0, 0:1) Ritten leads the series 2-1

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Pustertal, Bozen and Cortina are about to reach the semi-finals

With the third win in the third meeting of the play-off quarter-finals, the Wolves, HC Bozen and Cortina only need one win to move into the last four. Meanwhile, Pontebba made it 2-1 in the series, while the Broncos were able to reduce the series to 1-2 in the duel with Ritten.

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