Pustertal defeats Cortina - Hjalmarsson leads Bozen to victory

Hafro Cortina – Fiat Professional Wolves 4:6 (2:1, 0:2, 2:3)

Hafro Cortina: JP Levasseur (Renè Baur); Darrell Hay, Paul Albers, Luca Zandonella, Michele Zanatta, Luca Zanatta; Derek Edwardson, Stanislav Gron, Matt Siddall, Giorgio De Bettin, Luca Felicetti, Ryan Dingle, Christian Menardi, Andrea Moser, Andrea Baldo, Gabriele Moretti; Coach: Clayton Beddoes

Fiat Professional Wolves: Philipp Kosta (Alexander Niederbrunner), Keith Seabrook, Christian Mair, Armin Hofer, Christian Willeit, Armin Helfer, Daniel Glira, Danny Elliscasis; Ben Guitè, Max Oberrauch, Pat Kavanagh, Pat Iannone, Patrick Bona, Joe Cullen, Joe Jensen, Lukas Tauber, Lukas Crepaz, Viktor Schweitzer, Thomas Erlacher, Benno Obermair, Alex Obermair Coach: Paul Adey

Gates: 0:1 Armin Hofer (3.09), 1:1 Paul Albers (16.03), 2:1 Derek Edwardson (17.34), 2:2 Lukas Crepaz (27.09), 2:3 Christian Willeit (39.14), 2:4 Joe Jensen (40.19), 3:4 Derek Edwardson (43.17), 3:5 Armin Helfer (48.28), 4:5 Stanislav Gron (53.11), 4:6 Patrick Bona (53.44)

Wolves consolidated their lead in the table with a hard-fought away win against Cortina. In the Olympic Stadium, both teams were able to put together their best lineups - apart from HCP goalie Jean Sebastien Aubin. Cortina clearly dominated the action, especially in the first minutes of the game, but the Pusterers struck coldly with their first real chance: After a playback error, Oberrauch grabbed the puck and fed Armin Hofer, who made it 1-0. However, the Ampezzans were not impressed and promptly counterattacked. Paul Albers first scored the deserved equalizer, then Edwardson even gave the home team a 2-1 lead. However, Cortina now seemed to have used up all its powder, as the HCP clearly dictated the game in the middle section. Lukas Crepaz rewarded his offensive efforts with the 2:2. Pustertal remained in control afterwards: immediately before the second period break, Christian Willeit put the guests back in the lead. Joe Jensen extended this to 19:4 after just 2 seconds of playing time in the final third. But Cortina didn't give up yet, especially the first line, which continued to cause a stir. It was Edwardson who scored the goal after a pass from Gron. Even when Armin Helfer restored the old two-goal lead with a hammer from the blue line, the home team's resistance had not yet been broken, as Gron immediately created tension again. However, this only lasted 33 seconds before Patrick Bona definitely broke Cortina's neck with his sixth goal.

Valpellice Bodino Engineering - HC Bozen 0:5 (0:1, 0:4, 0:0)

Valpellice Bodino Engineering: Jordan Parise (from 5.23 Andrea Rivoira), Florian Runer, Andrea Schina, Trevor Johnson, Nick Anderson, Paul Baier, Slavomir Tomko, Martino Durand Varese; Marco Pozzi, Brodie Dupont, Nate DiCasmirro, Pietro Canale, Ralph Intranuovo, Alex Silva, Rob Sirianni, Anthony Aquino, Paolo Nicolao Coach: Mike Flanagan

HC Bolzano: Tomas Duba (Günther Hell); Alexander Egger, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Christian Borgatello, Andrea Ambrosi, Daniel Fabris, Hannes Oberdörfer; Mark McCutcheon, MacGregor Sharp, Ryan Flynn, Anton Bernard, Markus Gander, Marco Insam, Enrico Dorigatti, Christian Walcher, Peter Wunderer, Federico Gilmozzi, Stefano Piva Coach: Brian McCutcheon

Gates: 0:1 MacGregor Sharp (19.07), 0:2 Niklas Hjalmarsson (26.01), 0:3 Niklas Hjalmarsson (33.25), 0:4 Markus Gander (35.45), 0:5 Christian Walcher (38.32)

HC Bozen continues to gain momentum. The White Reds owe their 5-0 win in Torre Pellice to an outstanding Niklas Hjalmarsson and the first shutout from neo-goalie Tomas Duba. Both teams had to use a player: Stefano Coco was unavailable for Valpe after a spleen operation, while Bozen's Stefan Zisser had to miss the game due to persistent headaches. The first third was dominated by Bolzano's offensive efforts, which almost led to 1-0 after just a few minutes. However, Andrea Ambrosi's precise shot was defused. After 5.23:26.01 minutes, Marc McCutcheon and Jordan Parise collided. The Valpe goalkeeper could not continue and had to give up his place for Andrea Rivoira. Just under a minute before the first third siren, Niklas Hjalmarsson brilliantly set up MacGregor Sharp, whereupon he gave the opposing goalie no chance in a one-on-one and scored to give Bolzano the lead. The NHL defender from HC Bozen tasted blood after his assist and now started a one-man show. He scored his first goal in Italian ice hockey with a powerful long-range shot after 3:0 minutes, before going one better a few minutes later and making it 5-0. Immediately afterwards, Markus Gander definitely put the HCB on the road to victory. Christian Walcher marked the end of Bolzano's extremely strong second third with his goal to make it 49-XNUMX. In the final period, Valpellice tried to save its honor and prevent Bozen from scoring their sixth goal. In the XNUMXth minute, a shot from Nate Di Casmirro grazed the outside paw. At this point Valpe was outnumbered. A little later, Rob Sirianni had to take a shower early after a serious foul on Fabris. This was also the last excitement in this game.

Ritten Sport Renault Trucks - Milano Rossoblu 2:3 nP (1:0, 0:1, 1:1, 0:0, 0:1)

Ritten Sport Renault Trucks: Justin Pogge (Josef Niederstätter); Kevin Mitchell, TJ Kemp, Ingemar Gruber, Fabian Hackhofer, Ruben Rampazzo, Klaus Ploner; Dan Tudin, Greg Jacina, Alex Frei, Domenico Perna, Emanuel Scelfo, Mathias Fauster, Lorenz Daccordo, Alexander Eisath, Thomas Spinell Coach: Rob Wilson

Milan Rossoblu: Andrew Raycroft (Paolo Della Bella), Alessandro Re, Matt De Marchi, Marvin Degon, David Liffiton, Andreas Lutz, Federico Betti; Diego Iori, Ryan Kinasewich, Jordan Knackstedt, Edoardo Caletti, Manuel Lo Presti, Marcello Borghi, Tommaso Goi, Michael Mazzacane, Matt Ryan, Tommaso Migliore Coach: Massimo Da Rin

Gates: 1:0 Alex Frei (7.27), 1:1 Jordan Knackstedt (38.17), 2:1 Domenico Perna (55.09), 2:2 Diego Iori (56.46), 2:3 decisive penalty Edoardo Caletti

After the bitter derby defeat in Bolzano, Ritten also had to admit defeat against Milan in the early game of the 18th round, albeit by a close margin in the penalty shootout. In addition to Markus Hafner and Matteo Rasom, Ritten coach Rob Wilson also had to do without top performer Ryan Ramsay. Luca Ansoldi was missing from Milan for family reasons and was replaced by debutant Jordan Knackstedt. After a slow start, Alex Frei provided the first highlight after 7.27:1 when he used a nice pass from Alexander Eisath to make it 0-38.17. Milan then turned up the heat and were denied twice by Matt De Marchi and Andreas Lutz. At the beginning of the second period, Rittner Greg Jacina had a great chance on the stick, but he failed alone in front of Raycroft. After 1 minutes, the Lombards appeared more cold-blooded: New signing Jordan Knackstedt let Pogge out with a real trick and scored to make it 1-55.09. Ritten was unlucky in the final period when TJ Kemp initially failed at the post and Domenico Perna was denied by the brilliant Raycroft in the follow-up shot. In return, a shot from Tommaso Goi hit the crossbar. Now it was Ritten's turn again: Ingemar Gruber played a pass to Perna, who scored to make it 2-1 after 2 minutes. However, Rittner's lead only lasted a little more than a minute before Diego Iori made it 2-XNUMX and thus forced extra time. There, Knackstedt and Liffiton missed Milan's winning goal. However, Rittner Daccordo missed the best chance in overtime. Edoardo Caletti ultimately decided the penalty lottery in favor of the guests.

Val di Fassa Ferrarini - Alleghe Tegola Canadese 0:2 (0:0, 0:1, 0:1)

SHC Val di Fassa Ferrarini: Frank Doyle (Gianluca Vallini), David Turon, Jan Novak, Thomas Dantone, Mark Trottner, Damiano Casagranda, Gabriel Lang; Martin Castlunger, Stefano Margoni, Cesare Sottsass, Enrico Chelodi, Michele Marchetti, Luca Planchensteiner, Nicola Deluca, Mattia Bernard, Massimo Valeruz, Gabriele Vieder, Matteo Dantone Coach: Miro Frycer

Alleghe Tegola Canadese: Adam Dennis (Davide Fontanive), Francesco De Biasio, Matt Waddell, Carlo Lorenzi, Nicholas Kuiper, Sean McMonagle, Luka Tosic, Kewin Adami; Milos Ganz, Jeff Lo Vecchio, Jonas Johansson, Vince Rocco, Manuel De Toni, Manuel Da Tos, Jari Monferone, Davide Testori, Patrick Tormen, Daniele Veggiato, Nicola Fontanive, Alberto Fontanive; Coach: Tom Pokel

Gates: 0:1 Jeff Lo Vecchio (26.47), 0:2 Daniele Veggiato (59.32)

In the Scola Stadium, HC Fassa, which was badly injured (Cristian Castlunger, Damiano Casagranda, Peter Kalus and Jakub Sindel were missing), had to play against the team of the hour, HC Alleghe. Only Gino Guyer was missing from the guests. In the first third, the Belluno team had the better chances with Waddell and Nicola Fontanive, but Fassa held on bravely. Incidentally, Gabriel Lang from the farm team partner Val Gardena was deployed for the Trentino team. In the second period, a long power play situation led to 1-0 for Alleghe. Jeff Lo Vecchio gave Doyle the advantage in the majority. Fassa showed a strong reaction and narrowly missed the equalizer twice through Margoni and Chelodi. However, Dennis also outgrew himself in the final third and secured Alleghe's tenth win in a row. Veggiato made the decision with a shot into the empty goal.

Migross Supermercati - Aquile Fvg Pontebba 4:3 (2:1, 0:2, 2:0)

Migross Supermercati Asiago: Vincenzo Marozzi (Alessandro Tura), Enrico Miglioranzi, Michele Strazzabosco, Stefano Marchetti, Dan Sullivan, Lorenzo Casetti; Nicola Tessari, Dave Borrelli, Mirko Presti, Luca Rigoni, Michele Stevan, Layne Ulmer, Sean Bentivoglio, Federico Benetti, Matteo Tessari, Paul Zanette, Josè Magnabosco Coach: John Parco

Aquile FVG Pontebba: Anthony Grieco (Simon Fabris); David Urquart, Peter De Gravisi, Miroslav Guren, Andrea Gorza, Andrea Ricca; Erik Weissman, Petr Sachl, Ettore Tartaglione, Patrick Rizzo, Daniele Odoni, Ruben Zozzoli, Felice Giugliano, Denis Soravia, Nicola Di Marco, Nicolò Lo Russo, Simon Fabris Coach: Murajlca Pajic

Gates: 0:1 Felice Giuliano (0.58), 1:1 Michele Strazzabosco (2.54), 2:1 Layne Ulmer (10.17), 2.2 Rok Pajic (21.10), 2:3 Daniele Odoni (36.36), 3:3 Paul Zanette (53.28 ), 4:3 Layne Ulmer (58.02)

The game at the Odegar Stadium was also extremely exciting, where Asiago (without Chris Di Domenico) welcomed the skid cracks from Pontebba. Andrea Rezzadore had to cancel due to injury. Both teams started like fire engines: after just a few seconds, Pontebba player Giuliano made it 1-0, and two minutes later Strazzabosco made it 1-1. A remarkable performance from Layne Ulmer gave the home team the lead for the first time after ten minutes. This lasted until the beginning of the middle period, when Rok Pajic made it 2-2. Previously, a goal by Matteo Tessari was canceled after viewing the video evidence. After 36.36 minutes, Daniele Odoni put the Friulians in front for the second time that evening. In the third period of the game, it took a real show of strength from Asiago to turn the game around again and put the bottom of the table in their place. Paul Zanette and the tireless Ulmer finally secured victory for Asiago.

Serie A, Matchday 18, Saturday, November 17, 2012

Ritten Sport Renault Trucks - Milano Rossoblu 2:3 nP (1:0, 0:1, 1:1, 0:0, 0:1) Valpellice Bodino Engineering - HC Bozen 0:5 (0:1, 0:4, 0:0) Hafro Cortina - Fiat Professional Wolves 4:6 (2:1, 0:2, 2:3) Val di Fassa Ferrarini - Alleghe Tegola Canadese 0:2 (0:0, 0:1, 0:1) Migross Supermercati - Aquile Fvg Pontebba 4:3 (2:1, 0:2, 2:0)

The Serie A table after 18 matchdays

1. Fiat Professional Pustertal 48 points 2. Alleghe Tegola Canadese 37 3. Ritten Sport Renault Trucks 32 4. Valpellice Bodino Engineering 31 5. HC Bozen 30 6. Milano Rossoblu 28 7. Migross Supermercati Asiago 25 8. Hafro Cortina 18 9. Val di Fassa Ferrarini 13 10. Aquile FVG Pontebba 8

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Pustertal defeats Cortina - Hjalmarsson leads Bozen to victory

After Ritten opened the 18th first division matchday with a defeat after a penalty shootout against Milan, things went much better for the Wolves and HC Bozen. They each celebrated a high-scoring away win. Now it is clear: the Italian Cup pairings are Pustertal – Valpellice and Alleghe – Ritten.

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